The moon appeared countless times in China's ancient poems, which entrusted the poet's thoughts, conveyed the poet's inner pursuit, and expressed the poet's passion and sadness. There are many such poems lingering in our ears.
The bright moon shed clear light from the cracks and cleared the fountain on the rocks. -Wang Wei's Autumn Night in the Deep Mountains
After an autumn rain, it is dusk, but it is also fresh and quiet. The bright moon is in the sky, the pines are hidden, and the mountain springs are flowing, just like a white practice among rocks, emitting cold light in the moonlight. Wang Wei revealed his ideal realm-noble mind with "pine under the moon" and "clear spring on the stone".
In the autumn of the first half of Mount Emei, the Pingqiang River reflected. -Li Bai's "Emei Mountain Moon Song"
The moon in autumn is the most charming, and half a moon can't help but make people fall into the illusion of moonlight, thinking whether the green hills in Emei swallowed the moon or the moon was shy to hide behind. But in any case, the mountains and the moon will always be with Wan Li, visible every night, making people more and more reluctant to miss their friends. The bright moon is approachable and out of reach, which is a symbol of Li Bai's friendship.
The endless plains are dotted with drooping stars. The moon runs with the river. -Du Fu's One Night in a Foreign Country
The wilderness is vast, but the stars are flourishing, the Jiang Tao is surging, and the moon is rolling. These two sentences are full of verve and broad realm, which set off "But sandpipers are in a vast and broad world!" There is also a small "Sha Ou" at the end of the sentence. It was Du Fu who lamented his lost life and set off the lonely and desolate image of the poet.
In children's minds, the moon is a beautiful existence. However, because children are young and limited by life experience and cognition, it is still difficult to understand the images, feelings and vicissitudes attached to the moon. What they get most directly from the moon is the joy of epiphany in Monkey Year, the magic of Chang 'e Jade Rabbit and the relaxed pleasure in Good Night, Moon. ......
The moon in a child's heart may be drowsy because of obscurity, but it may also be out of reach and mysterious. So, today I will share with you some picture books created from the perspective of children. Of course, it's all about the moon. Let's have a look. What does the moon look like in children's eyes compared with that in China's ancient poems?
0 1 The theme is vague, so imagine to lead the way.
How beautiful the moon is. The full moon is bright and the crescent moon is like a boat. Under the cover of night, children may not feel anything when they look up at the moon, but they will certainly have unlimited imagination. Therefore, the moon in the picture book should first give children room for imagination, while the creator should forget the educational theme from the stories and pictures and strive to give the children the moon they need.
The New York Times's best-selling author Adam Rex's picture book A Dream on a Full Moon Night was once famous because former US President Barack Obama bought it for his daughter as a growing gift. Interestingly, a 6-year-old boy from a friend's house was puzzled by the story and some pictures after reading this picture book before going to bed, so he asked his mother not to rush himself to sleep, hoping to read it again. But he fell asleep with the book in his arms soon after he opened it. So this book can also be called a hypnotic story that completely transcends reality.
"The moon has gravity, which leads to the ebb and flow of tides." Only this sentence in the book is scientific and rational. The following narrative seems to be written by the author standing on a cotton ball, which makes you feel like walking on clouds.
Such a dreamlike wandering story, with psychedelic light and shadow on a black background, not only the little girl in the book can't tell the truth from the truth, but also the reader feels sleepy. This kind of picture book is far from profound theme or educational significance, but it has been played with real imagination.
Compared with the moon in the west, the picture books with vague themes in the east are more mysterious. Moonlit Bus, a picture book adapted from the prose works of Japanese prose master Yamayama, presents a magical moonlit dream for young readers.
When you drive a moonlight bus, it seems that the moon's brilliance is within reach. The painter Kenji Kurai is a famous master of picture books in Japan. Although it is night, there is no black, but it is dark blue night, lake blue water, light blue road. Only cars and night lights are yellow. The moonlight shines on the sea, and my heart calms down and is immersed in the dreamy mountain.
Beautiful prose and amazing paintings, this picture book combines these two points, which makes people fondle it. Children don't need to learn any knowledge and truth to read such picture books. They only need to touch and experience the artistic conception created by words and watch the atmosphere rendered in illustrations, so that their imagination can continuously extend the story and better cultivate their reading interest.
Surrounded by sound and shadow, warm childhood
I always refused to sleep when I was a child, as if I had fallen asleep. When I woke up the next morning, many happy things were over. How many children, like when I was a child, want to listen to their mother's stories with their eyes wide open, which is endless.
But in fact, when the child falls asleep, the mother's companionship and love are quieter and warmer. The Canadian picture book "When Sleeping at Night" is the gentle love of a mother at the pillow of her child. Not only children, green pine needles on pine trees, red fruits on apple trees, yellow feathers on the wings of big owls, fiery red tails of foxes, and a few pink flowers in the snow. ......
This picture book was selected for the Children's Literature Award of the Governor-General of Canada, and won Quayle and Quayle's Best Book of the Year in Canada and the Best Children's Book Award of Bank Street Education College. Author Jane? E. Pandzwall described an ordinary northern night with moonlight, snow and quiet forest in poetic language. The painter Isabel painted the snow-covered earth and moonlight at night beautifully in woodcut style, and also painted a mother's love for her children and every grass and tree around her in the landscape.
Although the child in the story fell asleep, when his mother sang such a poem in her ear, I think the child's heart must be beating with love for her mother, life and quiet night.
Speaking of the moon, I have to mention the owl under the moon, which is a Cadillac gold medal work worth 1988. The American Library Association recommended 65,438+0,988 children's books, and was also selected into the American magazine "New England 65,438+0,000 Classic Children's Books" and the American "Rainbow Reading List". The moonlight is like a peak.
On a windless winter night, my father took the girl to visit the owl in the forest. The moon was high in the sky, and the whistle of the train came in the distance, long and deep, with a little sadness ... Finally, they met the owl as they wished. On the way home, the little girl was in her father's arms, thinking: no need to talk, warm and comfortable, no need for anything else, as long as there is a hope in her heart. And that hope will fly forward silently in the bright moonlight when watching owls.
Some people say that this is a story about father's love, but I prefer to focus on a wonderful journey that father's love and children have experienced together when reading this picture book. The picture is beautiful, quiet and cold. This is a winter night with snow and the moon. Follow them, experience together, feel together, be quiet together and be happy together.
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Sometimes, our reading of children is too utilitarian. I hope they can enjoy reading and learn writing skills from it, or do several sets of reading questions to see how much they understand. However, if we look at reading in a longer period of time, the reading that really makes us grow and move us will be indispensable to those picture books and those books with vague but beautiful themes. Once you meet, please cherish it.
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