Parents who follow the Children's Literature Award must have heard of the Newbery Children's Literature Award.
The award is given annually to outstanding works of English children's literature published in the previous year.
One of the most notable is the Gold Award-winning book, which only one book can win each year (there are multiple Silver awards).
The standard of the award-winning works is recognized worldwide, and in terms of weight, it can be called the Oscar of children's literature in the English language.
Not long ago, Newbery announced this year's latest Gold Award winners, which can be described as high-profile.
This year's Gold Award winning work is "Free Water", which translates to "Free Water" in Chinese.
Lens value 730L
The book received a rating of 4.24 out of 5 on Douban in the United States and 4.8 on Amazon.
The protagonists of the book are a brother and sister who tell the story of their older brother Homer and his younger sister Ida's escape from the southern plantations.
At the same time, themes such as survival, adventure, friendship, and courage are intertwined.
In addition, the book seems to tell the story of "escape" and "salvation", but the author Amina cleverly borrows the perspective of a boy to restore the history of slavery, and this criticism and criticism are even more cruel.
I believe that when our children read this original English edition, they will immerse themselves in following the footsteps of the boy and experience his struggle, courage and transformation.
At the same time, although this is a fictional novel, after reading this book, I have a deeper understanding and understanding of the history of slavery and the history of racial discrimination.
In addition to this set of gold medal works, our editorial department has also selected several other very classic English originals for you, and the protagonists of the stories are all boys and girls.
We talked about a concept before, children's perspectives are so different from adults' perspectives, when choosing books for children and teenagers, it is best to match their minds, such as the protagonist of the best book is best the same child, so that children will read more resonate, will unconsciously imagine themselves as the protagonist, so that reading will be like watching a movie, and the interest in reading will be greatly refreshed.
《The Book Thief》偷书贼
Lens value 730L
The book was on the New York Times bestseller list for 10 years and has been translated into more than 40 languages.
Douban readers' comments: I love this book so much, I read it in junior high school, I was so moved that the real "reading novels don't start from the end" started with this one.
In 2013, the book was adapted into the movie of the same name, but readers reported that the book was more exciting than the movie.
The subject matter of this book is very interesting.
Douban reader's comment: Human beings make me puzzled, I want to score a thousand points!
During World War II, nine-year-old German girl Liezel and her brother were sent to foster care. The younger brother unfortunately fell ill and died on the train. In the wasteland where her brother is buried, Lizel picks up a book that means a lot to her, The Gravedigger's Handbook.
Arriving at her foster family in Munich's ghetto, Liezel fell asleep with the Gravedigger's Handbook in her arms. In order to comfort her, her adoptive father read the contents of the manual to her every night and taught her to read.
Lizel finds the lure of books harder to resist than food, and can't help but start stealing them.
Why can human beings be so ugly and so beautiful, and why can the power of words destroy everything and be dazzling?
"The Book Thief" tells the story of a lonely little girl who gains strength and hope through books.
I hope that after reading the book, our children can also be like the girls in the novel "love books", and when they encounter setbacks and lows in their future lives, they will sigh, "It's good to have books!"
《The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas》
Boy in striped pajamas
Lens value 730L
Before introducing this book, I have to mention the movie version of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas".
This movie of the same name is as famous as "Life is Beautiful" and "Schindler's List", and is an immortal classic in the history of film, with a Douban score of 9.2 points. (Movies with a score of more than 9 on Douban are all god movies)
Why should you read the English version of the novel?
Because the psychological activities of the characters that cannot be fully presented in the movie are described in more detail in the novel...
The book tells the story of the family of Bruno, a nine-year-old boy, who moved from Berlin to Poland on a letter of transfer from his Nazi officer's father. An adventurous man, he soon became interested in the "farm" near his new home, where people were busy in striped pajamas through towering walls and barbed wire.
No one told him what exactly the "farm" was, and everyone forbade him to ask. Driven by curiosity, Bruno sneaks out of the house and meets Shmuel, a boy of his age on the other side of the barbed wire.
One day, Shmuel's father disappeared, so Bruno decided to put on the same striped pajamas as Shmuel and go to the other side of the barbed wire fence to help him find his father, but tragedy happened......
This book profoundly exposes the cruelty of the Nazis, and the trampling and contempt of human life under Hitler's iron heel.
《Esperanza Rising》风中玫瑰
Lens value 730L
The book has been at the top of Amazon's best-selling lists of "20th Century Children's Historical Fiction" and "Hispanic Children's Books" for many years.
Esperanza Rising's story is set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution of the 1930s and the Great Depression in the United States.
Esperella, a Mexican girl, has always lived a princess-like life: she has beautiful clothes to wear, a spacious house to live in, and many servants to call for herself, and her parents have made her the jewel of their palms.
However, a sudden turn of events shatters Esperella's entire world, her father is murdered by bandits, and the family property is about to be usurped, so she and her mother have no choice but to flee to the United States.
However, traveling from Mexico to the United States, not just to a strange country, Esperella is no longer a princess, she is just an ordinary worker......
In the midst of many tribulations, Esperella overcame difficulties and held on to her beliefs, which is wonderfully portrayed in this book.
"Esperanza Rising" has been incorporated into the literature, sociology, and Spanish curricula of American high schools.
If you have a girl in your family, I believe she will learn perseverance, kindness and courage from the heroine Esperella.
The above books are all classics of the classics, dedicated to our children, and these deep-rooted words will accompany our children through lonely days and nights.