Title image / "If the Moon Falls" illustration
At the beginning of the month, we launched the fiction and non-fiction categories of the May Good Books List, and today, the monthly children's book recommendation is here as scheduled.
The life of flowing water seems to be repetitive, but there are also many subtle changes, and the new book we recommend in this issue revolves around "change". When the moon falls into the forest, the animal community changes; When a child from the mountains transfers to a school in a coastal city, what kind of changes will she bring to the students around her? When the streets of the city begin to move, how drastic will the changes in people and the environment be? Between all these changes, there is a childhood dissolution of anxiety, satisfaction of curiosity, and poetic understanding of life.
Children's Book List for May
"If the Moon Falls" (7 volumes)
Anzo the Giant
"Happiness Village"
"The Little Island Master from the Mountain"
Letter from Mount Everest
"Escape from the Mountains, Trash, Throw It Away!" 》
(In no particular order)
"If the Moon Falls" (7 volumes)
Sébastian Meshmozer / Written and illustrated
Liu Haiying / Translation
Fun Future Press
Recommended by: Lu Mei
Behind the story, it is about a child's innocent curiosity, adventurous spirit of trial and error, comprehension of friendship, gratitude for life, pursuit of the true meaning of happiness, and even getting along with the larger community.
German artist and picture book writer Sebastian Meshmozer wrote and painted seven wonderful stories, full of wild imagination and absurd and witty plot design, full of fresh German humor. The protagonist, Mr. Squirrel, lives in the forest with his best friends Mr. Hedgehog, Mr. Bear, and Mr. Goat, and they experience a full story of vibrant spring, summer, autumn and winter together. One day, Mr. Squirrel found that the golden moon fell from the sky and landed on the eaves of his house, how to send the moon home? Winter is coming, and Mr. Squirrel and a few friends have never seen snow, so they decide to beat sleep and go in search of snow together; Mr. Hedgehog falls into a beautiful love fantasy, and Mr. Squirrel steps forward to give advice to his best friend; Mr. Squirrel wants to live in a quiet place, but he finds that a perfect and happy life is around him......
Each of McShmoser's animals is alive, warm, breathing, cute, mischievous and whimsical, and they are the embodiment of a child. The pencil-style sketches are free-flowing, combined with colored pencils, transparent watercolors, gouache and other paints, to create a sense of life and joy like singing or dancing. Behind the story, it is about a child's innocent curiosity, adventurous spirit of trial and error, comprehension of friendship, gratitude for life, pursuit of the true meaning of happiness, and even getting along with the larger community.
Anzo the Giant
By Kate Scott
Alexandra Gunn / Illustration
Translated by Zhou Wuna
Magic Elephant Guangxi Normal University Press
Recommended by: Lu Mei
Kate Scott's examination of a "childhood with a vision" and the ability and action to "understand life poetically" has the pleasure and empathy of reading.
Anzo, an 11-year-old boy, is deeply troubled by being too short, and he thinks that if he grows taller, he will no longer be ignored and ridiculed. But when he really grew taller, the problem was not solved, and he was still the one who was nicknamed and ridiculed by his classmates. The lonely Anzo is supported by his friend Elise, and with her encouragement and companionship, he participates in the International Comic Con and seeks his dreams.
The novella "Anzuo the Giant" uses light-hearted and humorous language to describe the various troubles encountered by children in the process of growing up, such as verbal violence in school, lack of courage and fear to face, neglect and even misunderstanding by family members, and conflicts between wanting to integrate into society and pursuing oneself. British children's book writer Kate Scott's examination of "longing childhood" and the ability and action to "understand life poetically" have the joy and empathy of reading. Every growing child needs to accumulate self-affirmation little by little, so that their hearts become strong, as the girl Elis said: "Self-confidence is a kind of magic that makes you believe in your own strength, and then the whole world will see that you are so good." ”
"The Little Island Master from the Mountain"
Wang Kewei / Author
Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House
Recommended by: Li Lingjun
The integration of Yi embroidery skills, handmade blue dyeing and other Chinese folk crafts into the advancement of the plot has given this dream-chasing journey across mountains and seas a breadth and depth.
As one of the main participants of the project "Small Education Helps Great Revitalization, Handicrafts Help Unemployed Women", his participation in the project allows writer Wang Kewei to capture the extraordinary shining points of many ordinary people at the forefront of life, and when these stories become the material in his novels, he needs to present and deal with them in a literary way. In the book "The Little Island Master from the Mountains", he chose the perspective of the pairing and cooperation of eastern and western education, and the perspective of students from Liangshan, Sichuan Province studying and living in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on the road of common prosperity and finally innovating and starting a business, and skillfully combined the friendship stories of collision, running-in, reconciliation and mutual assistance between young people in the two places in their studies and lives with the process of realizing the aspirations of youth, and presented a moving growth story by writing the detailed psychological changes of the protagonist, and integrated the oriental wisdom of "teaching people to fish is better than teaching them to fish". At the same time, the Yi embroidery skills, handmade blue dyeing and other Chinese folk crafts are integrated into the advancement of the plot, so that this dream-chasing journey across the mountains and seas has breadth and depth.
"Happiness Village"
Wu Zhouxing / Author
Anhui Juvenile and Children's Publishing House
Recommended by: Zheng Zhouming
After a summer growth adventure, the company of people and animals, the changes of communities and cities, have a generous background of warmth and understanding.
From the osmanthus lane in memory to the happiness of the new look, these two names are not special, on the contrary, they have a universal existence, and can even refer to the history of changes in a community. Movement is an important factor behind the city's constant change of image, and few writers of children's literature will pay attention to this theme, after all, we are accustomed to its main narrator coming from adults, and children's perspectives are rarely taken into account. "Happiness" does not directly cut from the perspective of movement, but instead uses emotional projection, and the stray cats around him implicate all the characters and plots. In the process of finding and rescuing stray cats, Ou Xiaotao, Ai Yang, Douban, Asakusa, and Ash Tree, five children from different growth environments, began the process of growing up from strange to familiar, and they saw together the difficulty of community work, the emotional needs of the elderly living alone, and the significance of protecting ancient buildings. After a summer growth adventure, the company of people and animals, the changes of communities and cities, have a generous background of warmth and understanding.
Letter from Mount Everest
Xixia / Author
千寻Neverend·晨光出版社
Recommended by: Zhang Yingying
In the detailed and emotional narration, it is not only the history of a mountain, but also the history of the development and change of the relationship between human beings and nature.
The grandfather of the 10-year-old boy, Xiao Zhi, was an outdoor magazine reporter, and although he failed to fulfill his promise to climb the world's highest peak with his grandson, his grandfather passed on many stories about Mount Everest to Xiao Zhi in the form of letters. In the works mainly based on the content of personal letters, the steepness and danger of the mountains, and the perseverance and courage of people become the themes throughout the book.
There are magical animals and plants about this mountain, there are secrets and legends that have been spread for a long time, and there are also impassioned feats that are indomitable. From the Hairy Bigfoot and the Sherpas to George Mallory, Reinhold Messner, ...... In the detailed and emotional narration, it is not only the history of a mountain, but also the history of the development and change of the relationship between human beings and nature. Why is it that since ancient times, there has always been a group of people who have been pushing their limits and trying to climb the peak? "Because the mountain is there", they try to go beyond the limit height, and even try to leave behind the self who stopped and retreated because of timidity.
"Escape from the Mountains, Trash, Throw It Away!" 》
Seizo Tajima
/ Translated by Yu Wen
Guangxi Normal University Press
Recommended by: Yuan Huan
The interesting idea is that this is an environmentally-themed picture book that can be read from both sides of the story.
The interesting idea is that this is an environmentally-themed picture book that can be read from both sides of the story. As I was reading, I saw the small animals desperately escaping from the mountains, "Can you still find a new home?" "They struggle, they cry out for help; Reading backwards, you can see the moment when human beings overconsume and discard a lot of things, and the landfill in the middle of the two stories is a wake-up call. The painter uses strong colors but uses simple lines to outline impactful images, and I think that after reading this work, I will also begin to reflect on my infinitely expanding desire to consume. Protecting nature is not a slogan but requires everyone's personal action, and picture books are once again alert to this fact.
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