小朋友有没有想过，自己到底喜不喜欢你自己？这本书里的主角，是一个“真心喜欢自己”的快乐小猪妹，她算不上特别漂亮，也没有什么特异禀赋，就像我们身边最常见的小朋友，但是她很懂得照顾自己，既使没有朋友在身边，也会做一些让自己愉快的事情。如果犯了错或是遇到了挫折，她会给自己再一次的机会尝试。
这是一本图文俱佳的优秀儿童绘本，通过亮丽画面传达出的，是一种具有普遍意义的、非常重要的早期教育思想——孩子要从小建立积极的自我概念。自我概念是指对自己的感觉和认识。
从孩子口中，我们听到过太多“我喜欢妈妈”、“我喜欢爸爸”、“我喜欢老师”之类的外向性表达，“我喜欢自己”的自白对小孩子来说却相对陌生。而《我喜欢自己》最大的特点正在于，绘本对“我”的强调非常明显，非常惹眼！
当一个孩子意识到自己和他人的分别时，“我”就成为塑造和成就的对象。参与的主体自然包括了家长和孩子本身，但从终极的角度来说，孩子本身无疑是第一位的、主导性的，家长是第二位的、辅助性的，借用电影里面的话来说就是“自个儿成全自个儿”。这个绘本的叙述也如诸多童书那样，每一次都采用“我”作为主体，并且实实在在地关注孩子生活的方方面面。
Although I was a little surprised that this book was named theCaldecott winner this year, the first time I read it to a class, Iunderstood why. Kindergartners and first graders absolutely LOVEit! They laughed out loud and covered their eyes as the animalstumbled to the ground. I enjoy it more every time I share it with agroup of students. It's first rate!
There are some books in the world that you can flip through inthe bookstore and get a pretty good idea of the plot andcharacters. Then there are books like "My Friend Rabbit". Roughly ayear ago I wanted to know what all the "My Friend Rabbit" fuss wasabout. I mean, this book was a 2003 Caldecott Award winner afterall. I wanted to see why. So I went to my local independentbookstore and flipped through it. I flipped and flipped and wasbaffled by the heaping helpfuls of praise it had received. Myhaphazard flipping didn't reveal anything particularly interestingor original in the story. Fast forward a year and I've finallytaken the time to sit down and read, "My Friend Rabbit" in itsentirety (a process which took me all of 93 seconds). Suddenly Iunderstood why it was so beloved. Though an incredibly simple plot,story, and set of characters, "My Friend Rabbit" is a remarkablybeautiful tale of two woodland creatures and their plane relatedmisadventures. It's simple in words and complex invisuals.
甘伯伯是谁呢？他驾的小船真有点儿像诺亚方舟，看！小女孩、小猫、小狗、小猪……都来搭船了。画面的节奏跳跃，非常富有韵律。左边是咖啡色线条的甘伯伯与小船的远景，右面是新来的动物彩色夸大的“写真”。这些乘客一个一个上船了，光是“我想搭船”这句话就用不同的句子写了9遍May Icome with you?Can Icome along, Mr. Gumpy?I’d likea ride.Will youtake me with you?May Icome, please?Have ayou a place for me?Can wecome too?Can youmake room for me?May Ijoin you?甘伯伯来者不拒，但是有一条：不许吵哦！可是开船没多久，小羊就踢了起来，牛就踹了一脚，小猫就去追兔子……小船翻了。甘伯伯并没有发脾气，而是带着乘客们到了不远的岸上，如果浑身湿漉漉的，还有什么比喝温暖的下午茶更好的呢？One day, Mr Gumpy decides to take a trip along the river in hisboat, but the children, the rabbit, the cat, the pig and lots morefriends ask to join him. Everyone's having a lovely time until theanimals start flapping, hopping, bleating, and kicking and the boatstarts to rock...
Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the biggray city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, acantankerous baker. There she initiates a gradual transformation,bit by bit brightening the shop and bringing smiles tocustomers' faces with the flowers she grows. But it is ina secret place that Lydia Grace works on her masterpiece -- anambitious rooftop garden -- which she hopes will make even UncleJim smile. Sarah Stewart introduces readers to an engaging anddetermined young heroine, whose story is told through letterswritten home, while David Small's illustrationsbeautifully evoke the Depression-era setting.
It only takes a little to BE BIG! Meet Clifford and Emily Elizabeth in the original Clifford book!Clifford is big. Clifford is red. But most of all, Clifford knowshow to BE A GOOD FRIEND. The BE BIG campaign invites everyone, big and small, to takeaction and raise awareness for how CLIFFORD'S BIG IDEAS can makethe world a better place. Clifford's Big Ideas are:Be a Good Friend * Share * Be Kind * Help Others * Be Truthful *Have Respect * Be Responsible * Play Fair * Work Together * Believein Yourself
Little Sammy and his friends are having one spooky Halloween! They bob for apples, eat scary shaped Halloween cookies, and go trick-or-treating for other spooky treats. Children will love to read—and smell—all The Spooky Smells of Halloween.
