Written by He An'an
"It's so fun to write poetry: a poem lesson for children by Teacher Shucai", written by Shucai, Qingdou Bookstore | Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press, January 2021.
Can children write poetry? This is a concern for many people about letting their children write poetry. But in the eyes of Shucai, every child is born a poet. From another perspective, every poet is actually a child. "A person who writes poetry, no matter how old he is, must have a childlike heart." Shu is a poet who loves poetry, writes poetry, studies poetry, and translates poetry. Since 2014, Shu Cai has taught poetry to children and taught poetry to them - he likes to teach children to write poetry because it is a very happy thing. "In writing poetry, we adults should learn from children."
Why do we need to write poetry? As Shu Cai said, writing poetry is the best way to learn to use Chinese characters, open up imagination, and also the best protection for childlike innocence. So, what exactly is poetry? Poetry is a lively life. He said that a still name is not a poem, but it moves and becomes lively, as if it is a poem when a fan is talking. Where is the poem hidden? You can write a poem when you fish, and you can write a poem when you walk. You can also write a poem when you listen to the wind, watch the rain, or even fall. From reading poetry to appreciating and then writing your own poems, for children's poetry education, the poetry lesson of "Store Talent" is a model work.
"I Imagine", written by Chang Li, Yuefu Culture丨Beijing United Publishing Company, April 2021.
gives you a stone, how should you start to imagine? What would happen if the world started over, everything had a new name, and everyone had a new way of life? What kind of new story will a story that you have heard begin to turn the world around? This book is not only a wandering guide for children's imagination, but also a short history of human imagination for children. How do philosophers view imagination? What have scientists made in their research on the brain? Are our memories reliable? Are there any sentences that violate all language rules? What are the greatest philosophers, writers, scientists, psychologists, poets on earth... what do they have in their views and research on imagination? There are many other questions about imagination in the book
, such as what is imagination? What's the use of imagination? Imagine what equipment is needed, etc. The fleeting imagination may be the only superpower we can use to fight against the entire world. Just as one day, a castle built by sand will help children resist the waves on the road to growth, fleeting imagination will also build a bridge to great imagination one day in the future.
"Maomao and Me", written by Lanlan, Zhejiang Children's Publishing House, December 2020.
"Maomao and Me" is a new collection of children's poems by the poet Lanlan. It runs through the whole article from the perspective of the two children "I" and "Maomao", expresses growth and suffering, praises innocence and nature, depicts the childhood soul of Chinese children, and opens up the expression and vision of children's poetry. It is a book of childhood, book of time, and book of love written in poetry. There are 62 dialogue-like poems in the book, which originated from the poet Lanlan looking back at his childhood and hometown, "the sadness of time passing and the trust in poetry." In Lanlan's view, imagination should not only point to the future time, but also to the past - the "current moment" that we don't understand at all when we are in it.
The child who covered his mouth and laughed while changing his baby teeth, the poor child sitting on the threshold gnawing cotton seeds, the young boy walking in the scorching sun to buy medicine for his mother, the childish look seen on the faces of the loved ones when he grew up, the breath of corn and wheat fields, the sky and clouds, the raindrops and insects... Among the little bits of the growth of these rural teenagers like wind and flowers, there is an innocence and innocence, a simple life close to the earth, a childlike spirit of play, and a small heart curiosity about the world, empathy for the suffering in life, and the pain of parting and death.
"Little Poet in the Mountains", written by the children of "It's Light", Guomai丨Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House, May 2020.
"I like black/because only at night can I hug my mother." "Everyone has colorful ideals/they say ideals can knock out stars in dreams/and I am ordinary/I just want to help my mother share the burden of the family" "You have been standing there in the mountains/Don't you feel tired? If it were me/I wouldn't have been standing in the same place all the time." "The teacher writes on the blackboard/I can feel/The blackboard hurts a little"... The children in the mountains use poems to express their thoughts and love for their parents and families, and also express the world full of childlike fun in their children's eyes.
These ordinary or beautiful words can arouse pure and primitive touches in people's hearts, and can also call on more people to pay attention to the emotional world of rural children. The book contains 120 children's hand-written poems, equipped with 73 illustrations accompanying the book, and is completed by 31 painters. The works in the collection of poems are all from left-behind children or rural children aged 7-15. Their words include tears, tenderness, hilariousness, and brains... because the world in children's hearts is bigger than the universe.
"Children's Poems", Duoduo, Jiang Erman, Jiang Xinhe, etc., Guomai丨Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House, September 2017.
The children's writing is so different from adults, as if their words were all falling from the sky. These poems express natural and direct emotions, are full of imagination, are not bound by format, and are sincere and agile. When children do not understand what poetry is, and do not think that what they say or write is poetry, they complete this innocent work because each of them is a natural poet.
These "childish" words make readers amaze and also unwilling to regret their past childhood and imagination. Simple language hits the poetry in everyone's heart. In many cases, innocence and depth are just a line of separation. This book was selected as the "2017 Beijing News·Tencent Chinese Book of the Year". The book has selected more than 70 poems written by children aged 3 to 13. They come from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, Guangxi, Fujian, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and other places across the country, and stand out from tens of thousands of poems. In the midst of the bustling traffic, fortunately, we have the voices of children.
"Thinking and thinking nonstop: Inspiration notes of Yoshitake Nobusuke", [Japan] Nobusuke Nobusuke, translated by Ma Wenhe, Unread·Literary and Artist丨Haishi Literature and Art Publishing House, December 2020.
What is the use of a box with the "Please use freely" posted in the supermarket? What's going on with dirty things? Yoshitake Nobusuke is a careful life observer. He records his daily experiences and wonderful ideas anytime and anywhere. In the cafe, he couldn't help thinking for a while while riding a tram. He said, "As long as you try to search, you can find that you are full of irrelevant but interesting things." These contents are not only a small treasure of life, but also add inspiration to his illustrations and picture book creation. This book is a good demonstration guide for those who think they don’t think about random thoughts. After all, random thoughts may be a folk remedy for boredom.
Author | He An'an
Edit | An Ye Luo Dong
Proofreading | Xue Jingning
Cover title picture is still from the movie "Hal's Mobile Castle" (2004).
