Picture books were awarded Cadillac Gold Award in 2003, recommended by American Library Association as good books of the year and recommended by American children's literature in 2002. In 2003, they were selected as the best children's books of the year by the Bank Street Education Institute of the United States, and were selected as "65,438+000 picture books that everyone should know" by the New York Public Library.

A story about a friend, let children understand that everyone has imperfections, and accept the shortcomings of friends to gain a beautiful friendship.

Brief introduction to the story

Rabbits and mice are good friends. Rabbits always help their friends in good faith, but no matter what they do, they always cause some trouble.

The rabbit wanted to play with the mouse, but the plane was caught in a big tree. So the rabbit invited elephants, hippos, rhinos, ducks, bears and other animals to form a long "ladder", which was about to reach the plane, but the accident happened again. The ladder collapsed and all the animals fell.

The animals are very unhappy, but in the eyes of the mouse, the rabbit is kind and still his good friend.

The mouse took the rabbit on the plane, but the rabbit was hung on the tree again. It's rare for a rabbit to say "it doesn't matter". What interesting things will happen this time? The open ending gives readers more room to think.

Aesthetic appreciation

The creative style of the story is very bold, and the shapes and colors of the characters are also exaggerated. The vivid image of rabbits is perfectly outlined with thick and thick color blocks, and those huge elephants and seahorses are compared with short ducks and mice. The visual effect is very strong, which highlights the kindness of the protagonist rabbit and his attention to his friends.

The typesetting of picture books is also very special. The black border is like a stage where rabbits and friends perform. After several pages of continuous space dynamically combined them together, all the scenes of planes crashing down were presented to the readers with a full sense of picture.

The power of language

There are not many words in picture books, and most of them are wordless books, but children can still understand them, because "My friend Rabbit is always kind" and "He is my friend" have appeared before and after, echoing each other from beginning to end, making us understand that only by accepting their shortcomings can we have good friends.

Observe the details

The front and back rings are green, which is not only the color of the forest where animals live, but also symbolizes the beauty of friendship between friends.

When the rabbit said "it doesn't matter" to the mouse, it went to find different animals one by one and even lifted them up. However, it is impossible to guess the original intention of this rabbit just from a picture. It was not until all the animals were put into a "ladder" that they realized that the rabbit wanted to reach the plane of the tree by building a high ladder.

When all the animals fell down and squatted down, the rabbit sat on the crocodile, and the bear's face was stuck to the ground ... The scene was very chaotic, especially when all the animals looked at the rabbit and made them sweat.

Just when everyone blamed the rabbit and wanted to throw it out, the mouse escaped with the rabbit in the plane. However, the rabbit covered the mouse's eyes and the plane fell into the tree again. Can you ask the child what will happen to the rabbit this time? What "good idea" will the rabbit come up with?

Parenting enlightenment

How to make children and friends live in harmony? Dare to accept friends' imperfections, understand friends' feelings, understand tolerance and understanding, even if you encounter some minor misunderstandings, as long as you understand these truths, you will gain precious friendship.