<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > see the power of self-healing in picture books. </h1>
The picture book is translated from "picture book", also called picture book, and the story of the picture and text ensemble brings children unlimited joy.
As a children's book, picture book lover, parent-child reading promoter, the more you read, the more you will find that when we grow up, we can also see the sad, helpless, cowardly, waiting to be comforted in the picture book story, and at the end of the story, we can always get comfort and strength as desired, and can once again be like Scarlett, believing that "tomorrow is a new day".
Today's sharing is the first book of "Reading Picture Books and Healing Yourself", "Gollum Cow Chick".
The picture book was co-authored by the famous British children's literature writer Julia Donaldson and the German illustrator Axel Schaeffler.
The classic picture book story of "Gollum Cow Chick" has won many book awards in the UK. The image of "Gollum Cow" is also loved by British children, and the animated film based on the picture book has even been nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. If you are interested, you can take a look at it, and the production is very beautiful.
Author Julia Donaldson's own experience is also legendary, working as a singer, writing lyrics and composing lyrics, writing children's literature in his 40s, and collaborating with German illustrator Axel Scheffler to create many excellent award-winning picture books. Her works have sold more than 6.5 million copies to date and have been translated into 72 different languages. The author herself has won several children's book awards, and at the age of 55, she was awarded the title of "Children's Poet Laureate" in the United Kingdom – the highest honor for British children's writers.
The image of "Gollum Cow" is fictionalized by the author, but how popular it is in Britain is almost a household name, you can think of it as sun wukong in Britain. The two children of The Prince William family in the United Kingdom, 6-year-old Prince George and 4-year-old Charlotte, are very fond of "Gollum Cow". At an event last year, Prince William was particularly pleased when he met the authors Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, saying" "I know you, your book "Gollum Cow" is a big hit in my house."
In October 2020, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Gardens, also held a special "Gollum Cow Adventure Tour" activity.
Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama also loves the picture book stories of the Gollum Cow series, which was specially recommended this year.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > two, what kind of story is this? </h1>
At the beginning of the story, Gollum Cow's father warns his little chicks not to go into the dense forest.
Why?
Because Daddy Gollum had seen the most terrifying animal in the world in the forest, it was a big, bad and particularly frightening mouse.
What does this mouse look like?
Let me read you a description of Daddy Gollum:
"That vicious rat is very, very strong
Well...
He has a tail with scales that is very, very long,
His eyes were as red as two terrible fires,
Beard after beard is much harder than wire. ”
The little chick on the screen seems to be very scared, but who is not like this, the more forbidden the more tempting, the more not to let do anything, the more energetic.
While Gollum Cow Daddy was sleeping, the curious Gollum Cow Chick set out to look for the big and bad rat. Curiosity and adventurous nature are at the heart of almost all children's stories.
Gollum set off with a look of excitement and anticipation, and she wanted to confirm her father's words in person.
The wind blew hard and the snow fell heavily, and the little chick said, "I'm not afraid!" ”
That's where the real story begins.
Along the way, Gollum followed the footsteps in the snow and found snakes, owls, and foxes, but none of them matched the image of the big bad mouse that Dad said. Moreover, they also told the Gollum Cow Chick that the ferocious rat was nearby, eating Gollum Cow Cake, Eating Gollum Cow Cake, Gollum Beef Jerky... Just when gollum was disappointed and ready to give up, she saw the little mouse that had always been real. Well, not at all scary little mouse, Gollum Cow Chick can only treat it as a snack. The little mouse was very calm, facing this grunting cow chick little monster, and said, "Before you eat me, I have a friend you have to see, as long as I jump on the hazelnut tree, you can call him out, a fierce rat." ”
Next is the most unforgettable picture of this picture book story,
"The moon came out, round and bright,
A terrible shadow was cast on the snow.
"Oh my God, what kind of animal is this?"
So big, so fierce,
And it's so strong,
The tail and beard are so long,
It seems to be frustrating.
His ears are big and long,
The hazelnut on his shoulder is as big as a boulder.
The Gollum Cow Chick was so frightened that she slipped away with a cigarette.
In fact, the big bad mouse she saw was just the shadow of the little mouse.
Third, the secrets in the text story
The text of this picture book has a great sense of rhythm, the language rhymes, it is catchy to read, it is very suitable for reading to children, and it is also very suitable for children to repeat the reading and participate in the story. This is also a major feature of the work of author Julia Donaldson. If you have a good foundation in English, you can read the original English version, which is very suitable for English language enlightenment.
The author had been writing songs and scripts for children's shows for a long time before she officially created picture books, so many of her children's book works read like nursery rhymes, full of rhythm and rhythm.
For example, gollum cow chicks go into the forest, and after that, each story segment begins like this:
"The wind was blowing hard, the snow was falling heavily, and the chick said, 'I'm not afraid.'"
Lo and behold, there are footprints on the snow!
Who left these behind?
Where will they go?
Then the little chick saw the snake's long tail, the owl's red eyes, the fox's long beard, and after confirming that it was not the big mouse she was looking for, she continued to walk forward with a little disappointment.
This repetitive rhythm, like a signal, tells the children who listen to the story and read the picture book that the next character will appear, and the repetitive rhythm and language allow the child to form a psychological expectation for the story, and also look forward to the next storyline.
What about for us?
"All encounters are long-term reunions" - life seems to have many stories, but it is just a story repeated many times. Love, friendship, work, nothing like that.
Is the essence of human beings repetitive? Perhaps, but the difference in repetition is the meaning. We know each other and love each other, we are separated from each other, who can say that these are meaningless? In the barrage of "Please Answer 1988", many people are saying that every winter, they will come to relive it, as if they have never left. Over and over again, we shed tears for the same story, laughed happily for the one who brought the heart, and tossed and turned between disappointment and hope again and again. Without this, life would be so pale and boring.
Along the way, Gollum Meets Several Animals — Actually, a few people, and everyone tells Little Chick that the big bad rat may be nearby, and doesn't forget to scare her: The mouse is eating Gollum Cow Cake, Gollum Beef Cake. Who has not met a few such people, may be parents, friends, colleagues, and even strangers, will say such things, from not talking to strangers, to girls are not suitable for science, boys are not suitable for housework, no one wants to marry before the age of 30... Discipline and intimidation are everywhere, and anxiety is everywhere. People who do not think can only carry such shackles and hurry forward.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > fourth, the key to reading picture books is actually to read pictures. </h1>
Nao Matsui, the father of Japanese picture books, once said that the key to reading picture books is actually to read pictures.
The picture of this picture book is also absolutely not to be ignored. The image of Gollum Cow Daddy and Gollum Cow Chick is a little scary at first glance, not too sharp fangs, a little scary horns on the head, and sharp nails, but children will not really be frightened by these, because their furry ears, fat body, thick and cute, is simply the plush toy on the bed. Most importantly, the chick and her father have a pair of simple, innocent eyes.
Particularly noteworthy throughout the book is the little chick's eyes, revealing a wealth of expressions and inner activity. In the cave in the cold winter, the eyes of father and daughter looking at each other are full of warmth. When Daddy Gollum cow told the little chick about the horrors of the rats, there was worry and fear in the eyes of the little chick. However, after Daddy fell asleep, the little chick set out for an expedition, her eyes excited and expectant.
In addition, a good picture book, the picture itself is also telling a story. This "Gollum Cow Chick" illiterate children can understand the story only by looking at the picture, because the whole story picture is very smooth, all the time in the snow of the forest, there are continuities and changes between the pictures.
Moreover, after the little chick leaves, the wind and snow are mixed, the direction of the wind and snow and the direction of the little chick are the same, both are to the right, the direction of this direction is like an arrow on the road, guiding you to continue to turn the page, to see what the story behind is said, who will gollum cow chick next.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > five, gollum series: don't let fear pass it on unconsciously</h1>
Finally, let's talk about the prequel to the story of Gollum Cow Chick.
In fact, the author first created the picture book "Gollum Cow", and after great success, he created "Gollum Cow Little Chick".
What is Gollum Cow about? It was a small mouse walking in the forest and encountered foxes, owls, snakes and other animals that wanted to eat it. The little mouse is very weak, but does not want to be eaten by these predators, so he is in a hurry, and casually makes up a very terrible monster called gollum cow, and says that he is a good friend of gollum cow, scaring off the animals who want to eat it. However, the little mouse's mouth probably opened up, and as he walked, he really bumped into a grunting cow! Next up is a British version of the story of the "Fox Fake Tiger", in which the little mouse takes the humble Gollum around the forest, scaring away the fox, the owl, and the snake, and making the Gollum cow think that the little mouse is terrible.
This is why at the beginning of the story of "Gollum Cow Chick", Gollum Cow's father tells Chick that he once met a terrible mouse... But this is a complete misunderstanding...
After so many years, the Gollum Cow didn't even think about it, where did a small mouse have so much power? He didn't think about it at all, but stuck in his mistakes, and he exaggerated his memory and portrayed fear.
He did so out of responsibility and love for his children. But a child may thus follow his mistake, and as a result the mistake continues.
Gollum Cow Chick began to disbelieve. She was bold enough to go and see it. The wind blew hard and the snow fell heavily, but she slipped out of the Gollum Cow Hole and into the dense forest. This is the best spirit in the whole story, the most meaningful plot for the child's growth. The Gollum Cow Chicks thus saw all sorts of animals—in fact, all sorts of people, who were a little malicious in frightening the Chicks, and maybe the rats would make the Gollum cow into cakes and meatloaf.
The gollum did not listen, but saw it directly with her eyes.
From this point of view, a person with courage does not mean that he is not afraid of anything and never runs away. Being able to put aside the sinister depictions and instructions of others, and see and hear them for themselves, the Gollum Cow Chick is heroic.
At the end of the story, the moonlight projects the little mouse standing on the tall tree to the ground, a huge shadow, even the tail and beard are huge, and there is a huge hazelnut on the shoulder, and the little chick is also very afraid, after all, she is still a child, and it is unreasonable not to be afraid.
However, I still hope that Gollum Cow Chick is better not to be like her father, who for many years did not think, did not analyze, and then painted it to the next generation in the same way.
I prefer to believe that Gollum Cow Chick will not repeat her father's mistakes and depictions, and we can even imagine that Gollum Cow and Mouse, their offspring, will become very good friends in the future. They eat together, play games together, and drink tea together, rather than eating each other by eating, playing, and drinking tea. Then they talked about the things between the predecessors, felt funny and touched, laughed and fell into meditation.
And you, who are really smart, believe that you have begun to meditate now.