Ming Liang likes to eat the barrel bone the most, not to eat meat, but to like to chew the bare tube bone left after the big meat, when the mallet, when the chopsticks, when the tunnel, when the cannon, after trying a variety of ways to play, he suddenly had a deep question about the barrel bone: "Mom, why is the middle of the bone empty?" Are my bones empty too? Are teeth harder than bones? What is the round piece on the bone? At this time, I feel that it is time to come up with a long-hidden magic weapon: the 2018 French Youth Science Prize was selected for the popular science picture book "Whose Bones?" In addition to all kinds of trivia related to bones, there are 25 groups of page turning designs, which are interesting and fun. Sure enough, Ming Liang immediately put down the greasy barrel bone and picked up "Whose Bones?" " to see the end.
From interest to play, from play to questions to finally ask questions, curiosity and exploration to drive children step by step forward, the final problem will definitely find parents to answer, when the parents' knowledge reserves can not fill the child's brain hole, popular science picture books can indeed help a lot! It turns out that snails have more than 25,000 teeth; frogs rely on their eyes to swallow; flying squirrels can fly with their skin; whales swim with their fingers; sharks are covered with cartilage..... Not only children, but even adults will be amazed when they see it, "There is such a thing!"
<h1>1. Concise text and humorous painting style are the best match! </h1>
Whose Bones? The author and painter are French. As we all know, French popular science education has always been known for its conciseness and clarity, "Whose Bones? In terms of language style, it also maintains the simplicity and order that the French have always had. First of all, the large framework is constructed, reviewing the beginning and development of bones in the evolution of life on Earth, and then explaining the development and evolution of major bones such as skulls and limb bones, which is also interspersed with some interesting peripheral knowledge. In addition to the deepening of the vertical logic, the editors also pay attention to the characteristics of biodiversity, not the only center of human beings, from ancient dinosaurs to modern animals can be found in the book, crisscrossing narrative can ensure the scientific, accurate and comprehensive knowledge, and more importantly, convey a concept: any life form is equal.
In addition to the refinement of the text, the humor of the French is also vividly expressed in the painting, for example, under the theme of "is it hard bone", a pair of cockfighting eyes appear in the skull, staring at their nose bones, looking silly and stunned;
In order to reflect that the shark's whole body is composed of cartilage, a shark slammed into the wall, and the whole body was wrinkled with waves, and the pain could be felt through the air.
Painters are also particularly adept at linking knowledge with our life experiences. For example, under the theme of being white like a bone, a small person is painted brushing the bone with white paint, vividly showing the color of the bone.
Speaking of the short-legged lizard between the lizard and the snake, he even drew his unconvincing expression, and did not seem to be very happy with the fact of the small short-legged.
When encountering the classification methods commonly used in scientific research, in order to put different species in the same picture, the painter created a cute situation, and connected the characters in a dramatic way to create a humorous atmosphere.
Here, the reasonable collocation of painting and text complement each other, which not only complements and explains knowledge, but also provides a background for children's imagination. We all know the importance of cultivating children's imagination, but imagination is not a nonsense that transcends all rules, it is carried out within a reasonable framework, and imagination will bloom in a broader space with a basis.
<h1>2. The butterfly effect of knowledge</h1>
The whole writing to the "extraordinary bones" suddenly stopped, making people feel that there was no end, and the aftertaste was endless, as if there should be dozens of pages in the back, but I didn't know who had torn it up, a little angry, a little regretful, so in the imperfection, there was a little desire, eager to read the next book about bones, to learn more about the little story about bones.
A good book will make the reader have a lot of questions and thoughts after reading, igniting the desire to explore, for example, seeing the impact of the temporal hole in the skull on the bite force, so want to know the animal bite force ranking, immediately search for the corresponding documentary;
After seeing the comparison of the skulls of humans and orangutans, I want to know how humans evolved from apes, so I went to see Fang Long's "Human Story";
After seeing the composition of the arms, legs, and palm bones, I wanted to further understand the structure of human bones, so I went to see "How to Make a Brother".
Knowledge is connected into a network in constant triggers and associations, thereby building a more complete body of knowledge. A good book can trigger the butterfly effect of knowledge, become the introduction to dozens or even hundreds of other books, and induce you to gradually expand the boundaries of knowledge in continuous reading.
In fact, as an adult, in the process of reading picture books with children, I still have a deep feeling: after receiving more than 20 years of school education, the ability to learn and accept knowledge will decline, and the reaction in life is that it is difficult to accept new things, do not want to read complex and difficult books, and even produce anti-intellectual psychology, only when reading picture books with children, this situation has improved. Humorous and vivid pictures and concise and easy to understand words make unfamiliar knowledge easy to approach, and gradually change my rebellious psychology of new things, willing to accompany children to read, even wait for children to fall asleep, hold and read for a while, "Whose bones?" " is what I first read and then recommended to Ming Liang in due course, it creates a fun parent-child time for us, and the benefits of a book are far more than that, who knows.