{"id":3635,"date":"2020-10-21T21:04:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T13:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/2020\/10\/21\/ai_ye_xu_20201021\/"},"modified":"2020-10-21T21:04:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T13:04:03","slug":"ai_ye_xu_20201021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2020\/10\/21\/ai_ye_xu_20201021\/","title":{"rendered":"Love may require 20 light years of wait\u00ading\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u201cThe Lit\u00adtle Pirate on the Stars\u201d is the sec\u00adond pic\u00adture book from the col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion between French nov\u00adel\u00adist Michel Poussey and chil\u00addren\u2019s book illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Peg\u00adgy Neal. Like the first book, \u201cTrea\u00adsure,\u201d it is based on Michel\u2019s thriller nov\u00adel \u201cShe Is Not My Moth\u00ader,\u201d the set\u00adting of which is detailed in the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion to \u201cTrea\u00adsure.\u201d Sim\u00adply put, it is one of the bed\u00adtime sto\u00adries that the three-and-a-half-year-old Mar\u00adrone hears repeat\u00aded\u00adly in the nov\u00adel. It helps advance the plot and also con\u00adtains strong metaphor\u00adi\u00adcal ele\u00adments.<\/span>
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\nBut what is par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly rare is that, when tak\u00aden out of iso\u00adla\u00adtion as a chil\u00addren\u2019s sto\u00adry, it is also quite attrac\u00adtive: a fam\u00adi\u00adly on a star island, the pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist is the youngest boy \u201cPirate Baby\u201d, he is eager to grow up quick\u00adly because his moth\u00ader said that there are many things that can only be done after he grows up, includ\u00ading mar\u00adry\u00ading his beloved girl Lily. One day, the pirate baby, who can\u2019t wait, flies a space\u00adship alone to trav\u00adel through space. When he returns home after play\u00ading enough, he finds that his fam\u00adi\u00adly and Lily have grown up.20<\/span>years old, and he him\u00adself has bare\u00adly grown at all! How is this pos\u00adsi\u00adble?!<\/span>
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\nYoung read\u00aders will like\u00adly be struck by won\u00adder at this. I remem\u00adber first read\u00ading a sim\u00adi\u00adlar sto\u00adry in fifth grade dur\u00ading sum\u00admer vaca\u00adtion, when I read Zheng Wen\u00adguang\u2019s sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion nov\u00adel \u201cFlight to Sagit\u00adtar\u00adius.\u201d The sto\u00adry fol\u00adlows three teenagers on a space\u00adship adven\u00adture, near\u00adly nine years before return\u00ading to Earth. They metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly track time dur\u00ading their flight, but upon their return, they dis\u00adcov\u00ader that time on Earth has sped up by half a year. Ein\u00adstein\u2019s the\u00ado\u00adry of rel\u00ada\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty states that time slows down for objects trav\u00adel\u00ading at speeds approach\u00ading the speed of light! The pirate boy in this pic\u00adture book trav\u00adels through space at the speed of light for twen\u00adty years, a mere day for him, while twen\u00adty years seem to have passed for his fam\u00adi\u00adly and loved ones. I still vivid\u00adly remem\u00adber the pro\u00adfound intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal impact of \u201cFlight to Sagit\u00adtar\u00adius.\u201d \u201cLit\u00adtle Pirates on the Stars,\u201d while seem\u00ading\u00adly a charm\u00ading fairy tale, also offers a sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adly hard\u00adcore dose of pop\u00adu\u00adlar sci\u00adence. I believe its sense of won\u00adder will res\u00adonate with today\u2019s young read\u00aders.<\/span>
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\nThis French cre\u00adative duo imbues the sto\u00adry with a roman\u00adtic sen\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, cap\u00adtur\u00ading the chal\u00adlenges of grow\u00ading up, fam\u00adi\u00adly bonds, and even roman\u00adtic love. Illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Peg\u00adgy Neal\u2019s con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtion is par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly note\u00adwor\u00adthy. Although she chose a cool blue as the pri\u00adma\u00adry col\u00ador scheme, her love for trop\u00adi\u00adcal envi\u00adron\u00adments is vivid\u00adly show\u00adcased. Although not explic\u00adit\u00adly men\u00adtioned in the sto\u00adry, Peg\u00adgy trans\u00adforms the island into a trop\u00adi\u00adcal island, show\u00adcas\u00ading clas\u00adsic trop\u00adi\u00adcal fea\u00adtures from the flo\u00adra and fau\u00adna to the archi\u00adtec\u00adture, imbu\u00ading the sto\u00adry with warmth. How\u00adev\u00ader, the col\u00ador blue is also cru\u00adcial to the sto\u00adry, serv\u00ading as the back\u00addrop for the uni\u00adverse and imbu\u00ading the romance with a cer\u00adtain mys\u00adtique. Mean\u00adwhile, the sto\u00adry inevitably descends into a slight\u00adly melan\u00adcholic mood mid\u00adway through. Imag\u00adine: when one per\u00adson alone slows down time, while those around them, those they care about most, con\u00adtin\u00adue to age in the pas\u00adsage of time, is that tru\u00adly a bless\u00ading? The pirate boy pon\u00adders the deep blue, lost in bound\u00adless lone\u00adli\u00adness\u2026<\/span>
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\nRead\u00ading such a cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00ading pic\u00adture book is per\u00adfect for engag\u00ading young read\u00aders in extend\u00aded dis\u00adcus\u00adsions. Author Michel is not only a detec\u00adtive nov\u00adel\u00adist but also a uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of geog\u00adra\u00adphy, an expert on French polit\u00adi\u00adcal geog\u00adra\u00adphy. His sto\u00adries are rich\u00adly lay\u00adered, mak\u00ading them both play\u00adful and heart\u00adwarm\u00ading bed\u00adtime sto\u00adries and thought-pro\u00advok\u00ading case stud\u00adies. The illus\u00adtra\u00adtors bring the sto\u00adries to life visu\u00adal\u00adly, cre\u00adat\u00ading an ele\u00adgant, roman\u00adtic, and heart\u00adwarm\u00ading expe\u00adri\u00adence. Chil\u00addren should eas\u00adi\u00adly be drawn into the sto\u00adry\u2019s con\u00adtext, will\u00ading to empathize with it: What if I were the pirate baby? What if I were the pirate baby\u2019s fam\u00adi\u00adly? The sto\u00adry itself offers an answer; could young read\u00aders come up with a bet\u00adter one?<\/span>
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\nFor adult read\u00aders, I rec\u00adom\u00admend reread\u00ading the orig\u00adi\u00adnal nov\u00adel. First\u00adly, the plot is incred\u00adi\u00adbly cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00ading and easy to fol\u00adlow. Sec\u00adond\u00adly, plac\u00ading it with\u00adin the con\u00adtext of the nov\u00adel itself allows for a deep\u00ader under\u00adstand\u00ading of the sto\u00adry of the pirate baby. The nov\u00adel involves some vio\u00adlence and adult romance, mak\u00ading it less suit\u00adable for chil\u00addren. How\u00adev\u00ader, because the sto\u00adry revolves around a three-and-a-half-year-old boy, the explo\u00adration of child devel\u00adop\u00adment and psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy with\u00adin it is well-suit\u00aded for par\u00adents to under\u00adstand and reflect on. Michel Pusey has a spe\u00adcial inter\u00adest in chil\u00addren\u2019s devel\u00adop\u00adment, which is evi\u00addent in his renowned nov\u00adel, Until That Day. While She Was\u00adn\u2019t My Moth\u00ader involves a dra\u00admat\u00adic rob\u00adbery, pro\u00adtect\u00ading a child, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly their psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal well-being, becomes a cru\u00adcial focus.<\/span>
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\nIf I were to give a slight (but not too much) spoil\u00ader, I\u2019d say the final words the father says to the pirate baby in the pic\u00adture book are the key to the reveal. The father said, \u201cWhen we love some\u00adone, deeply, some\u00adtimes we have to brave\u00adly let them go far away. Or we can learn to wait for them for a long time. This is the true proof of love, and per\u00adhaps the only proof.\u201d This isn\u2019t just some gen\u00ader\u00adal tru\u00adism; it\u2019s the author\u2019s deep under\u00adstand\u00ading, based on his rich life expe\u00adri\u00adence. In the nov\u00adel, he lets a three-and-a-half-year-old expe\u00adri\u00adence this kind of wait\u00ading, con\u00advinc\u00ading\u00adly demon\u00adstrat\u00ading such amaz\u00ading endurance. It\u2019s pre\u00adcise\u00adly because of repeat\u00aded\u00adly lis\u00adten\u00ading to the pirate baby\u2019s wait\u00ading that the child final\u00adly learns to endure.20<\/span>The author is also try\u00ading to prove that such a small thing as lis\u00adten\u00ading to sto\u00adries can be used to shape chil\u00addren and help them have amaz\u00ading pow\u00ader.<\/span>
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\nThis amaz\u00ading pow\u00ader must come from love. For chil\u00addren, it comes from fam\u00adi\u00adly affec\u00adtion, such as the self\u00adless love of their par\u00adents; for adults, it can also come from love. It\u2019s impor\u00adtant to under\u00adstand that Michelle\u2019s sto\u00adry isn\u2019t just for chil\u00addren.<\/span>
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Ajia \u2026
\nWrit\u00adten on2020<\/span>Year2<\/span>moon10<\/span>Bei\u00adjing<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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