At the end of each semester, the school will recommend some books related to learning for children, which is good, but we also advocate that children read more "useless books" to expand their thinking and knowledge.
Today's 20 books are the "first book list of 2024" compiled by us after synthesizing the major annual book lists and consulting the senior people of the publishing house, which has a very high gold content. Take advantage of the winter vacation to collect and recharge with your children's books!
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"Last Night"
Author: [Han] Bai Xina
Publisher: Relay Press
Age: 3~6 years old
In a lively apartment, there lived Mr. Fox, Aunt Sheep, Dog Couple, Grandma Duck, Zebra, Goat...... Everyone is preparing for the holidays. Originally, they didn't have any intersection, but because of a lost woolen sock, they spent a warm night. Children who love crafts, don't miss this book!
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The Rabbit and the Hedgehog series
Author: [Sweden] Mats Winblad
Publisher: Nova Press
Age: 3~6 years old
The hedgehog has made a new friend, how should the hedgehog tell the rabbit the news?how does the rabbit respond? Socialization is one of the daily activities of children, in the social can learn how to communicate with people, how to deal with their emotions, the story of the rabbit and the hedgehog is a good example, parents can guide their children in the process of reading picture books, cultivate children's social skills. Children will also experience the power of camaraderie in the story of the hedgehog and the rabbit.
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"The Pink Rabbit is Awkward"
Age: 3~6 years old
Author: [French] Audrey Psier
Publisher: Nova Press
The pink rabbit, which is always awkward, is difficult to deal with, but the friends still love it and tolerate it. In this picture book, the way friends get along with the pink rabbit is worth learning from children and parents, and it is not a big problem to be awkward, but it is more important to understand the reasons for awkwardness, learn to solve problems, and understand the love and tolerance of the people around you.
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"The Way We Eat Cake"
Author: [Han] Kim Hyo-eun
Publisher: Nova Press
Age: 4~7 years old
Kim Hyo-eun's work is more about a beautiful and warm feeling than education. "The Way We Eat Cake" is based on the author Jin Xiaoen's own childhood. It begins with "We are five people in total." This means that none of us can have the cake to ourselves. Whatever it is, we're going to divide it into five parts. "This angle of entry is very childlike. Although it carries memories, the words allow adults to feel the "present of a child".
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Hamster Diary
Author: [French] Astrid de Boord
Publisher: Nova Press
Age range: 7 years old and above
A somewhat narcissistic hamster who lives in a glade with his friends moles, snails, hedgehogs, squirrels, bears, rabbits, and ants. The hamster's hobby is eating, and he fantasizes about being adored by other friends, and he likes to record his little thoughts about life in his diary. The biggest feature of this book is that each animal in the book has distinct personality characteristics, and it is easy for children to bring in themselves or associate with their friends in the process of reading, which is an interesting and vivid read.
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"Talking like this, classmates love to play with you"
Author: Françoise Bouccher
Publisher: Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House
Age: 6~9 years old
Learning to listen and express is one of the most important lessons in life, and it is especially important for children to be able to listen and express themselves well in their formative years, which can not only help them build their social circle, but also build their self-confidence. This comic book conveys professional knowledge to children with immature drawing style and simple and easy-to-understand words, and earnestly teaches children how to communicate with others.
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752 Rabbits
Author: [plus] François Boulie / [plus] Valerie Boisvin Illustrations
Publisher: Nova Press
Age Range: 6 years old+
The beginning of this story is very old-fashioned, telling the story of a princess who raised 752 rabbits a long time ago, and a careless servant lost one of them, and the princess had to decide whether to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire to find the rabbits. Wei Shu, the planning editor of "752 Rabbits", said: "A really good story does not provide answers, but asks questions and guides readers to think. There is no right answer to this story, but it opens a window for the children who read it.
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Discovering Taste: Eating to Be a Scientist
Author: [de] Anko Leitzgen [de] Lisa Linaman
Publisher: Yilin Publishing House
Age: 5~10 years old
Fisher once said that the three most basic needs in our lives – food, security and love – are intertwined and inseparable. Why does a bag of candy look colorful? Why do many children don't like to eat green leafy vegetables? Why are fish cubes usually square? Why do you feel that the food tastes worse when you have a cold...... Listen to the French talk about food and you'll become a foodie. Listen to the Germans talk about gastronomy and you will become a scientist. This book can be seen as a children's enlightenment book about food.
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Sherlock Holmes
Author: Conan Doyle, Dr. Meow Adaptation
Publisher: Yilin Publishing House
Age: 6~14 years old
This is a set of "Sherlock Holmes Detective Detective Works" suitable for young elementary school students, removing violent and bloody elements, and full-color printing includes "Blood Word Puzzle", "Four Signatures", "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "Uncanny Valley" and so on. The wonderful plot and ingenious conception constantly stimulate children's curiosity and desire for knowledge. In the thrilling process of detectives, children can easily develop reasoning skills, observation skills, and logical thinking skills......
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Illustrated Scientific Scouting
Artist: Akira Yamazaki
Publisher: Beijing Times Chinese Book Company
Age: 6~14 years old
This book is one of the "Interesting General Education Lessons" series, which introduces the mainstream methods of current criminal investigation, such as fingerprint recognition, DNA identification, face recognition technology, forged document identification, and the recent frequent outbreaks of cybercrime, drug crime and other scientific investigation methods, which is an easy-to-understand popular science book. Children who like detective science popularization, this book must not be missed.
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"Pigs sometimes fall on a sunny day"
Artist: [J] Shiro Yadama
Publisher: 21st Century Press
Age: 8~12 years old
Yatama Shiro's "Pigs Sometimes Fall on a Sunny Day" series is a classic among the "absurd stories" classics of Japanese children's literature. The whole series has a beautiful story structure, a wonderful imagination that no longer has when you grow up, and a heart-piercing educational value (such as being honest with yourself, such as the importance of language, such as happiness), which is very suitable for children to watch, and can plant wonderful, thinking, and happy seeds in their hearts.
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A Brief History of Mankind: A Comic Book of Knowledge
Author: [Israel] by Yuval Harari
Publisher: CITIC Publishing Group
Age range: 8 years old and above
A Brief History of Mankind (Knowledge Comics) is a comic version of the phenomenal bestseller A Brief History of Mankind, which has sold 23 million copies worldwide, and was adapted by author Yuval Harari himself. It's not just a comic book version, a reinterpretation of the original story, like a fun, wild, and engaging epic movie. Book 1 inspires us to understand what human beings are, where they came from, and where they are going. The second volume explores how the agricultural revolution 12,000 years ago turned human life upside down, and how does it affect life today.
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"The Legend of Beautiful Life"
Author: Global Science Magazine
Publisher: Scientific Publishing Studio of Foreign Research Society
Age range: 9 years old and above
This book is a selection of Scientific American's latest biological research findings in recent years. In the book, you can see the duel between bison and mammoths, explore the cause of the extinction of Australopithecus, and feel the precise timing of seals...... This book is an extracurricular book to increase children's cutting-edge new knowledge in many disciplines such as universe, life, artificial intelligence, medicine, climate, and brain science.
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Branwan Spuge's Top Secret Mission
Author: M.T. Anderson
Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company
Age: 9~12 years old
Brown Van Spuji, a scholar from the Elven Realm, arrives in the Elven Nation with a gift symbolizing peace, and he thinks that his real mission is to spy on the secrets of the Elven Nation, but the mission fails, and Spuget has to flee with the Fairy Scholar Wyfield...... This is a novel full of whimsy, and the alternating chapter design of words and illustrations will bring children a novel reading experience.
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"Rain Boots Take Me to Wandering"
Authors: Michael Morporg, Claire Mupog
Publisher: Chenguang Publishing House
Age: 9~12 years old
Early in the morning, Pippa, an 8-year-old girl living in the English countryside, put on her rain boots and set off. Accompanied by 40 poems by more than 30 poets, Pippa embarks on winding paths, rolling hills, and embarks on a lovely wilderness adventure. This is a childhood scrapbook intertwined with nature, poetry and illustrations, where nature and poetry meet romantically, presenting the idyllic scenery of the English countryside well and inspiring children's yearning for nature.
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"Why Grow Up"
Author: Susan Naiman
Publisher: Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House
Age range: 10 years old and above
Why do some children not want to grow up? Why is it difficult to grow up? How do we really grow up? How should we choose between freedom and responsibility? This is a book for parents and children to read together, in which the American philosopher Susan Naiman will take us to find the answer to growing up.
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Girls/Boys, 12 years old please open:
A Guide to a Growth Mindset
Authors: Kendra Cortez, Oluwatosin Arkendal
Publisher: Life Bookstore Publishing Co., Ltd
Age: 10~14 years old
This is a growth guide, with different exercises, sharing, activities and games in each chapter, to help children develop growth mindset skills, learn how to set goals, deal with risks, embrace challenges, and improve relationships with family, friends, and teachers...... This book is not limited to children aged 12, children with independent reading ability can read it in advance, and older children who missed this book at the age of 12 can also open it and read it.
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Elon Musk Biography
Author: Walter Isaacson
Publisher: CITIC Press
Age range: 10 years old and above
Elon Musk is a star in 2023, and children are no strangers to him. For two years, the famous biographer Isaacson has been inseparably following Musk, attending his meetings, visiting factories with him, interviewing him in depth, as well as his family, friends, colleagues, ex-wives and rivals. A closer look reveals the mystery of Elon Musk, one of today's high-profile and controversial innovative entrepreneurs around the world. Reading biographies helps children gain value in a multicultural world.
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Oppenheimer's Biography
Author:[A] Kay Bird [A] Martin P. J. Sherwin
Publisher: Yilin Publishing House
Age range: 10 years old and above
This book was the inspiration for Nolan's film Oppenheimer. Over the course of 25 years of writing, the author drew on a large number of documents kept by Oppenheimer himself in the Library of Congress, as well as thousands of pages of FBI surveillance of Oppenheimer for more than 25 years, as well as interviews with nearly 100 of Oppenheimer's close friends, relatives and associates.
This book brings to life Oppenheimer's image as he leads us into the nuclear age and struggles to find a way to eliminate the threat of nuclear war. For children interested in this scientist, this book is worth reading.
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Thirty Letters to Qiu Jiawa
Author: Qiu Zhijie Qiu Jiawa
Publisher: Chenguang Publishing House, Chihiro Neverend
Age: Children over 16 years old and their parents
"Thirty Letters to Qiu Jiawa" is a dialogue between artist and curator Qiu Zhijie and his daughter Qiu Jiawa, discussing many profound topics such as life, time, life, future, success and failure. Thirty letters and a reply from her daughter Qiu Jiawa constitute a dialogue between different generations. Young generations are rarely willing to listen to what their parents say and write, and through this book, it may be able to build a bridge between parents and children.
Text丨Kitten, intern Xiaoping typesetting丨Aqiao
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