Seven-colored Flowers is a required reading for the second volume of Happy Reading, the second grade of primary school Chinese, and it is a fairy tale book. Jenny, the protagonist of the story, realized all kinds of wishes caused by negative emotions such as anger and jealousy with seven-color flowers, but she was not happy because of it. Finally, she used the seventh petal to help others and found real happiness from it. By reading this story, students understand that when you help others, your wishes reflect value and meaning, and you will get real happiness. The story is based on the different wishes realized by seven petals, and the structure and plot are similar, which is beneficial for students to learn to sort out the text content and feel the role of the directory.
The definition of "fairy tale" in Modern Chinese Dictionary is "a genre of children's literature, which compiles stories suitable for children's appreciation through rich imagination, fantasy and exaggeration". The basic explanation of the word "fairy tale" in Ci Hai is "a kind of children's literature, which shapes artistic images, reflects life and promotes the growth of children's character through imagination, fantasy and exaggeration". To sum up, the so-called fairy tale is one of the genres of children's literature, which shapes the image through rich fantasy, exaggeration, symbol and personification, so as to be suitable for children to read. Fairy tale is a genre of children's literature, which is suitable for children to enjoy through rich imagination, fantasy and exaggeration. The basic characteristics of fairy tales are: it is written according to the characteristics of children's psychological development; There are unique rhetorical devices, such as symbols and metaphors. For children in early life, they are full of illusions and are very curious about everything in the world. They have no clear concept of subject and object and think that everything is animistic. For example, if they feel that everything around them is like themselves, they will be happy, cry and be hungry. Therefore, children have their own unique way of understanding the world. In order to help children understand the surrounding environment and things, it is necessary to create an intermediary that is suitable for children's psychological characteristics and conducive to their development. The essence of fairy tales and their value to children's development can play such a role. At the same time, fairy tales are also loved by children. As Lenin said, "Children naturally like beautiful fairy tales."