What does a "bad boy" look like? Growing up we may not be able to answer this question because the "bad" of young children is sometimes quite imaginative. They always have endless mischief energy, every corner of the home is a secret place worth exploring, the bathtub can be a "battlefield" in the duel with pirates, and nailing nails to the wall can be a lot of fun. Perhaps, only those adults who still retain a childlike heart can understand the mood of the "bad child". What kind of "bad boys" are these adult-created picture books and children's literature? Now, let's find out.
Picture books
Beast Nation
【Naughty Archives】
Name: Max
Mischievous behavior: Running away from home
Image: Short black brown hair, white skin, big eyes, love to wear beast clothes
Author: [Mei] Maurice Sandak Translator: Song Pei
Edition: Dandelion Children's Bookstore, Guizhou People's Publishing House, June 2014
One night, Max stepped on a book and nailed nails to the wall with a hammer, and then held up a shovel in the kitchen to scare the family's pet dog. Mom was furious when she saw the mess, and after being bumped by Max, she angrily punished him to go to his room and think about it behind closed doors, and was not allowed to eat dinner. So Max went back to his room and went back to sleep. Unexpectedly, something magical happened, and a tree grew in his room, and slowly, the tree grew into a forest, and even the ocean appeared in front of Max. So he got on a small boat and sailed for more than a year to a place called the Beast Nation. Instead of fearing the beasts' yellow eyes and ferocious claws, Max tamed the beasts and was hailed as the "Beast King." So Max had a happy game with the beasts, but as he played, Max felt lonely and wanted to return to his dear ones, and when the scent wafted from the other side of the world, he decided to give up his throne and return home.
"David, No"
Name: David
Naughty behavior: Engaging in sabotage
Image: Small eyes, triangular nose, thin layer of short hair, tooth decay
Author: (American) David Shannon Translator: Yu Zhiying
Edition: Hebei Education Press, April 2007
David was very mischievous, he would scribble on the wall, he would make the floor dirty with a mud mark, he would dress up as a pirate in the bathtub, and direct the toy to turn on the "big war" mode, so that the water flowed everywhere. He went from restlessness to quiet, wearing an iron pot, waving a spoon in his left hand and holding a pan in his right hand, and David began to knock and make noise; he didn't eat well, fiddling with chicken legs, potatoes and beans, David made a humanoid toy; in short, he watched cartoons and fell in love, played Superman, never exhausted, and smashed the toy into a mess, so the word his mother said most to David was "no". Mom was so angry as David broke the vase on the coffee table while playing baseball in the room, and David curled up in the corner with a tear on his face. David's performance calmed her mother down, and she beckoned David into her arms and said softly, "David, I love you." ”
My Shouting Day! 》
Name: Bella
Naughty behavior: Yelling
Image: short brown hair, small nose, large black mouth, often wearing a red shirt
Author: Rebecca Patterson Translator: Sun Yu
Edition: Pu Pu Lan Picture Book Museum, New Century Publishing House, August 2015
Bella was a little girl, and her day was always associated with yelling. Bella's mouth was black, and when something was not satisfactory, she opened her mouth wide, and the fiery, loud words popped out of the dark mouth. Mom didn't blame or comfort Bella in these moments, but waited for her to come out of her bad mood and accept Bella's emotions with her company. When night fell and Bella finally fell sleepy, her mother told her, "I know, we all have days like this." ”
Children's literature
The Diary of a Trickster
Name: Garnino
Mischievous behavior: Teasing others
Image: Curly-haired boy, trick-or-treater, known as "trick-or-treater"
Author: [Yi] Wan Ba Translator: Xu Gaohong
Edition: People's Literature Publishing House, April 2007
On his birthday, his mother gave Garnino a diary, Garnino did not know what to write, he "cleverly moved", he could not write, he stole his sister's diary and copied it! "If only the little old man never came to my house again!" ...... Mom said he was very rich and if he proposed to me, I should marry him! Isn't that cruel? At night, the "little old man" came to the house, took away Garnino's diary, read the passage of copying his sister's diary... The little old man asked him why you were writing, and he replied that he copied it from his sister's diary. Later, the little old man left, and his sister cried, and Garnino did not understand why copying the diary would make his sister's affair fail, and vowed never to do it again, because he was very upset. In the future, he only remembered his own "trick-or-treating": stealing his sister's corset and skirt to wear; tying the cannon to his brother-in-law at his sister's wedding; playing fishing at home to catch an old man's teeth; running away from home to his aunt's house; building a zoo, hanging the neighbor's children from trees as "monkeys"...
"Pippi Longstocking"
Name: Pippi Longstocking
Behavior: Lying and bragging
Image: Red-haired girl, freckled face, two small braids upturned, wearing a pair of stockings, one brown, one black
Author: [Sweden] Astrid Lindgren
Translator: Ren Rongrong Edition: Hunan Children's Publishing House, 1983
Pippi Longstocking is nine years old, a lonely man. She had Mom and Dad, but Mom died before she could speak; Dad was a captain and had disappeared during the voyage. Pippi himself lives in the house that his father bought and waits for his father to come home. Pippi did not like to go to school, full of nonsense, she had to walk backwards when she walked, and told her friends that Egyptians all walked like this, but she had never been to Egypt; when she was exposed as a lie, she said that none of the Congolese told the truth, bragged day and night, and she could not change the habit of lying because she had lived in the Congo for too long. She beats the egg to her head and says that the yolk is good for hair... Pippi believed that his mother was an angel, that his father must still be alive, and that he had gone to a desert island full of blacks and became their king.
"Little Naughty Nikolai Out of Print Story"
Name: Nikolai
Behavior: Playfulness
Image: The little boy who has just started elementary school has a bunch of naughty henchmen like him, and wherever they go, they will become very bad
Author: (French) René Gosini (French) Jean-Jacques Sambé Translated by Dai Jie
Edition: China Children's and Children's Publishing House, October 2007
Nikolai is a cute little mischievous, who loves to cry and love to make trouble. During the holidays, he and his parents went to the beach for a vacation, Nikolai tanned himself, but they came back early, there were still a few days left from school, the buddies were not at home, what was the point of tanning not being able to show them? Nikolai was worried that he would soon return in vain, and his father suggested that he bask in the sun in the garden, and that he would surely become a sturdy Tarzan when the school started. The next day the neighbor's girl Manva was returning from vacation, Nikolai rushed to the garden to bask in the sun, and the moment he saw Manwa, his face turned red again... Such small stories happen every day in Nikolai's world, and he and his friends inadvertently "prank" amused all the people who read the story.
Written by /Beijing News reporter Zhang Shuting Lu Wanting