Cover news reporter Zhang Jie Intern Jiang Ruiyao
Good picture books are not only for children, but also for adults to read and feel very healing. Bright painting style, warm words, simple but heartfelt comfort. Small fun that I accidentally forget in my boring daily life can be found in the following picture books. In an uncertain world, in an era when the news of war, plague, and disaster cannot be broken, look for some "small luck" to nature and warm family past.
Home in the Forest
Author & Illustrator: (American) Alyssa Wheeler
Publisher: Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House 丨Houlang Publishing Company
What is "home"? Why does home form the basic unit on which we live? With the joint efforts of mothers and children, the abandoned, empty and cold chalet has been transformed into a truly warm and bright home. "Home in the Forest" uses a family story that has overcome difficulties together, allowing readers to re-see the existence of "home" and its meaning. Alyssa Wheeler chronicles her grandmother's childhood in this picture book, during the Great Depression of the 1930s, many workers were unemployed, families were displaced, six-year-old Mavre also lost her father and old home, her mother took her and 7 siblings to the forest, in an abandoned wooden house, they worked hard to rebuild their lives, and from the story, they could always find the details of the family's active life: in the summer, planting seeds brought by the old home outside the house, exploring the woods near the home, picking blueberries and raspberries; in the autumn, helping her mother do housework Chopping firewood, weeding, choosing vegetables, washing clothes, drying clothes, sweeping the floor, going to the store to buy things; in winter, curling up by the stove to read, reading "The Wind in the Willow Forest", eating the big meal from my brother's hunting, and then falling asleep next to each other;
In the spring, go to the neighbor's farm to exchange food, identify the names of flowers on the way home...
"Summer Worm, Summer Flower"
Writer: (Sun) Daizaburo Okumoto
Illustrated by: (Japanese) Kiyoshi Takahashi
Publisher: Straits Bookstore Publishing House 丨Houlang Publishing Company
Daisaburo Okoben, an insect collector born in Osaka in 1944, began collecting insects from elementary school and set foot in Southeast Asia and other places several times to collect insects. He is very familiar with insects, and has published "Hundred Worms Spectrum", "Pillow Book", "Insect Spring and Autumn" and "Rare Worms and Strange Worms". In 1982, his work The Cosmology of Insects won the 33rd Yomiuri Literature Prize. "Summer Worm, Summer Flower" is the author's first picture book work. The book covers 18 more common scenes, including parks, streets, roadsides, courtyards, etc., as well as animals and plants in the scenes, a total of more than 500 species. The life-like scenes give children a sense of intimacy, encouraging them to observe and explore the world around them and feel the beauty of nature. For children who are full of curiosity, the unknown of nature is always attractive. This children's picture book "Summer Worm, Summer Flower" encourages them to observe, explore the world around them, and feel the beauty of nature.
Birds Flying Through the Four Seasons
Author: Anna Krossa (Switzerland).
Translator: Liu Xiayue
Publisher: Chengdu Times Publishing House, Houlang Publishing Company
The author, Anna Krosa, is one of Switzerland's most prestigious picture book artists. She likes to use pictures to depict themes such as the change of seasons, the cycle of life, and the relationship between man and nature. The latest in a series of "Picture Books on Fairy Tales of Natural Sciences" that represents this theme has won her a French heavyweight literary prize, showing the beauty of nature, the tenacity and perseverance of life through the changing seasons of a tree and the migration of 52 birds. Anna's painting style is unique, and she is a master of the use of line and space. The birds are outlined with clear and precise lines, which are natural and flexible, and the appropriate white space gives the picture a sense of breathing and shows the beauty of the four seasons to the fullest. In this book, we can learn about 52 different birds and understand their morphology, body color, and habits, such as the tin-billed finches courting during the spring equinox; the yellow-throated bee tiger breeding in April; the nightingale flying to southern Africa in late autumn for the winter... Many species of birds in the book are also distributed in China, such as Dai Sheng, white-waisted crested finch, long-eared owl, sparrow, house swallow, jay, lark, etc., which can be found in gardens, parks and forests.
Let's Hang Out: A Guide to Weekend Wilderness Activities
Author: [English] Catherine Alder
Illustrated by Carla McRae
Publisher: Straits Bookstore 丨Houlang Publishing Company
It's a book that encourages children to play outside and explore nature, and a guide to wilderness activities that you can take out on weekends. The author, Catherine Alder, worked as a children's comic after graduation and has since edited and written many handmade books for children. The book describes more than 20 easy-to-do field activities, including equipment and precautions for outdoor play, how to use maps, how to observe animals and plants, how to pitch tents, make campfires, have picnics, observe the weather, and how to play and entertain in nature (climbing trees, splashing, fishing, etc.). The book has both simple and clear text descriptions and vivid and interesting pictures, which complement each other. Colorful and bright illustrations create a relaxed atmosphere for playing with friends and also increase the reading fun.