2022 Chu Xi Book Review #010// Total 553 Original
Hello ~ ~ I am Chu Xi. Today I'm sharing with you a bubbling biographical picture book, The Important Thing About Margaret Waitz Brown.
△ My rating: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Life may end suddenly, as fast as you kick your leg in the air.
After reading the biographical picture book "The Important Thing of Margaret Whites Brown", suddenly read this sentence, thinking of the Difficulties of Eastern Airlines in the past few days, I can't help but burst into tears...
In the face of life that may be forced to end at any time, we can't help but ask, what is the most important thing in this life?
Obviously, the answer to this question varies from person to person.
For classic picture book author Margaret Whites Brown, the most important thing is that she writes books.
If you've ever read picture books like Good Night, The Moon, The Runaway Bunny, or The Bird's Funeral, you're somewhat familiar with Margaret Waitz Brown's name;
Even if you've never heard of it, then when you read this biographical picture book, believe me, you will fall in love with her! You will be amazed by her maverick behavior, you will envy her for living authentically, and you will be eager to find all her picture books and read them well!
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Margaret Whites Brown was born in 1910; her hair was blonde, similar to the color of cattail; she once loved a lady named Maiko and a man named Pepper; she loved animals and had many pets: a dog, two squirrels, seven fish, a pair of guinea pigs, a wild robin, and thirty-six rabbits...
She loves rabbits and writes a lot of stories about rabbits. But! She would also use rabbit fur to make the cover of a picture book; she would also peel the rabbit when it died, and then wrap the rabbit's fur to show off in front of her brothers and sisters...
You may think she is strange, but I like her true temperament! And there's so much more to her mavericks than that.
When she first got her money to write a book, when she saw a carriage full of flowers on the streets of the city, she did not hesitate to buy all the flowers on the car, just to hold a party, flowers full of flowers, entertain her friends...
You may think she's a waste, but I love her indifference to money! It is true that the flowers will wither in a few days, but the happiness at that moment cannot be exchanged for much money. Thinking about impermanent life, how many things are really important? What could be more important than being true to yourself and making yourself happy?
Margaret's picture books were not accepted by most people at first, after all, "no good book is loved by everyone, and any good book is bound to annoy some people." Because every good book is at least a little strange, and there are always some people in their world who don't like strange things"...
Especially in the New York Public Library in the first half of the 20th century, the head of the children's book department was still conservative. In the picture books created by the 27-year-old Margaret, those strange ideas and avant-garde elements are not recognized at all, and they are also criticized... Her picture books were all stamped "Experts Do Not Recommend Buying"!
But even so, she did not change her original intention. It is said that interesting souls will eventually meet! At a tea party at the New York Public Library, when Margaret was turned away, she actually did! They actually sat on the steps in front of the library with their editors and held a tea party that belonged to them!
Who doesn't like this insistence on not being disturbed by others and always being your own?
Unfortunately, when she was 42 years old, she planned to marry someone she loved and then travel around the world by boat together, but she died suddenly after surgery...
Margaret's life was frozen at the age of 42. But to this day, many of the classic works she left behind are still good books that parents and children can't get tired of reading!
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The Important Story of Margaret Whites Brown is a biographical picture book created by Caldecus Award winner Mike Barnett, which takes us into Margaret's short but wonderful life in conjunction with the bright, warm and healing style of illustration star Sarah Jacob.
The biggest highlight of the picture book is the 42-page picture story that alludes to Margaret's short 42-year life. It is true that what a person experiences in his life is a simple 42 pages without laws, but it also reminds us that looking back at this life, those things that are really important may be just a few things
The most important thing for Margaret is to write books—books that feel as strange as life, but feel real; books that kids really want to read, need, and deserve!
So, what is the most important thing in life for us?
For you, most importantly, you are you.
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