This is a story of an apprentice cook who wished to learn culinary skills from a chef. He was tasked to prove his worth through kitchen cleaning. Meanwhile, as he was cleaning，he met his friends coincidentally as they came in to be the customers. Read about how he uses his quick wits (if you see […]
This is a visually intriguing book. I imagine the author staring into half a watermelon or eating it on a hot summer day and imagining himself soaking into the cool watermelon while conceiving the concept of this book. I love most the concept of selling the dark clouds as a before-and-after-shower point and the white […]
This is a simple cute little cut-out see-through book about a bear sharing the meal that he has prepared, with little friends who came along one after another . It is fun to see how his plate of rice in a prior page transformed into little friends’ plates of rice through the cut-out holes that […]
This is a see-through-the-hole picture book. I like the book because of its ingenuity in using the holes to show how an illustration can be two things. For example, refer to the above first picture, the tail of the squirrel in the first page became a bun after a turn of the page. This is […]
The above book is from series of books titled – “What is this” by Taro Gomi. I first got to know Taro Gomi books through the following series of three books that my husband bought for our children. Thereafter, I’m always looking out for his books at the bookstore because I really enjoy the simple […]
The above book is from series of books titled – “What is this” by Taro Gomi. I first got to know Taro Gomi books through the following series of three books that my husband bought for our children. Thereafter, I’m always looking out for his books at the bookstore because I really enjoy the simple […]
这个故事叙述了一只毛绒兔子被送给一个小男孩当玩偶后的经历。起初， 因为小男孩有许多其他的玩具，毛绒兔子被冷藏在玩具库室里。在那里，他被其他比较新款的玩具取笑他只不过是一只毛绒织成的兔子。幸好，他也同时碰到了一只玩具老将 — 木马。木马经常鼓励他，告诉他，当玩具陪伴主人的日子长了，得到主人的宠爱，玩具有一天会变成真。 有一天，毛绒兔子的机会终于来了。 小男孩的玩具小狗不见了。小男孩的保姆就立即随手把毛绒兔子递给小男孩做陪伴。从此，毛绒兔子就和小男孩朝夕相对，寸步不离。有一回，毛绒兔子还亲耳听见小男孩告诉保姆他自己不只是个玩具，而是“真正”的兔子。这可让毛绒兔子乐极了，让他深信他已经成“真”了。 但是，有一天男孩带他到野外碰见了几只野兔子。 几只野兔子一直游说毛绒兔子和他们一起跳和玩。 但是因为动弹不得，毛绒兔子被那群野兔子发现他不是一只真正的兔子，万分无奈的想澄清，但是却无济于事。 不久后，小男孩生了一场大病。 医生嘱咐保姆必须焚烧所有小男孩房间里头的玩具和书。这当然也包括了毛绒兔子。可怜的毛绒兔子，这么日盼夜盼能成真，却沦落如此的下场。在垃圾袋里的他，回想着和主人共处的美好时光，毛绒兔子不禁流下了一滴眼泪。一滴真正的眼泪。毛绒兔子是否变真了呢？ 想知道， 你可以点击 The Velveteen Rabbit by Komako Sakai 购买。 我喜欢这本书是因为它透过主角毛绒兔子的经历，让我看到孩子很单纯的内心世界，他们是怎样和玩偶一起活动玩乐，怎样用想象力和没有生命的玩具，建立一种联系，培养爱的品格。 在我们视为是他们假装游戏的世界里，其实是流露出多少份他们的真实的情感 — 以至没有生命的玩具，也能有所盼望，也能有一天因为真正的”欢笑“，”哭“ 和 “活”过，而成为真实的。 这个故事本来就是深入浅出， 再加上Komako Sakai 的绘图更是让这本 1922 年 Margery Williams 的 Velveteen Rabbit 触动人心。 家长也可以用这本书和孩子们探讨遭受欺凌， 或 “爱”和”真实“ 的 哲理问题。 This is a retelling of the classic children’s book by Margery Williams […]
And you who wish to represent by words the form of man and all aspects of his membrification, relinquish that idea. For the more minutely you describe the more you will confine the mind of the reader, and the more you will keep him from the knowledge of the thing described. And so it is […]
我们买这本书原是为了迎接第二个女儿的诞生。 我们想预备大女儿担任姐姐的重任，让她对新生儿产生友好的感觉。 作为一本迎接新生儿和促进兄弟姐妹关系为主的绘本，这本书超出了我们所想像。这是因为即使我们的两个女都大了些 — 一个八岁，一个五岁，我们仍然很喜欢一起分享阅读。 我认为一半是是因为里头形容迎接新生的劳心劳力是我可以理解的，也让我们母女们能一同回味以前一起度过的岁月。另一半是绘画师用了可爱细腻的画风来描述兄弟姐妹之间的爱恨情仇，作者则用了简练的文字带出了兄弟姐妹关系之间所存在着的潜能和渴望。 推荐给有有兄弟姐妹的家庭。也可以作为给姐弟妹的礼物。 你可以点击 Little Miss Big Sis by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 购买。 想要翻阅另一本同样作者的绘本请在搜寻处搜寻 Amy Krouse 或点击 感叹号 We bought this book when we were preparing our eldest daughter for the arrival of her sister. Like most parents’ intention, we were keen to introduce and create excitement for the elder to take […]
As promised in my previous post 我先看到的, this is a very cute book also by the same author. I got this book mainly for my second daughter to read as she was at an angsty phase when she would say ‘no’ to everything. By the way, the girl on the cover of the book looks […]
绘本好介绍 (双语）Bilingual reviews for picture books 