Inspire and select the world's outstanding best-selling picture books, the masterpiece of American prolific writer Amy Cruise Rosenthal, an inspirational story about self-knowledge and self-affirmation, so that children can realize that they actually have many advantages and advantages without deliberately comparing with others; Not only suitable for children to watch, but also suitable for adults to watch. Especially in the context of serious involution, we tend to be anxious about "other people's children". Actually, it's not necessary Everyone is unique and has natural advantages and personality.

Brief introduction to the story

Spoon lives in a busy family, but he is unhappy recently because he always feels inferior to others. For example, he envies that knives can cut things and spread jam, which is very powerful; He envied the fork for being knowledgeable and helping people a lot. He envies the coolness, exoticism and uniqueness of chopsticks.

But what about the actual situation? Spoon's friends envy Spoon's luck, and the knife says he is fun and easy-going. The fork said he could measure things; Chopsticks said he could move freely.

Before going to bed at night, his mother told him that as a spoon, there are many advantages: MaiQuan's bowl can be filled with a bang, he can swim in a mug and relax in a cup of hot tea; Spoon never thought about these things. He felt energetic and fell asleep happily with his parents.

Aesthetic appreciation

The painting style is interesting and lovely, and everything here is full of spirituality. Spoons, knives, forks and chopsticks are all living spirits, full of childlike interest, which children like very much and can draw closer to readers at once.

The whole story picture is fresh and elegant, with white background, which leaves a lot of room for readers to think; Draw black lines with simple graffiti color blocks, which is simple but not simple.

In addition to several main tableware, there are many food-related items in the story, such as bread slices, jam, pasta, barbecue, vegetable salad and so on. Simple colors and outlines make people drool.

The expressions, movements and expressions of spoons, knives, forks and chopsticks are all varied. Slender figure, round eyes, small arms and legs, some with pink blush, are so cute that children can imitate these pictures to create their own spoons and other tableware.

The power of language

The text is concise and easy to understand, and tells a profound truth in a language that children can understand: while you envy others, others are also envious of themselves, which is a necessary stage for children to know and affirm themselves; What's more, the guidance of parents is very important, and the spoon mother provides a demonstration. When her mother found the spoon's distress, she did not directly deny or attack it, but recognized the spoon's feelings and listened patiently, which was very rare.

Observe the details

Repeated patterns appear on the back cover and ring lining pages; The small circle scattered on the title page is the later MaiQuan; The grid of the dedication page has also appeared on the back cover.

Spoons have a wide variety of family members, with different shapes and colors. If you look closely, you will find the three silverware aunts and spoons mentioned later. There is also a fork on the far right. He looks a little unhappy. Let the children guess the reason. If you turn this page upside down, you will find figures, portraits and sculptures on the handle of the spoon.

When the spoon listens to the story told by my great-grandmother, the picture is very warm. In the book, my great-grandmother fell in love with dishes when she was young, which was very romantic, and echoed with her eyes closed slightly and her cheeks flushed.

In order to show the knowledge of knives and forks, the author deliberately used four small pictures, barbecue, pasta, vegetable salad and cream cake, which basically covered our common food types and hinted at the use of knives and forks in many occasions.

Two red chopsticks are very eye-catching, especially when they are matched together, as if dancing ballroom dancing, with a strong sense of picture.

The spoon jumped into the ice cream bowl upside down, but this is exactly the correct posture when we use it, which is more lovely than when he is usually upright.

Parenting enlightenment

How to guide children to know themselves correctly? Parents should also give their children an objective evaluation, don't label them casually, and let them realize their own characteristics; Parents should not blindly attack their children, but always talk about other people's children. It is to tell children to know themselves from all angles and see their strengths and advantages.