Last week in my hometown
Turn out the bridge version of the old love "Fabre Insects"
Jingle Bell at the age of 3
I took him to read the picture book version of "The Most Beautiful Fabre" countless times.
Read this bridge edition again
I can even listen to it
Have to lament the charm of this series of books.
I believe that many readers have heard of Falbu's name
What kind of book is Fabre Insects?
So who is Fabre?
Dan Mama first came to give everyone a popular science.
The Internet classifies this set of books as popular science books for children
But in fact, "Insects"
It is recognized as an immortal world masterpiece
The author makes careful observations
Interestingly reveals the secrets of the insect world.
You'll be amazed when you read it
It turns out that the small insect world has so many secrets
In the preface to The Insect Chronicle, Mr. Luo Dagang said:
The reason why "Insects" is widely popular with readers
Mainly because it has two major characteristics:
(i)
The situation it records is true and reliable, detailed and profound;
(ii)
The writing is concise and clear.
There is no general lyrical prose literary work scratching its head
It has a rustic style, is funny, and has its own style
Why is this a book that children must read in their lifetime?
To quote a Douban reader Y.X. Mu Rong's comment:
Masterpieces and milestones are no longer enough to describe the greatness of Insects
This book is the "Homeric epic" of the worm world:
It's not just a paper.
More like a diary, simple and clean text,
Documenting bizarre adventures;
It's not just a scientific work.
More like a fairy tale, the tone of amazement,
It tells the miracle of life.
Adults read this book
Fun aside
You can taste the harmony between man and nature
Children read this book
It can exercise the ability to express language
It can also inspire their interest in observing nature
It can also guide them on how to observe the world
Henry. Fabre
The world's first scientist to study insects in their natural environment
In 1911, he was recommended as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature
The famous "Insect Chronicle" was completed with all his life's energy
A great work with a high degree of integration of literature and science
In 1859, Darwin wrote in The Origin of Species.
Praised Fabre as a "rare observer"
This scholar is known as the "Virgil of the Insect World"
He is a self-taught French country teacher
Spent his life working with insects
Determined to write a "history" for bugs - "Insects"
Before his death, he was destitute all his life, and he cut down on food and clothing
It is questioned by society and even friends
He was also attacked by his colleagues and was called a "fly"
But this did not change his independent observation and thinking
Still unapologetically sticking to his research
Because he loves these amazing little creatures
There is a shocking passage in "Insects":
You are cutting open the stomachs of insects.
But I live to study them;
You think of bugs as something to fear or pity
And I made it possible for people to love it;
You're operating in a kind of twisting workshop,
I was under the blue sky, listening to the music of cicadas and observing...
Read his wonderful words full of love
You will feel like you are back in your childhood
It is he who thinks like a philosopher
Observe like an artist
Feel and express like a poet
Only then did he write a great work that highly integrated literature and science
Hats off to Mr. Fabre!
Thank you for leaving such a precious legacy
Influence generations of children with a compassionate, romantic heart
Discover the mysteries and fun of nature!
I really recommend reading it for every child
However, Fabre's original work, Insects, is very long
It's quite difficult for children to read
So there are various adaptations of the Internet mixed
A random search will bring out hundreds
For the convenience of everyone to choose
For different age groups
Dan Mama bought back about 10 versions
Make the table clear
From the appropriate reading age, story translation, graphic typesetting, printing paper, reading comfort and other aspects of comprehensive consideration, I selected the following editions in detail to avoid everyone falling into the pit.
1 Toddler Edition (3-6 years old reading)
The Most Beautiful Fabre Insects
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Author: (French) Fabre's original work
Translation: (Japanese) Kiyonosuke Kobayashi
Painted: (Japanese) Tatsuei Matsuoka et al
Publisher: Nova Press
This should be my favorite version, the beautiful and fresh narration of Japanese literary master Kiyonosuke Kobayashi, with realistic paintings by ecological painters such as Tatsuei Matsuoka, how to see how perfect.
A total of 12 common insect species were selected, divided into 12 volumes, each of which was described in a slightly different way.
Some start from common sense, such as "Musician Cricket", crickets can sing, everyone knows, so where did it come from? This book can be found out.
Some start from observation, such as "Residents in the Bubble Cicada", how to stick a white bubble on the rose branch in the spring, and it does not disappear for several days? What's going on?
Some start from breaking the fairy tale, "The Fairy Cicada Singing Summer" says at the beginning that there is a story in Aesop's Fables about a cicada and an ant wintering is not true, because cicadas are only in summer.
No matter how it is introduced, the author is trying to make the children as interested and easy to understand, and the language is extremely lively.
Take the shell Lang to read, you know how vivid and interesting Kobayashi Kiyonosuke's vocabulary is:
It was so much fun! It rolled the dung ball up in a posture with a large top.
"Gollum, Gollum!" Scarabs are doing a great job!
The scarab beetle wanted to carry the dung ball to his favorite place and enjoy a good meal comfortably.
Language is like a real person observing shell lang with us, every move can be seen.
The language is so careful, of course, the painting style is not conventional, and it is indeed the "most beautiful Fabre".
The colors are fresh, and the composition of each perspective is carefully considered, so that people are not afraid of nausea at all.
When it comes to the big view, the whole natural landscape is stunning.
When it is necessary to reflect the popularity of science, it can also depict the details clearly and in detail.
Even the most subtle changes in bugs do not tire of drawing a few pictures, for fear that children will miss these precious moments.
In addition, it is worth mentioning the arrangement, the folio is large, the font is also large, the graphic and text are just right, and it will not be crowded.
After each book, insect experiments are also specially designed, including the introduction of real insects, how Fabre did it to observe, and what readers can do in life, edutainment, at a glance.
2 Bridge Edition (5-8 years old reading)
Fabre Insects · Famous Illustrated Editions
Text: (Japanese) Kiyonosuke Kobayashi
Photo: Kiyoshi Takahashi
Publisher: China Population Publishing Co., Ltd.
This edition is also the work of Kiyonosuke Kobayashi, which continues the language style of "The Most Beautiful Fabre", and is still so kind and interesting.
But because it is a bridge book, great changes have been made in the content and layout form.
First of all, the content, a total of 10 volumes, selected the most typical 10 species of insects, divided into chapters to describe their habits, specialties, survival and reproduction.
The selections are all common insects
The chapters are well organized
Some books tell one story, some tell two stories.
In terms of the professionalism of popular science, because Kiyonosuke Kobayashi originally specialized in animal research, he also deliberately looked for information in many ways when creating this set of books in order to update the information in a timely manner.
For example, in this "The Story of cicadas", Fabre's original book said that "cicadas should live underground for about four years", and Kobayashi found that the incubation period of cicadas is mostly five or six years, so it is corrected in the text.
Secondly, the font is very large, the child reads independently without eye, and uses high-frequency words common to children under 8 years old.
In terms of picture display, like many bridge books, coloring pages and black and white pages overlap, color pictures increase artistic appreciation, and black and white pages allow children to focus on words and prepare for the transition to text books.
The color of the coloring page is fresh
In terms of textual narration, Kiyonosuke Kobayashi's language is kind and interesting. It's like a grandfather with a child, observing those cute little insects in the wonderful nature, and unconsciously bringing the child into the world of insects.
For example, in "The Story of Spiders and Walking Bugs", after the tarantula gave birth, more than 200 cubs actually climbed onto their mother's back to live, and only left the ground after four or five months. In addition to their own babies, there will be other baby spiders crawling on them, and sometimes the mother spider has to carry four or five hundred small spiders... Look carefully here for dense phobias.
The tarantula's egg sack suddenly broke. wow!
A pack of baby tarantulas emerged from the hole.
Babies certainly don't make "wow" sounds.
But it looks like it's called that.
Everyone jumped out elated.
There were more than two hundred of them.
Instead of dispersing, everyone gathered in one place—mom's back.
"Everybody get on Mom's back!"
It was as if someone was giving orders.
The little tarantulas climbed onto their mother's back together.
Little tarantulas are like grains of rice,
However, more than two hundred of them all gathered together at once, and no one could eat it.
The back of the tarantula mother is like wearing a tarantula coat.
The little tarantula doesn't fool around on mom's back.
Mother tarantulas are also not angry, neither too heavy nor noisy.
It carried so many little tarantulas on its back to sleep at the bottom of the cave.
Sometimes they bask in the sun at the mouth of the cave.
It also walks outside the cave and catches insects to eat.
Overall worth recommending, the only regret is that there are only 10 species of insects, which is not enough to see at all.
In addition, at this age, there is also a set of "Fabre Insects " Fabre Insect Chronicles " published by Beijing Science and Technology Publishing House and edited by South Korea's Gao Susanna . Children's Color Plates》
This set of color plates sold well and was listed as a book recommended by the General Administration of Press and Publication to teenagers across the country.
But it is actually very different from Fabre's original work, and it is more appropriate to say that it is an insect story than a popular science book.
The full set of 10 books, each about two kinds of insects, the author either chooses a protagonist from the insects, around this "protagonist" to tell the story.
This set of books is more lively and exaggerated, and the protagonist narrates his story in the first person, which also has a relatively strong emotional narrative. Some of the plots are quite funny.
The overall painting style feels average, the insects are not delicate enough, and some of the movements are slightly exaggerated.
If children like to listen to insect stories, this version can be tried, if you pay more attention to the aesthetic value of popular science and pictures, there are many choices of the same type, you don't have to consider it.
3 Text version (8 years old + reading)
There are too many types of text editions, and the books that adults read are not much different, I bought the 6 editions that are called "designed for teenagers" to compare, to be honest, there are not many who have the courage to read the complete book.
Some of them are phonetic, and the arrangement and style of painting are difficult to describe, you know.
Some come from a big head, recommended by famous artists, required reading by the Ministry of Education, etc., do not buy as if they miss the authority, and actually get their hands on it, dense, it is difficult to insist on reading.
There are also direct transliterations, Chinese treatment is unnatural, there are many professional terms and awkward names of people and place names, in the clouds and fog.
Pick and choose, pick two slightly better, for everyone's reference.
Insects · The new curriculum standard must read edition
(Suitable for lower primary grades)
Author: [Fa] Fabre
Publisher: The Commercial Press
The Commercial Press this book was unexpected to me, and it was very suitable for the dual needs of primary school students to learn and read outside the classroom.
First of all, it is more systematic than other versions, from the first chapter to Fabre's study of the causes of insects.
Picking an insect in each subsequent chapter to elaborate on, not only Fabre recalls the details of his observation of insects, but also what happened to Fabre and his family.
Compared with other versions, its language is concise and concise, with a chapter of about 10 pages, and the key expressions are covered.
However, it should be reminded that some words may be too concise, weakening the feelings that the author wants to express.
In terms of arrangement, it is mainly divided into several parts: introduction, annotation, growth inspiration and writing accumulation.
The guide arouses the interest of reading, the annotation is directly marked next to the new word, the growth inspiration and writing accumulation are very practical, and it is a necessity for primary school students.
If you have not seen the text version of "Insects", this version is more suitable for the second and third grades to start watching.
Insects · Unified edition of the Ministry of Education
(Suitable for upper primary school grades)
Author: (French) Henry Fabre
Publisher: People's Literature Publishing House
Another one worth recommending is the one published by The People's Literature, although it is a unified textbook reading, it is not empty of names, and it is really hardcore in literary terms.
Similar to the commentary of "China on the Tip of the Tongue", it directly picks an insect protagonist in each chapter, first introduces the background, and then introduces how I (Fabre) observed and thought, and finally obtained the results through experiments.
Let's take the chapter "Cicada Out of the Hole" as an example to see how its language is expressed.
Background: Near the summer solstice, the first cicadas appeared. In the small paths of people, exposed to the sun, and trampled on porcelain, there are some round holes that can reach into the thumb and be level with the ground.
This is the larvae of the cicada that crawl back to the ground from deep underground to become the exit of the cicada, and there are some such holes almost everywhere except for the fields that have been cultivated.
Observational thinking: Everything seems to confirm that the cicada cave is a waiting room, a meteorological observation station, and the larvae are long looking inside, sometimes crawling to the surface to detect the weather outside.
But what is difficult to explain is, where did the excavated floating soil go? A hole has an average of two hundred cubic meters of floating soil, how come all of them are missing?
Conclusion: Look further along this line of thought, and the secret of the cicada cave will be solved. I dug out a larva that was digging its burrow, and I was so lucky that I made a surprising discovery.
The author uses such a prose language to show the reader the rich insect world layer by layer, which is not boring, but also has its own logic, the words will not be very complicated, and the upper primary school can be fully controlled.
For some words that are difficult to express the complete picture, there are also illustrations in the book to assist in understanding.
However, this book also has poor reading, many insect names are relatively strange, and there is no corresponding pinyin and annotation in the book, one by one is quite time-consuming.
It is recommended that the upper grades of primary school and above junior high school will be more suitable.
▌Finally, a summary:
1, the low version (3-5 years old) can choose "The Most Beautiful Fabre Insect Record", the pictures and texts are good, suitable for parent-child reading, especially the kind and vivid language, will make the baby interested in insects, after reading can also refer to the experimental field observation.
2, 5 years old or older can read the bridge book, "Fabre insect famous painting" is the first choice in the bridge version, the word is large, the content is richer than the low version, the words are not complicated, just suitable for the young to connect to the lower grades of primary school.
3, 8 years old or older in the text version, children who have not been exposed to it can first read the "Insect Record" of the Commercial Press, the difficulty of independent reading is not large, and it has practical and effective help for language learning.
If you are familiar with the content of "Insects" itself and want to strengthen your literary and linguistic proficiency, you can see the one compiled by the Ministry of Education.
Dan's mother shattered her thoughts
There are so many versions of Fabre's Insects that I can't guarantee that what I recommend to you is the best on the whole web. It's just that after comparing many versions, I recommend the relatively good ones I have seen to everyone. In addition, today's evaluation sharing, pure recommendation, no group purchase, you go to the e-commerce network to start oh.
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Editorial Assistant: Wan Qiong