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GloriaChung 寫道:
熙媽媽 : I bought in my TW trip. You can try in HK large bookstore . I saw them once in PxgeOnx TST.

[size=large]I Can Fly



Ruth Krauss and Mary Blair's I Can Fly won awards upon its first publication in 1951 and has not lost an iota of its charm.

The first pages open to a girl standing on a swing, sailing high in the sky next to a bird whose feathers match her dress: "A bird can fly. So can I." She can moo like a cow, grab like a crab, be merrier than a terrier, and pick, pick, pick like a little chick. Krauss's simple verses capture a child at play and provide wonderful rhythms for a lively, interactive read-aloud session: "Crunch crunch crunch/ I'm a goat out to lunch," Blair's playful illustrations are as exuberant as the story-poem, with their gorgeous (truly '50s!) palette and bold compositions that cleverly juxtapose the girl with her pretend animal playmates, page by page. Arms outstretched on the loops in the playground, the girl looks just like the crab with its grabby claws; eating celery at the table she mimics the goat eating flowers outside the front door. Young children will revel in the young girl's splendidly confident outlook:"Gubble gubble gubble/ I'm a mubble in a pubble./ I can play/ I'm anything that's anything./ That's MY way." We welcome this timeless classic back into print with open arms, much like an octopus might. (Baby to preschool) --Karin Snelson

Yes, the book is good. I'd bought the China version of The Carrot Seeds last year at RMB7 only.

熙媽媽 寫道:
突然想起<胡蘿蔔種子>


由於仔仔好鐘意阿羅，後來比佢發現一本係同一個繪者畫gei書，佢就唔肯放過(呢本係crockett johnson早期作品，只係畫，唔似阿羅系列係佢作。)

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【亞馬遜書評】
一個小男孩種下了一顆胡蘿蔔種子，然後耐心地等待著，悉心地照料著，可他身邊的每個人都不斷地說：“它不會發芽的。”然而小男孩頑固地相信著。終於，地裏長出了一個胡蘿蔔——無論從哪個角度來說，這都是給予小男孩的一個最好的獎勵。……在這個簡單得不能再簡單的故事、簡單得不能再簡單的圖畫中，那個性格溫順的小男孩的不可動搖的決心，喚起了我們深深的共鳴。從這個故事中，小讀者們體驗到，面對反對和質疑而堅持己見，也能獲得雙重的回報——如果把胡蘿蔔超乎尋常的體積也算在內的話，回報可以說是三重的！

【內文】 一個小男孩種下一顆胡蘿蔔種子。 他的媽媽說：“這顆種子恐怕不會發芽。” 他的爸爸也說：“它恐怕不會發芽。” 他的哥哥也說：“它不會發芽。” 每天，小男孩都把種子周圍的雜草拔掉，然後澆上水。 可是，什麽都沒長出來。 還是什麽都沒長出來。 大家都不斷地說：這顆種子不會發芽的。 但是，每天小男孩仍然堅持拔掉種子周圍的雜草，然後澆上水。 終於，有一天， 一棵胡蘿蔔長出來了， 如同小男孩早就知道的那樣。
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道理很簡單，對於自己相信的事，有時真的要堅持。
適合2.5+小朋友看。

[size=large]The Greedy Python by Richard Buckley, Eric Carle




The greedy python, having made himself sick by gobbling up every animal in sight, finds that his last greedy gulp, his own tail, is his final gulp.The story teaches a good lesson in selfishness and greediness. The greedy python is eating everything in sight and even after getting too full to hold anymore he sees one last thing to eat. He winds up gulping down his tail and eventually disappearing. It's a really good lesson for all children to learn. It's also easy reading.

Comments:

A surprising and funny ending. A good book but more words. I still cannot find the Foolish Turtoise book which goes in pair w/ this one.

Another good book to read:

[size=large]Stone Soup



Book Description

Three soldiers came marching down the road towards a French village. The peasants seeing them coming, suddenly became very busy, for soldiers are often hungry. So all the food was hidden under mattresses or in barns. There followed a battle of wits, with the soldiers equal to the occasion. Stone soup? Why, of course, they could make a wonderful soup of stones...but, of course, one must add a carrot or tow...some meat...so it went.

Marcia Brown has made of this old tale a very gay book, a carnival of activity, of dancing and laughter. So much goes on in the pictures that children who have once heard the story will turn to them again and again, retelling the story for themselves.

China version also available



此书是公认的世界经典图画书，曾于1948年获凯迪克奖银奖。美国纽约图书馆推荐“每个人都应该知道的100本图画书”之一。

kittylock:
does this book suit 2-3 yrs old? Does it have a lot of words and less pictures? I have earmarked it in my booklist for long. Is the China version good enough (bilingual? or??)?

[size=large]A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni (Eric Carle's teacher)



The charming story of a chameleon searching for his own color, who ends up finding a true friend.

Every animal has a color of its own. "arrots are green, elephants are gray, pigs are pink." But chameleons change color wherever they go. "On lemons they are yellow. In the heather they are purple." One chameleon is not pleased with his changeable appearance. He thinks, "If I remain on a leaf, I shall be green forever, and so I too will have a color of my own." Of course, what he doesn't take into account is the changes wrought by autumn, and soon the green chameleon is yellow, then red, and then tumbled to the ground for the long black winter night. It isn't until he befriends another older, wiser chameleon that our hero begins to find inner peace, even as his outer surface is transformed again and again.

My comments:

This may be the only book of Leo that my son likes to read. All others , unlike Eric Carle's works, are a bit too astract to understand by very yound kids. May be more interesting for kids aged above 4 yrs old. Worth borrowing from the library than buying.