You will realize after reading it that you have to be grateful to your children for still being grateful to you.
I have been reading picture books with my children for several years. In the world of picture books, I think the positioning must be given to children. But there are always some children's books with different settings, such as "A Wish to Be Beaten". When I saw the title of this book, I immediately smiled. Why is it such a strange one? name. But if you look through it, you will find that this wish is actually quite embarrassing, because Nicola’s wish is that I want to replace my parents. And in her book "A Wish to Be Beaten", Jasminka Petrovich expresses more than just the difference between the fulfillment of a wish and the parent-child relationship. What we see here is a mature best-selling children's book artist in He is proficient in telling stories when drawing illustrations, and almost no space is wasted. After counting, the book has a total of 133 pages, but it is very easy to read. Perhaps this is because of his profound skills.
Since it is a children's book, a large number of drawings are inevitable. The illustrations in the book are quite rich, but the overall style tends to be line drawing, which is relatively cute and windy. It is not a complicated pattern set for the plot of the story, but more It's like a simple and clear diagram designed to show the character's qualities. It can be seen that all the illustrations are very concise, such as Nikolai's inner monologue, such as doubtful inquiries about the dogs in the alley, such as psychological descriptions of how parents treat themselves, , etc., the content of the illustrations They all appear relatively natural, which shows that the author has grasped the essence of the story very well.
"The Wishes to Be Beaten" still expresses the character image and the inner portrayal of the character very well. The image of the character and the content depicted in the storyline are also relatively consistent. You see, Nikolai is smart and playful, not It is expressed in dry language, but has a lot of cute, stubborn, and funny dialogues to present it. Like a toy monster, although it is not particularly cute, it is very caring and loyal. And Nicola’s parents here are actually many ordinary parents in our reality.
In terms of character settings, Nicholas not only has his own world to live in, but also has a dark night planet, a green planet of life, and a gray planet when he is in a melancholy mood, which reminds people of those strange settings in "Inside Out". Certainly. And every planet in the story is actually full of imagination. You see, Nikolay felt it was time for a new set of parents, so he decided to exchange the only things he had, a figure running away from home in a voice-over: I'm leaving without saying goodbye and without slippers. Okay, a cute little boy, such a stubborn and naive little boy, he even plans to use his treasures - bicycle, wireless mouse and keyboard in exchange for a pair of parents who satisfy him. The childlike imagination and childlike dialogue really make people laugh.
In addition to ordinary parents, he also continued to change. For example, he changed to the parents of a child. The parents of the child would only play with him, but when Nicholas needed other care in life, the parents of the child could not tie him up at all. He may even forget the existence of Nicholas because of his own playfulness. Like his giant parents, he had to do everything himself. He was not allowed to do anything at any time, and everything that was dangerous was put away. In the end, Nicholas felt that he was too restrained. Hey, so in the end he began to miss his home. Only then did he realize that maybe his own parents were not the best parents in the world, but they must love him the most.
Maybe "A Wish to Be Beaten" is just a children's book, and the story it tells is quite childlike, but the content of this book is never just about telling children what we should be like, but telling all parents that they should actually read it to The child pays a little attention and a little attention.The wonderful adventure of finding perfect parents may not exist in real life, but we should learn to understand and accept the people around us, whether they are children or adults. If you know how to accept your own imperfections, maybe you will find the most perfect parents. And the most perfect child.
