＂New Ivy League＂ Children’s Book List： A Winter Holiday Spiritual Meal for Children
Recently, the seventh "New Ivy" winter vacation children’s book list was officially released, and new children’s literature works such as Happiness Class, Nezha with Eight Arms and Magpie Nest were selected.
Adhere to the guidance of literature and describe the warm world with diversified themes.
The "New Ivy" winter vacation children’s book list was initiated by Shanghai Children’s Reading Promotion Association, Shanghai Children’s Library, Shanghai Primary and Secondary School Students’ Reading Activity Promotion Association, Shanghai Book City, Century Duoyun, Shanghai China-Japan Children’s Literature and Art Exchange Association, and Xiaoxianggu Reading House. The organizers received the recommended books from more than 20 domestic publishing institutions, covering the hot topics in the current children’s book market, and the overall recommended works maintained a high standard, reflecting the changes and trends in the children’s book publishing market. In the end, while insisting on literariness and ensuring interest, in order to take into account the reading needs of young readers of different ages, after two rounds of strict and fair screening, a total of 12 high-quality works were selected for the list.
Among the recommended works in literature, there are many latest works by famous children’s literature writers. They always treat each creation with a completely new attitude, combine skillful writing skills with profound life experience, describe the simple and sincere feelings of the dispatched people, and show the mental outlook of teenagers in different times. Mr. Zhou Rui, who takes the promotion of Peking Opera culture as his responsibility, brought his new work "Nezha with Eight Arms", which completely reproduces the struggle of a generation of Peking Opera teenagers with rich details and the combination of reality and reality. Mr. Jian Ping, a well-known children’s literature writer, devoted himself to the creation of the prose collection "Grass is Bold and unrestrained", using poetic and warm style to look back on the difficult years of childhood and complete a spiritual dialogue through time and space; Known as "contemporary Bing Xin", Ms. Qin Wenjun returned to the present and told a beautiful and romantic "Happiness Lesson" for her children. The story is exquisite and full of wisdom, and the profound artistic accomplishment of the writer is reflected between the lines, which not only makes young readers memorable after reading it, but also stimulates their thinking about growth and their understanding of life.
In contrast, the adaptation of A Dream of Red Mansions for Children by Dai Yingniao, a young writer, also performed well. With profound knowledge and rigorous textual research, she extracted the essence from the original work and vividly reproduced the joys and sorrows in the Grand View Garden with clear and smooth brushwork, which is a rare adaptation. In addition, there is no hero in my family by French writer Vitca and Starry Rock by Japanese writer Jun Nasuda show the commonness of children’s growth and spiritual transformation under different cultural backgrounds, so that young readers can learn the power of growth in reading.
Pay attention to content expression, describe and present original power from multiple angles.
With the development of children’s literature in China, the content of original picture books appears broader, which is no longer confined to personal emotional expression, but pays more attention to the broad development of the times and pays attention to humanistic care for special groups. The Magpie’s Nest by Mr. Hai Fei, a senior publisher, is an original picture book masterpiece with great practical significance. With the bird’s nest that children like, it leads to a life story with a view of heaven and earth and nature, and evokes children’s respect for life. Where are you going, written by Chang Li, a writer of children’s literature, and Zhang Fan, a painter, focuses on the easily overlooked groups in society and opens a window for ordinary people to better understand the mentally handicapped.
Moreover, in the presentation of picture books, the pace of originality is bolder and more innovative, which shows the confidence and vitality of publishing children’s books in China. For example, Diary of Little Elephant, recommended by Zhong Shao, integrates popular science and fun, so that children can understand and like elephants, and establish a healthy and natural concept of caring for nature and animals from an early age. "Different 1" skillfully encourages children to show their unique self by learning the number "1" as the main story line by small animals.
Of course, the imported picture books selected this year are still commendable. Whether it is the sweetness and delicacy of the beloved Bear from Britain or the fierce shock of the Japanese work Pretending not to see it, although the theme and style are very different, they all have touching literary charm.
Attachment: Selected Bibliography of the Seventh New Ivy Winter Holiday Children’s Book List
Literature category:
1. Nezha with Eight Arms
Zhou ruizhu
Suitable reading age: 8-14 years old
Recommended by: Zhejiang Children Publishing House
Recommended reason: A long children’s novel on Beijing Opera, which focuses on Chinese excellent traditional culture and pays attention to the inspirational growth of teenagers, depicts all kinds of characters in traditional troupes and new schools, shows the operation of the whole stage team and the development of Beijing Opera industry from a small perspective, and completely reproduces the love, dedication and belief of a generation of Peking Opera people.
2. "Happiness Class"
By Qin Wenjun
Suitable reading age: 8-14 years old
Recommended by: Tiantian Publishing House
Highlight: This is a story that shows great love and beauty in the world. It is a novel about commitment and trustworthiness. The work runs through the whole story with charity as the main thread, and tells the children what true happiness is through the growth experiences of girls Jenny and Yun Qi. The writer’s exquisite and beautiful writing style, vivid juvenile images and distinctive personality can help children learn to observe life and improve their reading interest and aesthetic ability.
3. "The Grass is Wild"
Jane pingzhu
Suitable reading age: 8-14 years old
Recommended by: Hebei Children Publishing House
Highlight: The work records my unforgettable childhood in the form of choosing a kind of grass and writing a story every month for twelve months in a year. Although it records the hard times, in the writer’s pen, it can also see the warmth and beauty of ordinary people’s humanity. The language of the work is light and clever, clear and elegant, which has the characteristics of popular and fluent vernacular and the advantages of refined and elegant classical literature. It is a beautiful text suitable for children to read.
4, "A Dream of Red Mansions for Children"
Cao Xueqin’s original anonymous sequel Dai Yingniao adaptation.
Suitable reading age: 8-14 years old
Recommended by: Children Publishing House
Recommended reason: Adapted by Dai Yingniao, a young Redology researcher, she narrated the joys and sorrows staged by Jia’s family with vivid language and beautiful and romantic brushwork. The adaptation of A Dream of Red Mansions for Children not only retains the wonderful story line, but also keeps the elegance and literary connotation of the text, and naturally unfolds in a way acceptable to children, attracting children readers to indulge in it.
5. "There are no heroes in my family"
[France] Vitca translated by Ye Tingting
Suitable reading age: 8-14 years old
Recommended by: Beijing Yutian Hanfeng Books Co., Ltd.
Recommended reason: It shows the gap between the rich and the poor and class differences with fascinating plots, and discusses the fairness of education, which has strong practical educational significance. The work reinterprets the definition of hero: ordinary is not equal to mediocrity, and those who live seriously and work hard for life are heroes.
6. Starry Rock Music
[Japan] Jun Nasuda translated by Jiang Fangjing
Suitable reading age: 8-14 years old
Recommended by: Shanghai China-Japan Children’s Literature and Art Exchange Association
Recommended reason: This is a juvenile novel about music, youth and dreams, with the notes of youth beating between the lines. The author skillfully uses the starry music to describe the interdependent relationship between human beings. For readers who want to surpass themselves in ordinary life but are always confused, reading this book can play a very good role in spiritual healing.
Picture books:
1. Diary of the Little Elephant
Huang Yu painted by Li Hong.
Recommended by: China Children’s Press and Publication Corporation.
Suitable reading age: 5-10 years old
Highlight: A picture book integrating popular science and fun. It tells the daily life of the elephant in the form of a diary, personification and first-person tone, including the daily life of the elephant getting along with his parents and the interesting things between the elephant and his friends. By understanding how the elephant gets along with his friends, he can also learn how to get along well with others, and learn the healthy natural concept of respecting nature and caring for animals from an early age.
2. Magpie Nest
Yang Hu painted on the sea.
Recommended by: Qingdao Publishing House
Suitable reading age: 5-10 years old
Highlight: The design of the work is ingenious, with the magpie’s nest that children are interested in as the entrance, the narrative is concise and powerful, the painting style is atmospheric, and the painting and words are integrated, and the scenery of the northwest, the natural power, and the simplicity and warmth of human feelings have all been outstanding. The small angle of view and the big pattern cause readers to think about the relationship between man and nature: in the harsh natural environment, man is both small and great.
3. Where are you going
Chang Liwen and Zhang Fantu
Recommended by: Shanghai Education Publishing House
Suitable reading age: 5-10 years old
Highlight: The story adopts the three-stage expression that is often used in traditional folk stories, and the picture is clear and handsome. "Where are you going?" This is the dialogue between Xiaoshi, the hero, and the outside world over and over again. Finally, when Xiaoshi said "Where are we going?", the change from "you" to "us" originated from the change of people and environment around us. A friendly environment is built by many people around, whether it is a different child or an adult, because it is friendly, it is integrated.
4. Different 1
Sand Map of Wenliulong in Wu Yanan
Recommended by: Shanghai Shangyi Trading Co., Ltd.
Suitable reading age: 3-8 years old
Recommended reason: This book is very suitable for children’s psychology, and the design of each animal character is also very suitable for the characteristics of animals themselves. It has both children’s psychological characteristics and imagination space, is full of childlike interest, and reflects the educational concept of "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude" by Mr. Brown Bear. It is a naive but not simple story.
5. "The Favorite Bear"
Sam mcbratney [English] Translated by Sam Arturo Chen Sai.
Recommended by: Tomorrow Publishing House
Suitable reading age: 3-8 years old
Recommended reason: This book is created by the author of the world’s best-selling picture book Guess how much I love you. It tells the legendary experience of a teddy bear. Being on and off with different owners, it not only makes the teddy bear feel different love, but also teaches him how to love others. The work keeps the writer’s always sweet and delicate style and unexpected plot settings, which is a masterpiece that can make readers smile and feel warm.
6. "Pretend not to see"
[Japan] Jun Ueda wrote/painted by Yoshiko Ueda and translated by Peng Yi.
Recommended by: Beijing Yuchen Culture Co., Ltd.
Suitable reading age: 8-14 years old
Highlight: This is a book for onlookers. It describes the inner activities of a bystander in a long bullying incident, and the choices people make in the face of injustice. The author Junzuo Umeda and Yoshiko Umeda hand-painted the whole book, and spread this phenomenon naked in front of us in black and white. Although there are not many words, it is the blank space that shakes people’s hearts.