Recently, the 2022 "White Ravens" (White Ravens), which enjoys a high international reputation, was officially announced. In this year's list, there is a set of Chinese original popular science picture books "The Life Journey of a Lotus Seed" . Because of the extremely beautiful Chinese painting style and excellent popular science content , it looks particularly eye-catching.
In late autumn, lotus withered, ready to be stored in the mud for winter. But this also means that it has entered a good time to have close contact with nature. The wild fruits in the mountains and the flowers on the roadside are all topics worthy of children's stopping and studying. Today I recommend a few equally excellent natural science picture books and lead the children on a relaxing and interesting nature journey.
lotus is a unique Chinese cultural theme . Whether it is "Lotus can be picked in the south of the Yangtze River, and the lotus leaves are everywhere" or " connects the sky lotus leaves to the endless green , the lotus flowers are red in the sun" or "out of the mud without stain, washing in the clear water without being charming", they all contain too much Chinese people's love for lotus and cultural connotation.
"The Journey of a Lotus Seed" starts from a lotus seed leaving Lotus pod falling into the mud, telling the growth process of lotus seeds sprout, growing leaves, blooming, fruiting, and ripening new lotus seeds into the mud again.
The picture of the whole book is clean and poetic. The painter Huaqing comes from the Chinese Academy of Arts flower and bird major. Through the style of fine brushwork and ink, she poetically presents the morphological characteristics of the lotus and its changing details in the four seasons. The brushstrokes are delicate, vivid and beautiful. Lotus flowers are vividly swaying gently with the breeze.
In addition to the complete copying of lotus, there are also detailed illustrations of stamens, seeds and other parts. The paper adopts the texture of rice paper , creating an elegant and poetic aesthetic atmosphere.
But these pictures are not limited to "beauty", but also the professionalism of their details and content. The author Chen Yingting graduated from the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is a member of the Chinese Popular Science Writers Association. She accurately conveys rich botany knowledge to young readers.
The two authors work together to create, combining the accuracy of knowledge and the ornamentality of art. cleverly integrates stories, popular science and aesthetic education into , and even adults will be immersed in it.
"China Plants in Picture Books" series uses stories as a carrier to reveal the trajectory of plant growth. By arousing children's attention to plants and perception of nature, they can enter the story of life's reproduction and growth and feel the connection with nature.
This set of books includes 10 picture books, each corresponding to a very representative Chinese native plant, including "Purple "Crooster"", "Flying, Flying, Little White Umbrella", "Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet Potato", "My Orange Tree", "So warm and warm cotton", "Follow the sun", "Look, this family", "Crack, harvest rice", "Where to see the seeds", "Wild flowers in the forest", These plants are common plants in China, and are also plants that are very easy to see around children.
text authors include Zhang Yuqing, Chen Yuhua, etc. The pictures have real photos, such as "Flying, Little White Umbrella" . Through the presentation of the photos, children can intuitively see the process of dandelion seeds flying away. The hand-painted part of was drawn by old, middle-aged and young painters such as Tang Yan, Ma Zhijun, and Ni Beibei. The painting style is also very cute and warm, with different styles.
Professional, it is reviewed by Professor Wang Xiaojuan of Shanghai Natural History Museum, as well as extended introductions, encyclopedias and games. It is very suitable to take your children to read while searching for these plants in person, and even plant a sunflower with them, and pick a basket of sour and sweet oranges.
What will happen if a fresh Sunflower seed species into the soil? How do dandelions bear white bulbous fruit? What kind of growth journey has the little morning glory embarked on?
"Sow the next seed" series includes three books, "Morning Glory", "Sunflower" and "Dandelion", which is also the only series of picture books published by the author Maki Arai. Maki Arai is a famous Japanese science writer. At the age of 16, he began to learn animal and plant knowledge and illustrations with the "Japanese Fabre" and picture book master Chikamu Kumada. At the age of 19, his works were selected for the first plant painting art exhibition hosted by the National Museum of Science in Japan and were named an outstanding work of that year.
The three books have delicate and realistic styles but are not without warmth, and each picture is so delicate that it is amazing. Children can not only see the growth process of dandelions, sunflowers and morning glory, but also clearly see the cross-sectional views of flowers and fruits, and appreciate the magic of life.
In fact, this set of books can be read with children earlier. Because of the rich knowledge, there is no problem for children aged seven or eight.
"Wonderful Chinese Plants" is a set of high-quality original plant science popularization picture books that took three years to create. There are 4 volumes in the book, including "Forest", "Wetland", "Desert Grassland" and "High Mountains" .
Recommend this set of books mainly because they are very scientific and artistic. The main author is Gu Yourong, associate professor of the School of Life Sciences of Capital Normal University and doctoral in botany at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The person responsible for drawing is Li Zanqian, a judge of the 19th International Botany Conference of , and reviewed by Ma Ping, a Chinese plant ecological art painter and editor-in-chief of "China Good Books" in 2019.
When the child opens the first page of this set of books, he will follow the exquisite and infectious plants to hand-draw the exquisite and infectious plants, walk into forests, wetlands, deserts, grasslands and mountains, or observe the less common camel thorns, Cistanche , jellyfish snow rabbit, or regain the easily available wintersweet , chestnuts and other plants around him.
The vivid text is not uninteresting in reading, but it is also very rigorous. Each plant has different development stages - flowers, fruits, seeds, plants, and local close-ups appear in front of you.
It can be said that this set of books is an "entry-level treasure book" for children to recognize, understand and appreciate Chinese plants. Let children start from knowing every grass and tree of their motherland, and form a natural view.
This is a natural science popularization picture book created by Japanese picture book master Tatsue Matsuoka, based on worrying about climate warming and protecting nature consciousness. Parents who often buy picture books should know Tatsuei Matsuoka. He can be said to be a person with the golden signboard of scientific picture books. There are also the classic "Nature Picture Book" and "Animals Under the Earth" , all from his writings.
The whole book uses 20 themed activities to explore the year-round seasons in the mountains. There are accurate illustrations and observation methods for 200 animals and plants, and the content is very rich. Whether children go to the grasslands of the park or hike and climb the mountain, they can encounter the things drawn in the book: wild flowers, wild fruits, butterflies, dragonflies... These elves in nature are accurately depicted by Matsuoka Tatsuei in this picture book.
Parents who like camping and outing can also bring this picture book to practice the handmade work with their children and enjoy the fun of family traveling together.
panoramic expansion, the watercolor is delicate and realistic, which is amazing. The pictures and texts are arranged very compactly and the knowledge points are very dense. Children of younger age can use them to understand animals and plants. Children of older grades can learn to identify species through the picture book. is very readable.
"Explore the Forest with Dad" , which is similar to this book, is also a picture book by Matsuoka Tatsuei. In this picture book, the child will set up a tent with his father, live in the forest, and discover more than 160 forest creatures together. In this good time of camping in late autumn, it is especially suitable to find more forest creatures with his children.
There are four books in this set, namely "Wild Flowers by the Road", "Flowers in the Garden", "Delicious Fruits", and "Vegetables in the Field". The style uses gentle watercolor paintings, which are meticulous and lifelike. It can even be used as a reference book for children to learn colored lead painting.
In order to ensure the accuracy of species identification, the plant names and aliases involved in the book are reviewed by the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The content in
wonderfully and truly restores the plants, fruits and flowers around you in life. Moreover, each plant has 3-4 alias, and it also marks the season of flowering or maturity, which facilitates children's cognition and observation. The catalog uses pictures and text to make it clear at a glance.
What is particularly rare is that when introducing different plants, this set of books combines the description of comparative literature. It can be said that it is a short essay, which is easy to read. There are 80 natural notes, 16 flower and grass games, and more than 100 delicious production methods in the book. I especially like the flower and grass game part inside, which seems to bring parents back to childhood together. For example, using Impotence to dye your nails, using Ma Tang common on the roadside to make small umbrellas, etc., it turns out that understanding nature is such an interesting thing.
Although this is a natural science popularization picture book for children, adults also seem to gain a lot.
Tips: How to read natural science popular picture books?
▒ Parents read first, lay the foundation for reading
Reading science popularization picture books. Parents must read it roughly first. From the aspects of the book's layout, content, etc., first determine whether it is suitable for their children, and digest the content, and selectively explain it when reading with their children.
If the child is young or just starting to come into contact with popular science picture books, it is not recommended to directly choose popular science picture books with small and more texts. Large pictures and detailed descriptions will make children more accepting.
▒ Unorderly reading, starting from the content you like
Reading of popular science picture books does not need to be like story books, you must start from scratch. Because the knowledge points of this type of book are actually very scattered and fragmented, children can start from the point of interest and look at what they like first, and cultivate their interest in reading and reading habits in popular science picture books.
▒ Turn static into dynamics, use multimedia to assist in reading
Popular science picture books are more abstract than story picture books, but now many popular science picture books can find suitable dynamic materials. For example, documentaries, cartoons, and even some books are equipped with video versions of introductions, which can make it easier for children to understand the content in the book.
▒ Combined with reality, guide children to diverge
popular science picture books, especially natural science picture books, will be more interesting for children and easily associate them. During the entire reading process, you can combine it well with real life, and transfer the knowledge and thinking learned in picture books to your life.
For example, for the content about chestnuts, you can take your children to climb the mountain, pick up chestnuts, and lay the groundwork before reading. When a child opens the picture book with his understanding and excitement about chestnuts, he will feel intimate and immediately "100,000 whys" will appear in his mind, and he hopes to find the answer in the book.After completing reading, children can be guided to process chestnuts together and make them into delicious food, forming a closed reading loop.
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