Sleeping Beauty is one of the eight books in Listen, Who's In Concert, a set of eight classic stories that many of us read as children. The earliest when I was a child to read is only that kind of simple small book, which is basically text, occasionally there will be one or two small illustrations, with the development of the book industry and people's ability to appreciate books, the improvement of requirements, now the books are more and more exquisite, most of today's picture books are very beautiful, deeply loved by children. Compared with traditional books, the biggest feature of this set of books is the form of story presentation - opera.
When it comes to opera, it's actually a bit foreign to me. My family is rural, when I was a child, the education in the countryside was still very backward, especially in the field of art, in addition to the music class teacher taught a few songs and no other aspects of training, or until the fifth grade of primary school began to learn a few days of flute to know a few do ra mi, did not hear any opera at all. Later, during college, there was a psychological drama competition, when it was a freshman year, the newborn calves were not afraid of tigers, and ran to participate, thinking that they still had a little creative talent, organizing the dormitory's roommate to write and direct a sitcom, when the champion was based on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" adapted a song and dance drama, novel form, strong performance ability, plus brilliant scenes, beautiful music, dance......... As soon as I appeared, I captured all the audiences, and it was then that I learned about the powerful expressiveness of opera.
The book "Listen, Who's Giving the Concert" is showing the classics in the form of an opera, so as soon as I saw this set of books, I immediately felt that it was.
The story of "Sleeping Beauty" is so familiar that it can be told to her daughter without reading the book, but now I read this story again in another way, which feels wonderful! Scan the code on your phone to listen to the music, flip through the beautiful pictures, and follow the protagonist of the book, Livia, to watch a unique musical. The focus is not only on the storyline, but also on the slow-flowing music. The excitement is that the daughter actually danced up in her own performance, and perhaps it was the music that made the story come alive in the reader's mind. Why not dance? What does it matter if you don't jump well?
"Mom, the clothes of the wisdom fairy are so beautiful!"
"Mom, I have dancing shoes too!"
"Mom, the feathers on the prince's head are green, yellow and blue"
Every time I read it, my daughter can always find a surprise like discovering a new continent, and I like it so much!