Whether reading or traveling, we can improve our vision, and vision determines the height of our thinking.

The picture book "Little Black Fish" tells this truth with a simple story.

The book "Little Black Fish" has been surrounded by countless auras since its publication:

Won the Caldecott Medal in 1964;

"New York Times" Picture Book of the Year ;

1965 German Picture Book Award;

1967 Bratislava Illustration Exhibition (BIB) Golden Apple Award;

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Its author is Leo Leoni, a talented and unfettered artistic genius who created a new era of picture books. The New York Times once said of him: "If picture books are a new visual art of our time, Leo Leoni is the master of this style."

Open this book, The author used a whole page to write three words "Little Black Fish" without any pictures or other words, giving people a very strange feeling.

On this page, the author thanks his friend Alfredo Segre for the title "Little Black Fish".

Start telling a story from this page. It is said that in a corner of the sea, there lived a group of happy little fish. They were all red except for one, which was as black as a mussel shell. He swims faster than his brothers and sisters. His name is Little Black Fish.

One terrible day, a fast, fierce and hungry tuna suddenly burst out of the waves. He swallowed all the little red fish in one bite, and only the little black fish escaped.

(Why can only the little black fish escape? On the one hand, he swims faster than all other fish; on the other hand, his skin color may not attract the attention of the tuna.)

He fled to the depths of the sea, scared, lonely, and very sad.

(All his brothers and sisters were eaten, leaving him alone. In the depths of the vast sea, he will inevitably feel very lonely and scared. The author's pictures here are also The entire page is gray, making the whole picture look very dim, which highlights the mood of the little black fish at this time.)

The sea is full of all kinds of wonderful life. The little black fish swam and swam, encountering one miracle after another. So he became happy again.

He saw that the jellyfish were like rainbow jelly...

(As time went by, the little black fish gradually got out of its sadness. This is also the nature of children. Their attention It will be transferred soon. He saw jellyfish, which were like rainbow jelly, very beautiful and probably delicious)

The big lobster walked like a machine walking underwater...

The strange fish seems to be led by an invisible thread...

Forest-like seaweed grows on the candy-like rocks...

The tail of the moray eel has Even he himself couldn't figure out how long it was...

The sea anemone was like a pink palm tree, dancing in the wind.

Later, he saw a group of small fish like himself, hiding in the shadow of the rocks and seaweed.

"Come and swim, play together, and look around!" he said happily.

"No," said the little red fish, "the big fish will eat us all!"

"But we can't always hide there, right?" The little black fish Said: "We must think of a way."

(After traveling, Little Black Fish's thinking has changed. He no longer runs away from things but uses his brain to solve problems.)

Little Black Fish thinks, thinks, thinks.

Suddenly, he said: "Yes!"

"We can swim together and become the biggest fish in the sea!"

(Little Black Fish He came up with a good idea. )

He taught them to stay in their respective positions and swim closely together.

(The little black fish has now become everyone’s teacher.)

When they can swim like a big fish, the little black fish said: "I will be the eyes."

(The eyes are the soul of the whole big fish.)

They swam in the cool morning and swam in the sunny noon, scaring away the big fish.

(The little black fish’s strategy was successful. They finally no longer had to hide in seaweed and rocks all day, and could play freely in the sea.)

Throughout In the picture book, the author does not describe too much about the sadness and loneliness of the little black fish at the beginning, as well as the final success. Instead, he gives a colorful description of the experience of the little black fish after escaping from the mouth of the tuna.

He saw jellyfish, encountered large lobsters, encountered strange fish, etc. in the depths of the sea. These experiences undoubtedly enriched his experience and increased his knowledge.

When Little Black Fish was wandering alone, he must have encountered various dangers. When encountering danger, he could gradually discover the weaknesses of his enemies. For example, although the giant lobster has two very powerful pincers, its movements are very weak. Slow, like a robot; for example, a moray eel has a long tail, and it is difficult for him to find it if he hides behind its tail; for example, a sea anemone is like a pink palm tree, which looks very beautiful, but you can’t get too close to it, otherwise it will be It eats...

After experiencing too many tests of life and death, the little black fish has become better and better at observing and thinking, and knows how to avoid danger and how to defeat the enemy, so in the end he can Come up with ways to gather countless small fish together to form one big fish to scare away predators.

His various experiences in the sea are actually a learning process, observing, thinking, and practicing; observing again, thinking again, and practicing again, which broadens his horizons and ultimately improves his own thinking. dimensions.

Therefore, in addition to acquiring knowledge from books, children should also enrich their experiences as much as possible, get closer to nature, make more good friends, participate in more social activities, and learn to observe, After thinking and practicing, improving your own vision will definitely improve your thinking accordingly. This will also be more conducive to understanding the knowledge in books, and is more conducive to improving personal abilities and academic performance.

In addition, the paintings in this book are also very unique. Except for the little black fish, which is drawn with a pen, other patterns are all made by rubbing. Drawing by rubbing is also very popular among children. I like it because even people without any painting foundation can draw beautiful paintings using this method.

The reason why the little black fish is drawn with a pen is also to highlight the individual little black fish, including the fact that there are only three words "little black fish" on the first page to highlight it. The readers focus entirely on the little black fish and are happy, sad and growing with it.

It is highly recommended that children read this book "Little Black Fish". From it, everyone can learn to get rid of fear, endure loneliness, be good at observation, think independently, and finally broaden their horizons and let their thoughts get improved.