In recent years, picture books have become very popular. Paintings of various styles, with some stories, allow children to easily read, learn some knowledge, understand some truths, and get more enjoyment of beauty. However, some picture books are as casual as looking at pictures and writing words, and children have no impression after reading them, and they don't even know where to put them for a long time.
There are two treasures at home, and I have read a lot of picture book stories, and "The Mouse and the Lion" is the best of the picture book stories I have seen, and we have unanimously praised it.
"The Mouse and the Lion" is from Aesop's Fables, also called "The Lion and the Mouse who Repays The Favor", which tells the story of a mouse who wakes up a sleeping lion, and the mouse begs the lion to release it, saying that it will help the lion at some critical moment. Although the lion did not think so, he still sent a kind heart to release the mouse. Later, the lion was entangled in the hunter's net, and the rat bit the rope and saved the lion.
At the end of the story, everyone tells everyone that in fact, everyone has his strengths and weaknesses, just like a very weak mouse can also rescue a powerful lion at a critical moment, and the lion as the king of the forest can only wait helplessly for death when he is trapped. So don't underestimate others easily! Be friends with every confident and friendly person, they will always make you something.
The picture book is based on this story, but the mouse is the protagonist of the book, and the name of the story is changed to "The Mouse and the Lion". The lion let go of the mouse, just gently lifting its paws. But when a rat saves a lion, he has to bite the rope with all his strength. "The grace of dripping water, the spring repays each other", which is also unified with the ancient wisdom of China.
The other day I watched "Tom and Jerry" with my children, and one of the episodes is also about lions and mice. Not willing to be trapped, the lion in the circus sneaks out and is spotted by Jerry the Rat. The lion asks Jerry for help, and Jerry helps the lion find food, avoids Tom's chase, and finally sends the lion to the cargo ship to Africa. At the time of separation, the lion and the mouse are tearful, weak and strong, and sometimes need to help each other.
Don't look down on the weak because you are strong. Don't be arrogant and self-deprecating because you are weak and self-destructive. This is true of the animal kingdom, and it is even more true of people. After the rat rescued the lion, the lion leaned over and looked into the mouse's eyes. "I saw that those little eyes were filled with a keen desire to think and act." If you want to become strong from weak, you need a keen desire for thought and action, Ren Zhengfei, Ma Yun, Wang Jianlin, they all started from bit by bit, and built their own business empire. Small stories, big philosophies, this is the beauty of thought.
In addition to the ideological nature, the level of beauty and painting in this book is really superb. Most of the picture books are spread across pages, giving people a strong visual impact and making the picture full of infinite malleability. Whether it is a mouse, a lion, or a flower or tree, every shape is cilia, and every expression is vivid, giving people an immersive feeling. Nancy. Ekholm. Burkett's paintings pay attention to the grasp of light, shadow and depth, paying attention to the details of reality and presenting a sense of fantasy and eternity in content.
Rand in charge of the story. Berkett is in charge of illustration by Nancy. Ekholm. Burkett's sons, their mother and son reinterpreted the ancient story, giving the mouse and lion new life and pulse warmth, full of the beauty of language. If you see this book, you will love it like me. Do you want to give it a try?