{"id":2873,"date":"2011-05-28T08:55:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T00:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/2011\/05\/28\/yong_mi_mi_20110528\/"},"modified":"2011-05-28T08:55:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-28T00:55:10","slug":"yong_mi_mi_20110528","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2011\/05\/28\/yong_mi_mi_20110528\/","title":{"rendered":"The joy of telling sto\u00adries to chil\u00addren with Mimi (with ani\u00adma\u00adtion)"},"content":{"rendered":"

   
\nTelling sto\u00adries to chil\u00addren through pic\u00adture books, in my opin\u00adion, is a relay-style col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion: the author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor com\u00adplete the sto\u00adry, the edi\u00adtor and pub\u00adlish\u00ader cre\u00adate the book, and then the sto\u00adry\u00adteller takes the book and works with the lis\u00adten\u00aders to cre\u00adate a won\u00adder\u00adful sto\u00adry. A good sto\u00adry\u00adteller knows how to enjoy the won\u00adder\u00adful plea\u00adsure of full coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion.
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\n\"\u7528\u7c73\u7c73\u4e3a\u5b69\u5b50\u8bf4\u6545\u4e8b\u7684\u4e50\u8da3\uff08\u9644\u52a8\u753b\uff09\"<\/a>
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\nI recent\u00adly went to a kinder\u00adgarten for a sto\u00adry\u00adtime. I was sur\u00adprised to find 108 chil\u00addren, from all ages, sit\u00adting in a giant semi\u00adcir\u00adcle. Their par\u00adents formed an even larg\u00ader semi\u00adcir\u00adcle in the back! When I first arrived, I was a bit bewil\u00addered. With so many chil\u00addren, young and old, how could I tell a sto\u00adry? My first thought was to use the Mimi pic\u00adture books. Of course, Mimi can be a life\u00adsaver in a sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion like this!
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\nMimi is an orig\u00adi\u00adnal pic\u00adture book series that has become incred\u00adi\u00adbly pop\u00adu\u00adlar in Tai\u00adwan in recent years. The copy\u00adrights have been sold to over a dozen coun\u00adtries, and the series has recent\u00adly been pub\u00adlished in main\u00adland Chi\u00adna. I\u2019ve shared the Mimi sto\u00adry with edi\u00adtors, par\u00adents, and old\u00ader chil\u00addren. Inter\u00adest\u00ading\u00adly, this seem\u00ading\u00adly child\u00adish series (most peo\u00adple might think it\u2019s only suit\u00adable for infants and tod\u00addlers) can actu\u00adal\u00adly make fourth-graders burst into laugh\u00adter, so I\u2019m quite con\u00adfi\u00addent in Mimi.
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\n\"\u7528\u7c73\u7c73\u4e3a\u5b69\u5b50\u8bf4\u6545\u4e8b\u7684\u4e50\u8da3\uff08\u9644\u52a8\u753b\uff09\"<\/a>
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\nThe sto\u00adry\u00adtelling ses\u00adsion that day was\u00adn\u2019t suit\u00adable for pro\u00adjec\u00adtion, so I held up the book and began: \u201cThe book\u2019s name is \u2018Mimi Says No,\u2019 writ\u00adten by Zhou Yifen and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Chen Zhiyuan.\u201d What do the words \u2018wen\u2019 and \u2018tu\u2019 mean here? A boy jumped in, say\u00ading, \u201cI know. \u2018wen\u2019 means to hit a mos\u00adqui\u00adto!\u201d After a burst of laugh\u00adter, every\u00adone final\u00adly under\u00adstood what the author and the artist meant.
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\nI asked, \u201cDo you want to meet the author of this book?\u201d The chil\u00addren shout\u00aded, \u201cYes\u2014!\u201d
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\nI said: \u201cThen let\u2019s all shout out the author\u2019s name.\u201d Every\u00adone shout\u00aded togeth\u00ader: Zhou Yifen\u2014\u2014!
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\nA mir\u00ada\u00adcle hap\u00adpened. The author actu\u00adal\u00adly walked up to the chil\u00addren as they were shout\u00ading! Wow\u2014the chil\u00addren were so excit\u00aded. They could actu\u00adal\u00adly call out the author while read\u00ading. Such a mag\u00adi\u00adcal thing does\u00adn\u2019t hap\u00adpen every day.
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\n\"\u7528\u7c73\u7c73\u4e3a\u5b69\u5b50\u8bf4\u6545\u4e8b\u7684\u4e50\u8da3\uff08\u9644\u52a8\u753b\uff09\"<\/a><\/p>\n

   
\nOkay, let\u2019s con\u00adtin\u00adue the sto\u00adry. Look, what kind of ani\u00admal is Mimi? (I walked around half a cir\u00adcle, hold\u00ading the book.) The chil\u00addren were talk\u00ading about it all at once. Some said it was a mole, some said it was a pup\u00adpy, and some said it did\u00adn\u2019t look like any\u00adthing at all\u2026 I said, accord\u00ading to the artist him\u00adself, this is a com\u00adplete\u00adly new under\u00adground ani\u00admal. Let\u2019s call her a mole. Look, Mom\u00admy just gave Mimi a bath and dried her off. The sto\u00adry begins:
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\nMom\u00admy helps you get dressed, okay? \u2014 No! I can dress myself! \u2014 (Mimi dress\u00ades, final\u00adly)
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\n\"\u7528\u7c73\u7c73\u4e3a\u5b69\u5b50\u8bf4\u6545\u4e8b\u7684\u4e50\u8da3\uff08\u9644\u52a8\u753b\uff09\"<\/a>
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\nMom\u00admy will help you pour the milk, okay? \u2014No! I will pour the milk myself! \u2014(Mimi pours the milk, final\u00adly)
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\n\"\u7528\u7c73\u7c73\u4e3a\u5b69\u5b50\u8bf4\u6545\u4e8b\u7684\u4e50\u8da3\uff08\u9644\u52a8\u753b\uff09\"<\/a><\/p>\n

   
\nThis is a book that needs to be turned slow\u00adly, page by page. Every time they hear Mimi yell \u201cNo,\u201d the chil\u00addren are so excit\u00aded they want to yell it too. And when they see Mimi fum\u00adbling with her clothes or knock\u00ading over a milk car\u00adton, they burst into laugh\u00adter. All I do is read and turn the pages slow\u00adly, try\u00ading to ensure the chil\u00addren see the images as much as pos\u00adsi\u00adble. For\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, Mim\u00adi\u2019s images are large enough, and the sto\u00adry\u2019s devel\u00adop\u00adment does\u00adn\u2019t rely on the details in the images.
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\nWhen I read the third rep\u00ade\u00adti\u00adtion of the sen\u00adtence \u201cMom will dri\u00adve you to the slide, okay?\u201d, most of the chil\u00addren were already able to guess what was com\u00ading next. They rushed to run up and said, \u201cNo! I can do it myself\u2026\u201d By the time I saw Mimi slid\u00ading down and falling, some chil\u00addren had already slipped off the stool and rolled on the ground.
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\n\"\u7528\u7c73\u7c73\u4e3a\u5b69\u5b50\u8bf4\u6545\u4e8b\u7684\u4e50\u8da3\uff08\u9644\u52a8\u753b\uff09\"<\/a><\/p>\n

   
\nBut at the end, when I read, \u201cMom\u00admy real\u00adly wants to hold Mimi!\u201d I asked Mimi what she would say. The chil\u00addren shout\u00aded \u201cNo!\u201d But then I hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded. What should I say? Should I say, \u201cI don\u2019t want Mom\u00admy to hold me?\u201d After think\u00ading for a while, one lit\u00adtle boy shout\u00aded, \u201cI\u2019ll hold Mimi by myself!\u201d and then pre\u00adtend\u00aded to hold him\u00adself.
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\nI turned to the next page: \u201cI hug my moth\u00ader by myself!\u201d Then I turned to the last page, which showed a heart\u00adwarm\u00ading scene of a moth\u00ader and daugh\u00adter hug\u00adging. All the chil\u00addren and adults could\u00adn\u2019t help but applaud.
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\n\"\u7528\u7c73\u7c73\u4e3a\u5b69\u5b50\u8bf4\u6545\u4e8b\u7684\u4e50\u8da3\uff08\u9644\u52a8\u753b\uff09\"<\/a><\/p>\n

   
\nStrike while the iron is hot, I then told anoth\u00ader sto\u00adry, \u201cMimi Loves to Imi\u00adtate.\u201d It was equal\u00adly humor\u00adous, heart\u00adwarm\u00ading, and incred\u00adi\u00adbly fun. The chil\u00addren grew increas\u00ading\u00adly excit\u00aded, even rush\u00ading over to grab the book and the micro\u00adphone! They seemed to love Mimi to death. I said, \u201cOkay, kids, let\u2019s play a game of imi\u00adta\u00adtion and see who can act out Mim\u00adi\u2019s sto\u00adry best.\u201d
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\n\"\u7528\u7c73\u7c73\u4e3a\u5b69\u5b50\u8bf4\u6545\u4e8b\u7684\u4e50\u8da3\uff08\u9644\u52a8\u753b\uff09\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nAmidst the sea of raised hands, I sin\u00adgled out a qui\u00adet girl in the back cor\u00adner. She lis\u00adtened atten\u00adtive\u00adly through\u00adout the sto\u00adry and raised her hand with\u00adout hes\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion, so I con\u00adclud\u00aded she must have mem\u00ado\u00adrized every line. When I asked her moth\u00ader to take the stage, she was even more excit\u00aded than the child. We sim\u00adply rehearsed the lines on stage, and the moth\u00ader and daugh\u00adter re-enact\u00aded \u201cMimi Says No\u201d with remark\u00adable clar\u00adi\u00adty and nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adness. Their per\u00adfor\u00admance was even bet\u00adter than I had imag\u00adined!
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\nNext, I\u2019d like to invite a father to take the stage for a guest appear\u00adance. A very enthu\u00adsi\u00adas\u00adtic father came up, bring\u00ading his twin sons with him. Now our sto\u00adry has become a \u201cDad + Twins Mimi\u201d com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion! The two lit\u00adtle boys clear\u00adly could\u00adn\u2019t express them\u00adselves as clear\u00adly as the girl Mimi, but when it came to the tum\u00adble down the slide, they showed off their true act\u00ading skills, per\u00adform\u00ading a very con\u00advinc\u00ading fall that had the chil\u00addren in the audi\u00adence imi\u00adtat\u00ading them. When the father lift\u00aded the twins from the clam\u00ador\u00ading crowd, I could\u00adn\u2019t help but feel a warm surge of emo\u00adtion\u2026
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\nMimi is a sto\u00adry that res\u00adonates deeply with chil\u00addren. It is a bless\u00ading to read about Mim\u00adi\u2019s child\u00adhood, and it is also a bless\u00ading to share Mimi with chil\u00addren.
\n<\/p>\n

   
\n[Video Shar\u00ading] The \u201cMimi Series\u201d is Tai\u00adwan\u2019s most pop\u00adu\u00adlar orig\u00adi\u00adnal chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book series, with copy\u00adrights sold in over ten coun\u00adtries. \u201cMimi Says No\u201d is per\u00adhaps its most excit\u00ading and rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work. This ani\u00admat\u00aded short rein\u00adter\u00adprets the orig\u00adi\u00adnal book with a unique and engag\u00ading twist. The orig\u00adi\u00adnal book, writ\u00adten by Zhou Yifen and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Chen Zhiyuan, is pub\u00adlished in sim\u00adpli\u00adfied Chi\u00adnese by Relay Press, and a spe\u00adcial com\u00admem\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive edi\u00adtion in mul\u00adti\u00adple lan\u00adguages is pub\u00adlished by Hebei Chil\u00addren\u2019s Pub\u00adlish\u00ading House.<\/i>
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