{"id":3004,"date":"2011-09-09T17:40:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T09:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/2011\/09\/09\/da_shi_de_20110909\/"},"modified":"2011-09-09T17:40:02","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T09:40:02","slug":"da_shi_de_20110909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2011\/09\/09\/da_shi_de_20110909\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mas\u00adter\u2019s Secret: Giv\u00ading Chil\u00addren Great Joy and Sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion"},"content":{"rendered":"

 \"\u5927\u5e08\u7684\u79d8\u5bc6\uff1a\u7ed9\u5b69\u5b50\u7684\u6781\u5927\u6109\u60a6\u4e0e\u6ee1\u8db3\"<\/a>A tip: The sim\u00adpli\u00adfied Chi\u00adnese ver\u00adsion of this book is expect\u00aded to be released this year.
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\nAs par\u00adents, you\u2019re bound to encounter unrea\u00adson\u00adable requests from your chil\u00addren: \u201cPlease take down the moon for me!\u201d How would you respond to such a request?
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\nIn most cas\u00ades, we would prob\u00ada\u00adbly throw up our hands and say to our lit\u00adtle ones: \u201cPick the stars, pick the moon? There\u2019s real\u00adly noth\u00ading we can do about it!\u201d More prac\u00adti\u00adcal par\u00adents might even seize this oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to try to give their chil\u00addren an astron\u00ado\u00admy les\u00adson about the moon and stars.<\/p>\n

   
\nBut would you read\u00adi\u00adly say, \u201cOkay, I\u2019ll go take the moon down right now\u201d?
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\n\"\u5927\u5e08\u7684\u79d8\u5bc6\uff1a\u7ed9\u5b69\u5b50\u7684\u6781\u5927\u6109\u60a6\u4e0e\u6ee1\u8db3\"<\/a>
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\nJames Thurber pre\u00adsent\u00aded a clas\u00adsic scene in the 1944 edi\u00adtion of \u201cThe Princess and the Moon\u201d: The lit\u00adtle princess longed for the moon and became depressed. The king, who had always been able to call the shots, was pow\u00ader\u00adless to help her, and the min\u00adis\u00adters were at a loss. Only the clown tried to find out the lit\u00adtle girl\u2019s true thoughts and gave her a small moon orna\u00adment to sat\u00adis\u00adfy the princess\u2019s wish. Final\u00adly, every\u00adone was hap\u00adpy!<\/p>\n

   
\nSuch sto\u00adries seem to imply that we par\u00adents often cre\u00adate trou\u00adble for our\u00adselves, do not real\u00adly under\u00adstand our chil\u00addren\u2019s psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy, and are not good at com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcat\u00ading with them.
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\nHow\u00adev\u00ader, after read\u00ading this sto\u00adry, I still feel a lit\u00adtle uncon\u00advinced: What if the child real\u00adly insists on hav\u00ading the moon in the sky? 
\n \"\u5927\u5e08\u7684\u79d8\u5bc6\uff1a\u7ed9\u5b69\u5b50\u7684\u6781\u5927\u6109\u60a6\u4e0e\u6ee1\u8db3\"<\/a>
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\nWe encounter anoth\u00ader response in Eric Car\u00adle\u2019s \u201cDad\u00addy, I Want the Moon\u201d (first pub\u00adlished in 1986), writ\u00adten by the kind of pic\u00adture book mas\u00adter who does\u00adn\u2019t hes\u00adi\u00adtate to say, \u201cI\u2019ll get the moon.\u201d<\/p>\n

   
\nCar\u00adl\u2019s sto\u00adry con\u00adsists of only four char\u00adac\u00adters: his daugh\u00adter, his father, the cat, and the moon. It could have been as sim\u00adple as not even includ\u00ading the black cat, but the artist loves cats so much that he wants them to be with him wher\u00adev\u00ader he lives. There\u00adfore, for him, a sto\u00adry that strives for per\u00adfec\u00adtion can\u00adnot be with\u00adout a cat.<\/p>\n

   
\nOkay, enough of that small talk. Look at that dad! With\u00adout a word, he sets off car\u00adry\u00ading a long lad\u00adder. You can\u2019t tell how long it is; even if you flip open the two folds, you can\u2019t see the end. Such a lad\u00adder would be per\u00adfect for a moun\u00adtain (so high you can even see the top), with the oth\u00ader end reach\u00ading the moon. Dad climbs up to the moon. It\u2019s so huge you have to flip open the cen\u00adter fold com\u00adplete\u00adly to see the whole thing!
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\n\"\u5927\u5e08\u7684\u79d8\u5bc6\uff1a\u7ed9\u5b69\u5b50\u7684\u6781\u5927\u6109\u60a6\u4e0e\u6ee1\u8db3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\u5927\u5e08\u7684\u79d8\u5bc6\uff1a\u7ed9\u5b69\u5b50\u7684\u6781\u5927\u6109\u60a6\u4e0e\u6ee1\u8db3\"<\/a>
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\nThe father was very polite and asked the moon to play with his daugh\u00adter. The moon was also very polite and said that it would wait until it grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly became small\u00ader before ask\u00ading the father to take it down. The father wait\u00aded as he was told. Final\u00adly, when the moon was the right size, he took the moon and slow\u00adly climbed down the lad\u00adder. Then he said to his daugh\u00adter, \u201cHold it. I\u2019ll help you get the moon down.\u201d<\/p>\n

   
\nThis moment is tru\u00adly a moment worth cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00ading for all chil\u00addren and adults! As long as the desire is strong enough, as long as the love is deep enough, it seems that there will always be a way to get what you want. \u2014 Is it real\u00adly? This is more of a beau\u00adti\u00adful belief than a truth.
\n\"\u5927\u5e08\u7684\u79d8\u5bc6\uff1a\u7ed9\u5b69\u5b50\u7684\u6781\u5927\u6109\u60a6\u4e0e\u6ee1\u8db3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    
\nObvi\u00adous\u00adly, \u201cDad\u00addy, I Want the Moon\u201d is just a fairy tale. How\u00adev\u00ader, even for fairy tales, some peo\u00adple pre\u00adfer to incor\u00adpo\u00adrate more knowl\u00adedge, morals, and mean\u00ading, while oth\u00aders pre\u00adfer to main\u00adtain a sim\u00adple, even seem\u00ading\u00adly mean\u00ading\u00adless, absurd sim\u00adplic\u00adi\u00adty. Eric Car\u00adle seems to lean towards the lat\u00adter. His self-writ\u00adten and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded pic\u00adture books typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly have the fol\u00adlow\u00ading char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics: the illus\u00adtra\u00adtions are very dis\u00adtinct, almost instant\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adniz\u00adable; the sto\u00adry\u00adlines are sim\u00adple, rarely involv\u00ading com\u00adplex twists and turns, but always with a moment of sur\u00adprise; the morals seem to have some sub\u00adstance, but are gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly vague; the sto\u00adries con\u00adtain some knowl\u00adedge, but are more play\u00adful than rig\u00ador\u00adous; the design of the books often has a strong sense of play\u00adful\u00adness, giv\u00ading the books an over\u00adall feel more like toys.<\/p>\n

   
\nPer\u00adhaps due to these char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics, Car\u00adl\u2019s pic\u00adture books are not eas\u00adi\u00adly tak\u00aden seri\u00adous\u00adly by aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic researchers, as they sim\u00adply can\u00adnot find much to study or com\u00adment on. Fur\u00adther\u00admore, since the fun of these pic\u00adture books often stems from their being more like toys, judges of major award pro\u00adgrams have felt it unnec\u00ades\u00adsary to award him a major pic\u00adture book award. How\u00adev\u00ader, this has not pre\u00advent\u00aded read\u00aders of all ages from deeply embrac\u00ading his work.<\/p>\n

   
\nUnlike most illus\u00adtra\u00adtors, Eric Car\u00adle is a keen artist who demon\u00adstrates his cre\u00adative process. Detailed images depict\u00ading his process can be found on his offi\u00adcial web\u00adsite, and he also enjoys show\u00ading you his draw\u00adings while he talks dur\u00ading tele\u00advi\u00adsion inter\u00adviews. He main\u00adtains that his tech\u00adniques are noth\u00ading to be tri\u00adfled with, even claim\u00ading they\u2019re so sim\u00adple that even a child could learn them. If you\u2019re not con\u00advinced, bring your chil\u00addren along and try them out. Watch\u00ading him paint in the videos is tru\u00adly a joy. Sim\u00adply lay\u00ading out a sheet of paper, pick\u00ading up a brush and paint, he smears and dabs, then casu\u00adal\u00adly cuts and pastes, and a beau\u00adti\u00adful world and vivid images appear before your eyes.
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\nYet, such a sim\u00adple sto\u00adry and seem\u00ading\u00adly casu\u00adal illus\u00adtra\u00adtions can tru\u00adly move read\u00aders. A senior friend in the pub\u00adlish\u00ading indus\u00adtry told me that she chose to cre\u00adate pic\u00adture books because she could not for\u00adget the pro\u00adfound impact she felt the first time she read \u201cDad\u00addy, I Want the Moon.\u201d Anoth\u00ader friend\u2019s four-year-old boy, after hear\u00ading the book for the first time, imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly ran excit\u00aded\u00adly to the bal\u00adcony and searched every\u00adwhere. When asked what he was look\u00ading for, he replied, \u201cI want to help Dad find a lad\u00adder!\u201d<\/p>\n

   
\nI firm\u00adly believe that won\u00adder\u00adful books can pro\u00adduce won\u00adder\u00adful pow\u00ader. But where does this won\u00adder\u00adful pow\u00ader come from? I don\u2019t know the exact answer, but this is pre\u00adcise\u00adly what makes it so fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading.
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\nIn an inter\u00adview, Eric Car\u00adle stat\u00aded that in his work he always seeks to delight the child in his mind\u2014in oth\u00ader words, to find immense sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion in the child he once was. This is exem\u00adpli\u00adfied by the sim\u00adple yet intense joy his work evokes. This joy like\u00adly stems from Car\u00adle\u2019s unique child\u00adhood expe\u00adri\u00adences, but that\u2019s a long sto\u00adry for anoth\u00ader time\u2026
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\nThe long sto\u00adry about Eric Car\u00adle can be found at:Mas\u00adters of the Art of Sto\u00adry\u00adtelling for Chil\u00addren (Part 7)<\/a>
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\nWrit\u00adten by Ajia in July 2011, com\u00adpiled before the Mid-Autumn Fes\u00adti\u00adval<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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