Adults always encourage children to have dreams, and dare to make lasting efforts to pursue their dreams.
But --
Ask all adults to ask themselves this question:
Can I provide a big enough sky,
Let your child's dreams fly?
This is how I felt most directly after reading the picture book "Thunder Dragon Who Wants to Dance".
This is a book that will be taken from the shelves by children all the time. It combines the most popular elements of picture books: "dinosaurs" and "ballets" — to tell a silly and warm story about dreams.
Lei Long Leilei has a dream——
"I want to dance."
She identified herself as a ballet dancer. "Even my name sounds like a dancer."
But the conundrum is obvious —
You're a dinosaur, and you don't have any dancing shoes that you can wear.
The story of pursuing dreams is not new in picture books. But compared to other protagonists of stories who face doubts and can only carry the pressure alone, Lei Long Leilei is much luckier.
Although there was some hesitation, Madame Lucille felt that she could not refuse the firm and earnest research in front of her, and she opened the door and welcomed Leilei into the dance academy.
One teaches hard, one learns conscientiously.
Leilei's performance is gratifying.
But the problem is not solved -
There is no classroom big enough for Lei lei to dance.
No male dance partner can lift a bud above his head.
Moreover, she still did not have the right dancing shoes.
In the inspirational stories we are accustomed to, if the protagonist in trouble wants to realize his dreams, he has to go through hardships and prove himself: Although I am... But I can...
However, in the face of Thunder Dragon Leilei's tears, Mrs. Lucille has a new thinking——
The problem is not that you are too big, but that my dance classroom is too small.
This scene of the story is very moving:
The whole class went together to find a classroom that was big enough—
It's big, big enough to hold all of Leilei's talents.
Whenever we talk to our children about their dreams, the most we say is "to persevere", but I am afraid that few people think about whether we have enough support for our children's dreams.
How can a Thunder Dragon become a ballet dancer and make this seemingly impossible dream a reality is not only due to Leilei's own talent and hard work, but also the full support of teachers and peers.
Children want to let go of their dreams, will you give them a piece of the sky?
This is something that teachers, parents, and all those who serve their children need to think about often.
After reading the story of Lei Long Leilei, every reader's heart will feel happy, as if we also participated in this warm dream-chasing journey, and everyone held hands to create a better world.
And so on --
The story is far from over.
Also in the series is this "The Dream of the Little Tyrannosaurus Rex".
Unlike the determination of the Thunder Dragon Leilei, the little Tyrannosaurus Rex Xiao Tai is hesitant about his future.
People around him had all sorts of expectations for him. So, should he struggle to meet these expectations, or should he listen to the little voice in his heart?
Entangled in confusion, he encounters thunder dragons. Yes, it's Lei Long Bud, who is trying to become a good ballet dancer.
The world of Xiaotai has been different since then.
I love this warm echo between these two books.
Like that moving quote:
"Education is one tree shaking another tree, one cloud pushing another cloud, one soul awakening another soul."
Two stories about dreams, for children, there is laughter, there is warmth, there is gentle encouragement. For adults, it opens up a rare kind of thinking-
For the sake of children's dreams, how brave are we to open up a vast world?