{"id":2878,"date":"2011-06-08T12:28:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T04:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/2011\/06\/08\/rang_hai_zi_20110608\/"},"modified":"2011-06-08T12:28:53","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T04:28:53","slug":"rang_hai_zi_20110608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2011\/06\/08\/rang_hai_zi_20110608\/","title":{"rendered":"Let chil\u00addren learn through high\u00adly enter\u00adtain\u00ading lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What are you doing?
\nAre you read\u00ading?
\nI like to read. (I like to read.)
\nDo you want to hear me read? (Do you want to hear me read?)
\nNow what are you doing?
\nWrit\u00ading?
\nI like to write.
\nDo you want to see me write?
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\nRead\u00ading the above text, you might think you\u2019re learn\u00ading Eng\u00adlish. How could you imag\u00adine it com\u00ading from an excel\u00adlent chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture book? Such text does\u00adn\u2019t seem lit\u00ader\u00adary at all.
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\nHow\u00adev\u00ader, this is indeed from an excel\u00adlent pic\u00adture book, \u201cA Super Friend,\u201d which com\u00adpet\u00aded for the Calde\u00adcott Medal when it was pub\u00adlished. Although it lost, it did win an hon\u00adorary Dr. Seuss Medal, com\u00admon\u00adly known as the Sil\u00adver Medal. There\u00adfore, we need to re-exam\u00adine the text through the lens of pic\u00adture books and the images.
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\nThere are two char\u00adac\u00adters in the paint\u00ading: a bear and a goose. The bear lies on the ground, qui\u00adet\u00adly read\u00ading a book, while the goose hap\u00adpi\u00adly scam\u00adpers towards him, step\u00adping over his body. The goose know\u00ading\u00adly asks, \u201cAre you read\u00ading?\u201d and then snatch\u00ades the book away to begin read\u00ading. The bear stops read\u00ading and turns his back to writ\u00ading, but the goose again approach\u00ades, ask\u00ading, \u201cAre you writ\u00ading?\u201d and then snatch\u00ades the book away to begin writ\u00ading\u2026 and so the sto\u00adry unfolds.
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\nCom\u00adbined with the visu\u00adals, the sto\u00adry intro\u00adduces two char\u00adac\u00adters with strik\u00ading\u00adly dis\u00adtinct and sym\u00admet\u00adri\u00adcal per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adties: the bear, enor\u00admous, some\u00adwhat clum\u00adsy, and qui\u00adet-lov\u00ading, full of griev\u00adances but too lazy to express them, pre\u00adfer\u00adring to sulk on his own; and the goose, rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly small, with exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00aded move\u00adments, a lover of bus\u00adtle and activ\u00adi\u00adty, unable to hold back, and a pen\u00adchant for chat\u00adter\u00ading non\u00adstop. How could two such crea\u00adtures pos\u00adsi\u00adbly get along? Yet, as we read on, through the deft han\u00addling of their con\u00adtra\u00addic\u00adtions, they unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly become close friends, each call\u00ading the oth\u00ader a \u201csuperb friend.\u201d Upon clos\u00ader inspec\u00adtion, while unex\u00adpect\u00aded, it also makes sense. This is the lit\u00ader\u00adary rich\u00adness of the work.
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\nThe author and artist Suzan\u00adne\u2019s sto\u00adry\u00adtelling is inge\u00adnious and admirable. After read\u00ading the sto\u00adry, we not only found it quite plau\u00adsi\u00adble but also deeply amus\u00ading, enrich\u00ading both adults and chil\u00addren. For exam\u00adple, from an adult\u2019s per\u00adspec\u00adtive, the sto\u00adry of the goose and the bear may well remind us of peo\u00adple around us, even our\u00adselves. The anec\u00addote between the goose and the bear, and their ulti\u00admate rela\u00adtion\u00adship, offers valu\u00adable insights, remind\u00ading us to be adept at and coura\u00adgeous\u00adly express our emo\u00adtions, so as to con\u00adnect har\u00admo\u00adnious\u00adly with our peers. I cit\u00aded this sto\u00adry in my book, Help\u00ading Chil\u00addren Fall in Love with Read\u00ading, as a bril\u00adliant exam\u00adple of inter\u00adper\u00adson\u00adal com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion.
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\nBut then again, the bril\u00adliance of this pic\u00adture book does not dimin\u00adish its val\u00adue in lan\u00adguage learn\u00ading. Instead, it has become an excel\u00adlent intro\u00adduc\u00adto\u00adry read\u00ading mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal for Eng\u00adlish. The Dr. Seuss Award was estab\u00adlished to reward chil\u00addren\u2019s books of this type.
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\nBoth the Dr. Seuss Award and the Calde\u00adcott Medal are award\u00aded by the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Library Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion. The Calde\u00adcott Medal is old\u00ader, hav\u00ading been estab\u00adlished in 1937. Chi\u00adnese pic\u00adture book enthu\u00adsi\u00adasts are well aware that it focus\u00ades on chil\u00addren\u2019s book illus\u00adtra\u00adtions and is typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly giv\u00aden to pic\u00adture book illus\u00adtra\u00adtors. Accord\u00ading to par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpants\u2019 expla\u00adna\u00adtion of the 2006 Calde\u00adcott Medal selec\u00adtion process, \u201cA Super Friend\u201d was not select\u00aded for the award pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly due to a flaw in the image. On the fourth-to-last folio, the artist had some\u00adhow col\u00adored the bear\u2019s eyes blue, a detail that did\u00adn\u2019t match the pre\u00adced\u00ading image! This detail demon\u00adstrates the strict cri\u00adte\u00adria for the Calde\u00adcott Medal.
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Why did the painter for\u00adget to add the eyes to the bear on this page?
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\nThe Dr. Seuss Award was estab\u00adlished in 2004 and was first award\u00aded in 2006. This award is specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly giv\u00aden to chil\u00addren\u2019s books that are par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly help\u00adful for begin\u00adning Eng\u00adlish read\u00aders. The con\u00adtent and for\u00admat require\u00adments are as fol\u00adlows: the sub\u00adject mat\u00adter must be engag\u00ading; the con\u00adtent may or may not be divid\u00aded into chap\u00adters; the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion of new vocab\u00adu\u00adlary should be slow to main\u00adtain chil\u00addren\u2019s read\u00ading enthu\u00adsi\u00adasm; word rep\u00ade\u00adti\u00adtion should be fre\u00adquent to facil\u00adi\u00adtate reten\u00adtion; sen\u00adtences should be sim\u00adple and clear; the book must have at least 24 pages but no more than 96; the illus\u00adtra\u00adtions must facil\u00adi\u00adtate com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsion of the sto\u00adry; the book must pro\u00advide a suc\u00adcess\u00adful read\u00ading expe\u00adri\u00adence from begin\u00adning to end; and the plot devel\u00adop\u00adment should cre\u00adate a dynam\u00adic effect as the pages turn. In short, this award pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly focus\u00ades on the enthu\u00adsi\u00adasm of begin\u00adning chil\u00addren to read and empha\u00adsizes lan\u00adguage learn\u00ading, while also exam\u00adin\u00ading the work\u2019s inher\u00adent val\u00adue. Works that receive the Dr. Seuss Award are often excel\u00adlent chil\u00addren\u2019s Eng\u00adlish learn\u00ading mate\u00adri\u00adals that chil\u00addren can read inde\u00adpen\u00addent\u00adly with sim\u00adple adult guid\u00adance. There\u00adfore, I rec\u00adom\u00admend that when trans\u00adlat\u00ading and import\u00ading chil\u00addren\u2019s books that have won this award, it is best to retain the orig\u00adi\u00adnal Eng\u00adlish lan\u00adguage.
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\nSo, how were the afore\u00admen\u00adtioned award cri\u00adte\u00adria deter\u00admined? In fact, these so-called cri\u00adte\u00adria are almost entire\u00adly pre-exist\u00ading, arguably drawn from the char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics of Dr. Seuss\u2019s works. This renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s book mas\u00adter rose to fame in the mid-20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry. He wrote and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded numer\u00adous pic\u00adture books, most notably \u201cGreen Eggs and Ham\u201d and \u201cThe Cat in the Top Hat.\u201d His illus\u00adtra\u00adtions and text evoke a sense of mad\u00adcap mad\u00adness and laugh\u00adter, always mak\u00ading peo\u00adple laugh. Although his sto\u00adries often seem absurd, chil\u00addren are cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00aded by them, and even adults with a more reserved dis\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion enjoy them quite a bit. But what sur\u00adpris\u00ades many adults even more is that Dr. Seuss\u2019s works are incred\u00adi\u00adbly easy for chil\u00addren to read on their own, and the vocab\u00adu\u00adlary is care\u00adful\u00adly designed to be high\u00adly suit\u00adable for chil\u00addren\u2019s Eng\u00adlish learn\u00ading. Lat\u00ader, the US Depart\u00adment of Edu\u00adca\u00adtion even des\u00adig\u00adnat\u00aded Dr. Seuss\u2019s books as sup\u00adple\u00admen\u00adtary read\u00ading mate\u00adri\u00adals for Eng\u00adlish lan\u00adguage learn\u00ading. Over half a cen\u00adtu\u00adry lat\u00ader, despite his pass\u00ading, Dr. Seuss\u2019s rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion in the Unit\u00aded States remains unwa\u00adver\u00ading. The offi\u00adcial White House web\u00adsite lists him as one of the rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives of Amer\u00adi\u00adca\u2019s chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture dream team. Dur\u00ading the 2010 East\u00ader cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion, Pres\u00adi\u00addent Oba\u00adma read \u201cGreen Eggs and Ham\u201d to adults and chil\u00addren on the White House lawn.
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\nDr. Seuss has had a pro\u00adfound influ\u00adence on the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s book world. Besides his own cre\u00adations, as a chil\u00addren\u2019s book edi\u00adtor, he per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly nur\u00adtured many out\u00adstand\u00ading chil\u00addren\u2019s books by oth\u00aders, includ\u00ading the super-sell\u00ader \u201cBaby Bear\u201d series. The cre\u00adators of Baby Bear, Mr. and Mrs. Bod\u00adin, recall\u00ading their ear\u00adly days writ\u00ading and edit\u00ading, remarked with deep emo\u00adtion that Dr. Seuss approached their play\u00adful chil\u00addren\u2019s sto\u00adries with the same rig\u00ador\u00adous approach as he would a great lit\u00ader\u00adary clas\u00adsic! Indeed, this spir\u00adit and atti\u00adtude are Dr. Seuss\u2019s most pre\u00adcious gift to the world. In Dr. Seuss\u2019s view, chil\u00addren, no mat\u00adter how young, have the same needs as adults: they need to laugh, to be chal\u00adlenged, to be enter\u00adtained, and to be hap\u00adpy!
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\nIt is prob\u00ada\u00adbly best to let chil\u00addren learn through high\u00adly enter\u00adtain\u00ading lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.
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