Taiwanese scholar Song Pei commented on picture book author Marcia Brown: "What is probably most talked about is her award-winning record and her varied creative style. While her record of awards is unrivaled, the atmosphere of the time and place she creates in each picture book, and her skill in storytelling through a variety of media, are probably unmatched."
Marcia Brown
Today's most experienced, respected, and celebrated living American creator.
A very legendary figure.
She is a nine-time winner of the Caddick Award; twice nominated for the International Hans Christian Andersen Award. She is the biggest winner in the history of the Caddyshack Awards and still holds the record.
Marcia is an evergreen tree in the garden of picture books.
In 1992, she was honored with the Wilder Lifetime Achievement Award for her longstanding contributions to children's literature, and the Library of Congress declared Marcia Brown's work to be part of its permanent collection.
Marcia Brown's Caddyshack Awards
_Most gold medals, three, rivaled only by David Wiesner (three gold, three silver).
_Most Caddick Awards (three gold, six silver), six consecutive years from 1950 to 1955. (Second place went to Maurice Sendak, with one gold and seven silvers)
_Longest interval. From 1948 to 1983, a full 35 years. The longest is probably Mark Simmont, who first won a silver Caddick in 1950 and last won a silver Caddick in 2002, a full 52 years.
Author's introduction
Marcia Brown was born in 1918 to a ministerial family in New York State, USA. Because her father was a pastor, she grew up moving around the state with her family, running to the community library to get a library card before settling down to go home and organize her things after each move.
She loved reading, drawing and crafts from a young age, and when she was 12, her father painted the kitchen wall black so she could draw on it. Marcia often drew for hours at a time. At this time, she had a desire in her heart to be an illustrator in the future. However, due to her family's modest means and the Great Depression, she had to study English and drama with her sisters at the New York State Normal School, and after graduating, she took a teaching position at a high school for three years. After graduating, she taught high school for three years before moving to New York to work as a storyteller at the Children's Department of the Public **** Library. Not only does she tell stories in the library, but she also goes out into the community to tell stories from around the world to children from all over the world. She was also exposed to famous American and international children's literature and illustration artworks, and these experiences had a profound influence on her later work on picture books.
In 1946, she published her debut novel, The Little Carousel. A lonely boy hears a merry-go-round in his neighborhood and embarks on an adventure, in which Brown vividly describes a bustling Greenwich neighborhood.
She hit the big time with "Stone Soup," published in 1947, which won her her first silver Caddick Award. The book was also the beginning of her early work on traditional folktales.
Marcia Brown spent most of her life at the University at Albany and left behind a wealth of valuable materials.
Moving to the West Coast to Laguna Hills, California, in the fall of 1993, Brown donated $10,000 in 1994 for organizing, cataloguing and preserving her papers.
Died April 28, 2015, at age 96, at her home in Laguna Hills, Calif.
Style and Philosophy
_Marcia, though she had no children, always did things for children. From storytelling to creating a picture book.
_She has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Asia and Africa. Everywhere she went, she stayed for a long time, experiencing and savoring the local customs and folklore. For example, she especially liked Italy, then she created the opportunity to live in Italy one after another for four years. In 1985, at the age of 67, she studied Chinese ink painting at the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou.
Folktale bearers, cultural diversity
"It is the legacy of childhood to impart the wisdom contained in folktales to children so that they can gain a sense of life," and "it is their right, and our honor. --Marcia Brown
Marcia found folktales uniquely appealing to children, and she loved to tell them old folktales and draw them. She has adapted a large number of folktales and fairy tales. She believes that stories help children shape their personalities and pictures help them memorize; folktales and fairy tales clearly reveal the reality of life and persist in our hearts as both dreams and reality.
"Puss in Boots" and "Cinderella" are adapted from Perrault's fairy tale, "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, "The Three Goats Gala Gala" is a Norwegian folk tale, "Once Upon a Time There Was a Mouse" is adapted from an ancient Indian fable, and "Shadows", a French-language prose poem by Blaise Cendrars, is a collage that highlights the characteristics of African art.
Variety of styles
She has always been committed to using different techniques and media to express different times, create different atmospheres, and highlight the textures of different cultures in the East and the West.
She believes that the function of illustration is to express the content of the story, in order to echo the different themes and background of each book, she will try different media and styles, gouache, watercolor, crayon, pen, woodcuts, collage, such as woodcuts for the Indian ancient fable "Once upon a time there was a mouse"; silhouette, collage for the African tribal story "Shadow", etc.; the "Three Goats Gala Gala" is reflected in the Norwegian culture through the rough crayon, and the "Three Goats Gala Gala" is reflected in the Norwegian culture through the crayon, and the "Three Goats Gala Gala" is reflected in the Norwegian culture. The Three Goats Gaga Gaga Gaga" embodies the charm of Norwegian folktales and Nordic art style through rough crayon, "Dick Whittington and His Cat" adopts linen prints, and so on.
In order to complete these diverse styles of picture books, she has traveled around the world to collect information; studied oil painting, printmaking and Chinese ink painting; and researched theories of folklore and writings on child psychology. When she won her first Caddyshack Award, she used the prize money to live in Italy for a year and a half, a time she spent simply experiencing the culture, painting, and visiting art museums.
She once said, "The atmosphere of a book is very important. If the book is about a traditional story, but it's illustrated in a style that doesn't fit in with the time period, it's not going to be right. The creators have to think about the young readers, and the children have no idea about the time period, so the artist has to express the flavor of the time even if he or she doesn't paint the costumes in a detailed way."
Some people have asked her why she changes her style every time she encounters a different work. Marcia B. Brown's answer was a "wake-up call," she said, "because I can't stand to eat the same thing every day!"
Words from the author
_Marcia says she hopes her work will be like a beautiful seed that plants the roots of art in a child's heart, and like an innovative song that derives variations from an old favorite. Almost every one of her books is an inheritance of a classic.
_She said, "Introducing a picture book to someone is like introducing a friend to someone."
_"The freshness of the texture of the drawings depends on the strength of the presentation, not the novelty of the medium. So that I don't carry over ideas and techniques from one book to the next, I always work on a new book at intervals, either drawing or traveling to absorb new feelings and pave the way for the next book."
Background knowledge - about painting style, teachers
While working as a children's librarian at the New York Public **** Library, she studied under three famous painters, all of whom had different specialties, such as Stuart Davis, whose oil paintings were y influenced by Cubism and emphasized the relationship between color and form, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi, who was of Japanese descent and skilled in a variety of media, preferring free lines and minimalism. Yasuo Kuniyoshi, of Japanese descent, is skillful in a variety of media and likes to use free lines and simple shapes to depict a variety of characters, while Louis Shanker tries to use woodblock prints to experiment with abstract themes and expresses the rhythmic rhythms of dance and movement through the rough lines of woodcutting. The different techniques she learned from these painters also contributed to the variety of styles she would later present in her picture books.
Background knowledge--Marcia Brown's experience in creating picture books
Marcia Brown wrote a book about her experience in creating picture books, titled LotusSeeds: Children, Pictures and Books (1985). The book uses seven symbols to describe the process of art and creativity: the seed, the song, the dance, the lightning bolt, the gift, the unchanging pattern, and the golden medal.
She explained that the "seed" means that art plants a good seed in the child's heart that will grow and bear fruit.
And "song" symbolizes a life full of creativity, and her book is like a song, with variations on the main theme.
"Dance" is a metaphor for the artist's ability to express beauty, pain, fear and the joy of life through her work, just as the dancer expresses it with her body, and the source of her creativity is the artist's deep belief in the infinite treasures of life.
"Lightning" is a sudden flash of light that the artist captures and turns into a picture.
"Gift" represents the artist's dedication to reveal his or her inner self to the audience, and the spirit of art can help children grow up without the limitations of social class, color or race.
"Unchanging Patterns" refers to the fact that ancient legends and fairy tales often contain fixed patterns that provide us with endless imagery, allow us to recognize our own fears and the shadows of the world, and provide us with role models to follow.
The "Golden Medal" is not a badge of recognition from the outside world, but rather a badge of artistic creation made of gold extracted from the artist's heart.
Caddyshack Awards
1948 Caddyshack Silver Medal "Stone Soup" (not yet available)
1950 Caddyshack Silver Medal "Henry the Fisherman"
1951 Caddyshack Silver Medal "Dick Whittington and His Cat"
1952 Caddyshack Silver Medal "Captain John's Kitchen" (not yet available)
1953 Caddyshack Silver Medal "Boots in Boots" (not now available)
1953 Caddyshack Silver Medal Caddyshack Silver Award "Puss in Boots" without Chinese version, adapted from Perrault's fairy tale
1954 Caddyshack Silver Award "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" without Chinese version, adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale
1955 Caddyshack Gold Award "Cinderella" adapted from Perrault's fairy tale
1962 Caddyshack Gold Award "Once Upon a Time There Was a Mouse" adapted from an ancient Indian fable
1983 Caddyshack Gold Award "Captain John's Kitchen" without Chinese version
Productions
1. "Stone Soup" 1948 Caddyshack Silver Medal. Folktales, Love and Sharing
Contents:
Three soldiers walk wearily down a strange country road. They are on their way home from war. They were tired and hungry; in fact, they hadn't eaten anything for two days.
As the three soldiers approached a village, the villagers began to get busy. They knew that soldiers were usually hungry, so every family had stowed away everything edible, such as hiding barley in the attic, sinking milk pails in the well and hanging meat in the cellar. The soldiers went from house to house begging for food and hoping to stay in the attic, but the villagers said they had nothing to eat, no place to stay, and the whole village tried to act like they were starving. It was a battle of wits.
The hungry soldiers were forced to come up with a trick. They announced to the villagers that they would make a pot of soup made of stones. The curious villagers prepared firewood and a cauldron for them, and the soldiers literally started cooking the soup with three large round stones! Of course, in order to make the soup more flavorful, they needed a few spices, such as salt and pepper, and of course a little carrot would be nice. Cabbage, potatoes, and beef would be nice, and if they had some barley and milk, even the king could drink it. The magical stone soup was really ready!
Tip: We are more familiar with Joan Mutter's version of Stone Soup, which will be introduced later.
2. Henry the Fisherman 1950 Caddick Silver Medal. Life, growth, nature
Beautiful island, real life, a little boy's rite of passage, serene, beautiful. Dedicated to every growing child.
Contents:Henry is an American boy who lives on St. Thomas, an island bathed in the blue waters of the Caribbean. Henry wants to be a fisherman more than anything. No matter what he did, Henry always thought of his father's boat - Ariadne; he thought that one day, he could also sail the boat out to sea, sailing far and wide. The big day finally came, and Henry's first fishing trip began. He had an adventure that many children never experience. Later, Henry became a "real fisherman," as his mother called him. Henry's story is filled with island vernacular and the realities of fishermen's lives, all of which are so heartwarming and touching.
_Many of her books are inspired by her travels abroad. She spent two summers on St. Thomas, where she sketched, made friends with children, and gained a beautiful picture of Henry and his daily life.
3. Dick Whittington and His Cat 1951 Caddyshack Silver Medal Folktale, Philosophy, Character (Hard Work, Kindness, Endeavor)
_Success requires luck, but also hard work; let the children see "the power of perseverance".
Content: A long time ago, there was a little boy named Dick Whittington in England. When he was very young, his parents died, and he could only live on the relief of the townspeople. Later, he traveled to London with a coachman with a dream of panning for gold. But things didn't work out as he had hoped. After arriving in London, he had no place to live and nothing to eat, so he especially regretted leaving his hometown. However, after some difficulties, a rich merchant named Fitzwarren took him in and let him work as a cook. Although he had a regular job and a place to live, he had to put up with the scolding of the grumpy cook during the day and the rats running around in his bed at night. One day, Dick got a penny for shining a man's shoes. With this penny, he bought a cat to get rid of the mice and get a good night's sleep. Unexpectedly, this cat changed Dick's life completely, and made him from a poor boy, became a rich man, and finally became the Mayor of London.
Whittington was lucky.
Whittington is practical, hardworking and grateful.
Success is sometimes a matter of chance and luck, but ultimately it depends on the good qualities of yourself and those around you. Success requires luck, but it also requires hard work; we should aspire to a better life, no matter how difficult life is, don't give up on your ideals. The road to success is full of ups and downs, only those who do not give up can really succeed, embrace the dream, perseverance, luck will be with you. Sometimes we and the success of just "a little more insist on" will, let the child to see "the power of persistence".
4, "Captain John's Cook" 1952 Caddyshack Silver, no Chinese version
5, "Puss in Boots" 1953 Caddyshack Silver
_The classic French fairy tale that has been passed down for three hundred years. A clever cat uses his intelligence to win a wonderful new life for his master and himself!
Content: On his deathbed, the miller left his three sons his only property, and the youngest son only got a cat in boots, which was called Booth. Legend has it that this cat is very smart, and has a pair of "magic" boots, the youngest son is very kind, secretly in love with the Princess for a long time, because the King and Queen is a profit-oriented people, it is impossible to marry the Princess to his poor background, for which the youngest son has always been the two older brothers ridiculed. One day, the princess traveled under the guise of singing in a tavern with the youngest son met, the two also mutual affection, the goodness of the Booth could not bear the master to miss their own love, the design of the youngest son packaged as a count, to approach the king. But the road of love is full of difficulties, during which there are cannibalistic demons and sorcerers designed to trap, but the youngest son finally won the princess by virtue of his own honesty, kindness, and the magic of the cat Booth, and the cat also became the princess. And Booth, the cat, becomes the new warrior.
The plot of Puss in Boots has twists and turns, and the language is simple and vivid. Fairy tales are mainly for children to read, and it is important to have a fascinating storyline in order to impress and attract them. In Charles Perrault's fairy tales, the story is often rich in imagination, and at the same time, the story is made up in a reasonable way, and does not seem to be hard and far-fetched at all. In Puss in Boots, it is written that a cat encounters a leprechaun, who changes and changes, and finally turns into a rat, which is eaten by the cat. The author's imagination is obviously based on life. Because in reality, cats are supposed to eat rats.
※There are many versions of this book, and the same title won the 1991 Caddyshack Silver Medal, (US) Malcolm Arthur/(US) Fred Marcelino, translated by Yang Lingling and Peng Yizhong.
Adapted into an animated movie by DreamWorks in 2011.
6. The Steadfast Tin Soldier 1954 Caddyshack Silver Award.
_Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, the fairy tale of the beautiful and not so cruel.
Contents:The determined tin soldier was made with one leg missing. The little monster in the snuff box was jealous of the Tin Soldier simply because he was not happy with the way he was staring at the beautiful dancing girl made of paper, and made him fall from the third floor to the ground. Mischievous children put him in a paper boat and send him down a gutter, causing him to bob and weave and nearly capsize in the rapids and heavy rain. Water rats in the dark sewers vilely demanded money for his journey. At the end of the sewer is a wide canal, but that is not the end of the bad luck. Before plunging into the swift current, the Tin Soldier's ears rang with the words, "Charge, charge, you soldier, today is the day of your sacrifice!" Under the water he was swallowed by a big fish. And when he went back to the original owner's house with the killed fish and met his beloved dancing girl, he was thrown into the fireplace by a child. When a gust of wind passes, the tin soldier's beloved dancing girl is also blown into the furnace. The next day, the maid found a tiny tin heart and a bright rose in the ashes.
Children will love it, first of all, because it is the story of the adventures of the Tin Soldier and his love for the young dancer. Adults will be able to relate to the author's expression of the harshness of real life.
Marcia Brown put a lot of emotion into the illustrations for this story. The warm blue-purple backgrounds create a world of spirituality, strength and vitality.
7, "Cinderella" 1955 Caddick Gold Medal. Adapted from Perrault's fairy tale.
_The story inherits the essence of the founder of the fairy tale, Charles Perrault, with a unique style of painting and an elegant and easy language, perfectly interpreting the eternal magic of the classic fairy tale.
Contents:Few stories are as widely loved as Cinderella. There is a version in almost every country in the world, but the favorite is Charles Perrault's French version. This translation is perfect for storytelling and reading aloud. From the tiny cupid who slows down the clock to the final scene at the palace, Marcia Brown's illustrations are both charming and magical. These drawings will remain in children's memories.
8, "Once Upon a Time There Was a Mouse" 1962 Caddyshack Gold Medal,
_Adapted from an ancient Indian fable, the book guides children to think about the strong and the weak, the eternal and the changing, and cultivates the children's character of thankfulness and humility.
Content: "Whoever dares to say that this great king was once a little mouse, I will eat him!" A big tiger roared. However, a magical hermit was very disdainful of this. For it was he who transformed a mouse into a cat, then a dog, and finally this mighty, self-righteous tiger.
The story is inspired by the ancient Indian Book of Five Scrolls, which guides children to think about the difference between "might" and "weakness," "arrogance" and "humility," and the importance of the "power" and the "power" in the world. "It is a fable of wisdom that guides children to think about the connections between the powerful and the weak, the arrogant and the humble, and the eternal and the changing.
In order to recreate the charm of the Oriental fable, Brown used the woodcut printing method. Brown-green, earthy yellow and garnet red, the natural richness of the wood grain adds an ancient and classic flavor to the story. With white cutouts, the hard lines of the woodcut have the feel of a paper cut, strong and dynamic.
9, "Shadow" 1983 Caddyshack Gold. The game of light and shadow, and the legend of life
Content: In the firelight, under the moonlight, in the light, as long as there is light, there is shadow, as long as there is fire, there is shadow. Shadows keep jumping and dancing, like living spirits. In ancient African culture, in African oral literature, shadows do have lives and stories of their own.
Marcia Brown Brown's translation of the French poet Blaise Sandral's poem of the same name uses silhouettes and collages to show the imagery of shadows, and uses mellow dark colors as the tone to express the story of a fire in an African forest, which is a vivid image with a long meaning that reaches the extreme of expressiveness.
10, "three goats gala gala" - learn to be smart and brave
Contents: a simple story, a common in folk tales, three times repeated, but bring young readers three thrilling experience. There are three goats, all named "Gala Gala", want to eat a little fatter in the grassland of the mountains. However, there is a bridge in the valley, under which there is a big scary monster. The "little goat" and the "middle goat" both said: "Soon, a fatter goat will come". So the monster let them go. Finally, the "big goat" came, and he beat the big monster with his strong and powerful spirit. Then, with the other two goats, he ate his fill on the grassland, and even now, he is still too fat to walk back! This is a Norwegian oral fairy tale. Its language, simple and powerful, drawing is unique and shocking effect. After a sharp dramatic tension, the happy ending, so that the children and the "gala gala" as well, feel satisfied!
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Paper ball three-dimensional painting
The first step, the paper towel shredded, rolled into a ball;
The second step, the use of paint will be dyed on the ball of paper in different colors;
The third step, the ball of paper will be pasted to the drawing of the graphic;
A special ball of paper painting on the great success!
02
Colorful Window Flowers
Step 1: Dye the tissue paper in your favorite color;
Step 2: When the tissue paper is dry, cut it with scissors to make beautiful window flowers;
Step 3: The children can also match the window flowers with the pencil illustrations to create more creative works.
Look at these examples, they are so imaginative!
03
Beautiful butterflies
The first step is to fold the tissue paper into a rectangle;
The second step is to clip the tissue paper in the middle of the clip;
The third step is to draw decorative motifs on the wings of the butterflies and on the clips;
The fourth step is to make a little butterfly tentacles with a twisted stick.
The girl in the family is a good example.
Promise me that you'll learn this one!
04
Decorate the skirt
First step, cut the tissue paper into long strips;
Second step, use watercolors to color the tissue paper;
Third step, paste the tissue paper strips on the drawn sketch.
05
Cotton swab three-dimensional flower
First step, cut the tissue paper into a circle;
Second step, the tissue paper around the color;
Third step, the middle of the tissue paper through, and add a stained cotton swab;
Fourth step, the bottom of the flower will be fixed with the clay, a small flower is ready!
06
Ice Cream Balls
First step, roll the tissue paper into a ball and wrap it with thread;
Second step, paint the tissue ball with your favorite paint;
Third step, roll up a piece of cardboard and draw the lines;
Fourth step, glue the tissue ball and the "egg rolls" together.
The fourth step is to glue the paper towel ball and the "egg roll" together, a delicious "cone" is ready!
07
Flame
Previously we talked about crafts for girls, the following one is especially suitable for boys.
Boys tend to enjoy exciting and adventurous games, such as building fires and pretending to be exploring the forest. But kids can't play with fire, so let's make a fake fire out of tissue paper.
The first step is to color the tissue paper, starting from the center, in the order of yellow, orange, red and blue;
The second step is to wait for the tissue paper to dry and then unfold it, twisting the blue sharp corners together;
The third step is to glue the "flames" to the cardboard;
The fourth step is to glue the "flames" to the cardboard;
The fourth step is to glue the "flames" to the cardboard;
The fourth step is to glue the flames to the cardboard;
The fourth step is to glue the "flames" to the cardboard.
Look, there are a bunch of flames burning!
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In the United States among the writers of the illustrated books, she is a very legendary figure, it can be said that is the United States in the most senior, the most admired and the most popular in the United States. She is arguably the most experienced, respected, and celebrated creator alive in the United States today.
Since 1946, she has written more than thirty picture books, including nine Caddyshack Awards, including three Gold Medals (The Shadow, Once Upon a Time There Was a Mouse, and Cinderella) and six Silver Medals (Stone Soup, Henry the Fisherman, Puss in Boots, Captain John's Chef, The Little Tin Soldier, and Dickie Wellington and His Cat).
It was the biggest winner in the history of the Caddyshack Awards and still holds the record.
Closely followed by Maurice Sendak, who has won eight Caddick Awards.
Her work is based on folktales from various countries, and she travels to various places in search of the closest representation of the essence of the story.
Marcia is childless, but has always worked for children, from her youthful days as a storyteller in public libraries, where she experienced the magic of storytelling for children, to her creation of picture books for children. She once said, "Introducing a picture book to someone is like introducing a friend to someone."
Let's take a look at "Shadow," which won the Caddick Gold Medal in 1983.
"Shadows" is not a story; it's a prose poem used to describe the storytelling rituals of African farming and hunting societies at the edge of the forest.
The Shadow is not a story, it is a prose poem that describes the storytelling rituals of an African farming and hunting society at the edge of the forest. Since The Shadow is not a story but a prose poem, the translation was particularly difficult and difficult. He spent a lot of research and verification efforts for the peripheral information to explore in detail, in addition to the Chinese translation of "Shadow" before and after you can see some of the data, in addition, he has also published a "look at the Shadow" reflects the texture of life 〉analysis of this work, which will be excerpted below:
The author and the artist are phenomenological description of the shadow of the physical, psychological, symbolic, and spiritual description. The artist traveled to Africa especially for the illustration of this poem, and she liberated the memory of Africa to create a richness of shadows and shadows of shadows with the light of a fire swaying in the wind, combining shadows, life and the sacred. And the storyteller combines the physical, the psychological, the symbolic, the spiritual, the haunting, using rituals to interweave the past, the present and the future as fertile ground for the mind.
This prose poem is full of metaphors and repetitions, and the repetitions are like a frame that frames the metaphors. She knows that to describe the shadow, one cannot just take the physical reality, the shadow is not all black, but black is the aggregation of all colors, and all colors can be differentiated from black. White, in Africa, is the color of ashes, which symbolizes death, but also the rebirth after death, which is the spirit and the spirit. In this book, Marcia Brown makes the shadow, the real shadow, a blue-violet color, so that it is omnipresent. She uses the bright colors to describe the scene around her, so that the painting, the shadow, can be physical, is