內容簡介
A la manera de Las mil y una noches, en donde un cuento se inserta en otro cuento, Istvan Banyai convierte la imagen en un relato en el que todo puede suceder y prolongar a límites infinitos el placer de mirar y descubrir. Cada vuelta de página implica una sorpresa, cada página es una historia que no se acaba. A wordless picture book presents a series of scenes, each one from farther away, showing, for example, a girl playing with toys which is actually a picture on a magazine cover, which is part of a sign on a bus, and so on.
作者簡介
Istvan Banyai is a commercial illustrator and animator as well as the author/illustrator of Zoom (Viking and Puffin) and REM (Viking). He lives in New York City.
精彩書評
Publishers Weekly "Readers are in for a perpetually surprising-and even philosophical-adventure," said PW in a starred review of this wordless picture book that begins with a close-up of a rooster's comb and ends in outer space. Ages 5-up. (July) Publishers Weekly This provocative wordless volume can be ``read'' either from front to back or even from back to front. Either way, it's a startling experience. Its illustrations ``zoom'' out, as though a viewer has rapidly backed away from each. For example, the first painting, of a jagged-edged red shape, turns out to be a detail of a rooster's comb; as the pages turn, the bird diminishes in importance, until the barn where he stands is shown to be a toy on a magazine's cover. That magazine dangles from the hand of a dozing boy, who himself becomes but a smudge on an advertising billboard. These shifts in perspective repeat until the book abandons earth altogether. The last image is a tiny white sphere-our planet-against a night sky. The bold color and level of detail in Banyai's cartoons recall ``Prince Valiant'' or another of the ``realistic'' Sunday comics. If the concept is not wholly new, the execution is superior. Readers are in for a perpetually surprising-and even philosophical-adventure. All ages. (Mar.) Fewer Reviews School Library Journal PreS-Gr 3-This wordless picture book re-creates the effect of a camera lens zooming out. For example, one illustration shows a boy on a cruise ship, the next shows him from a distance, and the next reveals the whole ship. Finally, the viewpoint moves back farther and it turns out that the ship is actually a poster on a bus. The perspective continues to recede, revealing the bus as an image on a television screen. Three pages later, viewers see that the person watching TV is drawn on a postage stamp. The final picture shows a view of Earth from space. To heighten the effect, all of the full-color illustrations appear on the recto, while each verso is completely black. It's fun to watch the transition in perceptions as a farm becomes a toy, the girl playing with it is on a magazine cover, etc. The novelty soon wears off, however, and nothing else about the book is memorable. The paintings themselves are not particularly interesting and would not stand alone well. David Wiesner's Free Fall (Lothrop, 1988), David Macaulay's Black and White (Houghton, 1990), and Ann Jonas's Reflections (Greenwillow, 1987) use visual tricks, but also have richer artwork and more involving action.-Steven Engelfried, West Linn Library, OR Carolyn Phelan Beginning with a close-up of a rooster's comb, each picture zooms out to give a more distant perspective; for example, the "camera" zooms out to show increasingly distant figures of children watching the rooster. Then, a large hand appears, showing that the scene was not depicting a "real" farm, but a toy farm set. But zoom out a few more times, and the scene reveals that the picture of the girl playing with the farm set is "really" on the magazine held by a boy, who's sleeping in a chair, which is by a pool, which is on an ocean liner, which is out at sea--no, wait--that" picture is on a cruise-line poster on the side of a city bus, but "that" picture is on a television screen in the Arizona desert . . . and so on until the earth is shown from above, growing smaller with each turn of the page. The final scene is one white dot on a black page. Clear-cut paintings outlined in ink appear on each right-hand page; the left-hand pages are black. Not a story, but an "idea" book, it makes the viewer ask, "What am I really seeing here?" This clever picture book could be intriguing or irritating, depending on the viewer's frame of mind, but children will find it worth a look. Once, anyway.
前言/序言
探索奇妙世界的窗口:精選繪本故事集(不含《Zoom》) 一本獻給所有充滿好奇心和求知欲的學齡前兒童的珍貴禮物。 在這個充滿無限可能性的時代,閱讀是打開知識大門、點燃想象火焰的最佳鑰匙。我們精心策劃瞭這本精裝繪本故事集,專為3歲及以上的幼童設計,旨在通過豐富多彩的故事內容、精美絕倫的圖畫和富含教育意義的主題,陪伴孩子們度過每一個溫馨而充實的閱讀時光。 本書特色與內容概覽: 本書精選瞭十餘個獨立而又相互關聯的原創故事,涵蓋瞭兒童成長中至關重要和最感興趣的幾個核心領域:情緒認知、社交技能、自然科學啓濛、生活習慣培養以及創造力激發。 第一部分:情緒的彩色光譜——學會理解和錶達自我 兒童早期最重要的任務之一就是識彆並管理自己的情緒。本部分的故事旨在以柔和而具象的方式,幫助孩子們認識“快樂”、“悲傷”、“生氣”、“害怕”乃至“嫉妒”等復雜感受。 故事一:《小狐狸的紅圍巾》 小狐狸“皮皮”總是因為天氣變冷而煩惱,因為他覺得自己的紅圍巾能帶來溫暖和安全感。當他弄丟圍巾時,他體驗到瞭前所未有的“焦慮”。故事通過皮皮尋找圍巾的過程,巧妙地引入瞭“解決問題”的策略,並教會孩子,即使感到難過,也可以嚮朋友或傢人求助。結尾,當圍巾被找到,那種失而復得的“喜悅”被描繪得生動立體,讓孩子明白積極情緒的來源。 故事二:《雲朵的顔色遊戲》 小女孩莉莉發現,每天天上的雲朵都有不同的顔色——有時是蓬鬆的白色,有時是厚重的灰色,有時甚至是絢爛的橘紅色。通過觀察和記錄,莉莉學會瞭將特定的天氣或心情與雲的顔色聯係起來。例如,當她和好朋友吵架時,她覺得天空的雲朵變成瞭“帶刺的灰色”。這個故事幫助3-5歲的孩子建立“情緒具象化”的認知模型,理解情緒是流動的,而非一成不變的。 第二部分:友誼的魔法圈——構建和諧的社交世界 3歲的孩子開始進入幼兒園或更正式的集體環境,學習分享、閤作和處理衝突變得尤為重要。本部分的故事聚焦於友愛、包容與傾聽。 故事三:《分糖果的熊大熊二》 熊大和熊二得到瞭一大籃子美味的漿果糖果。一開始,他們都想獨吞。故事細緻描繪瞭兩人因搶奪而産生的“僵持”狀態,以及最終通過“公平分配”原則(即誰先找到漿果就擁有決定權)達成的和解。這個故事不僅關於分享,更關於“規則意識”和“協商技巧”。 故事四:《沉默的小刺蝟》 小刺蝟“嘟嘟”因為渾身是刺,總是不小心紮到彆的小動物,久而久之,他變得非常害羞,不再主動加入大傢的遊戲。直到有一天,一隻迷路的小兔子需要幫助,大傢都因為害怕被紮而猶豫不決時,嘟嘟用他獨特的“刺”幫助兔子掛上瞭求救的信號旗。故事強調瞭“接納差異性”的重要性,每個個體都有其獨特的價值,不應因外在特徵而自我孤立。 第三部分:奇妙的大自然:探索身邊的科學奧秘 對3歲以上的孩子來說,對周圍世界的好奇心是探索科學的起點。本部分的故事將復雜的自然現象以擬人化的方式呈現。 故事五:《蚯蚓的秘密隧道》 蚯蚓“泥巴”的故事帶領孩子們進入瞭土壤深處。通過泥巴的視角,孩子們瞭解瞭蚯蚓如何翻鬆土壤、幫助植物生長,以及它們如何應對下雨天的“交通堵塞”。插圖精細地展示瞭土壤的結構和生態係統的互聯性,極大地激發瞭孩子對生命科學的興趣。 故事六:《影子跑哪裏去瞭?》 小男孩湯姆發現,隻要他跑,他的影子也跟著跑;但當太陽下山後,影子卻不見瞭。故事通過湯姆追逐影子的冒險,科普瞭光綫和影子的形成原理。它解釋瞭影子是物體阻擋光綫形成的,並展示瞭不同時間、不同光源下影子形狀的變化,為初步的物理學啓濛打下基礎。 第四部分:自理能力的飛躍——培養好習慣的快樂時光 良好的生活習慣是未來學習和獨立生活的基礎。本部分的故事將日常的瑣事轉化為有趣的挑戰。 故事七:《牙刷怪獸的挑戰》 小男孩“豆豆”非常抗拒刷牙,他覺得那很麻煩。在夢裏,他的牙齒上齣現瞭一個喜歡吃糖渣的“小怪獸”。牙刷成瞭對抗怪獸的英雄武器。這個故事將口腔衛生的重要性,通過角色扮演和英雄敘事的方式,變得引人入勝,讓孩子主動擁抱刷牙這件事。 故事八:《整理房間的魔法清單》 玩具散落一地,讓小女孩米婭找不到她最喜歡的泰迪熊。奶奶教給她一套“魔法清單”——即分類整理法:積木歸積木盒,畫筆歸筆筒。當房間恢復整潔後,米婭發現瞭一件神奇的事情:原來“秩序”本身就是一種寶藏,能節省尋找的時間,並帶來內心的平靜。 第五部分:想象力的無邊界:創造力與藝術啓濛 鼓勵孩子大膽幻想,不受現實的約束,是培養創新思維的關鍵。 故事九:《會唱歌的石頭》 一個小小的灰白色石頭,在小發明傢手中,可以變成一艘飛船、一座城堡,甚至是一隻聽話的小狗。故事通過一係列看似不可能的“變身”,引導孩子理解“視角轉換”和“功能性重塑”的創造性思維過程。它告訴孩子,最好的玩具往往是他們自己想象齣來的。 故事十:《給月亮畫一幅畫》 這是一個關於藝術錶達的故事。小主人公嘗試用顔料畫月亮,但總覺得畫不齣月亮夜晚發齣的那種“安靜的、涼涼的光芒”。最後,他放棄瞭模仿,轉而用藍色和銀色混閤,畫齣瞭自己內心感受到的月光。這個故事是關於“自我錶達”和“藝術的內在體驗”的深刻探討。 裝幀與設計理念: 本書采用環保無毒油墨印刷,所有內頁均采用加厚卡紙,耐撕扯、抗摺疊,完美適應3歲以上兒童的抓握和翻閱習慣。色彩運用大膽且對比鮮明,圖案綫條圓潤流暢,符閤兒童視覺發展特點。每頁文字量適中,保證瞭故事的流暢性,同時為父母留齣親子共讀時的互動空間。 總結: 這本《探索奇妙世界的窗口》精裝繪本故事集,不僅僅是十個獨立的故事集閤,更是一套係統的、寓教於樂的早期教育工具。它以高品質的內容和堅固的製作工藝,確保每一位小讀者都能在安全、愉悅的環境中,收獲知識、情感和想象力的三重滋養。它是送給孩子、陪伴他們成長,並共同開啓無限閱讀旅程的理想選擇。