The first time I read "Little Black Fish", it was interesting; the second time I read "Little Black Fish", it was wonderful; until I slowly tasted it again, it was like opening another window and finding the magic "hidden" behind the picture book. and wonderful things. Interpreting the story of the picture book "Little Black Fish" will give you a breathtaking visual feast. Different colors blend together, seeming to call readers to explore the underwater world with the protagonist Little Black Fish.
The main story of the picture book is: There lived a group of small fish in the corner of the sea. They were all red, except for one who was black. One day, a ferocious tuna ate all the small fish. Of the fish, only the little black fish escaped. It wandered alone in the sea, very sad, but it became happy again when it met many wonderful creatures, including jellyfish, giant lobsters, strange fish, seaweed, moray eels, sea anemones, etc. The little black fish met a group of little red fish hiding behind the reef. In order to fight against the big fish, it bravely united the little red fish tightly together and taught them to swim to become the most powerful fish in the sea, with itself as the eye. , scared away the big fish, and gained real freedom and happiness.
1. Interpret the language codes in picture books
Most of the entire picture books use short sentences to express themselves, which is suitable for children of younger ages to read. When the little black fish lost his best friend and wandered alone in the sea and discovered all kinds of wonderful life, the author Leo Leoni used six pictures, accounting for half of the entire picture book, but only six in terms of language expression. Five sentences among them all use the same sentence pattern "(?) Like (?)". The simple and repeated sentence patterns provide a good language expression model for children in the younger age group. At the same time, there is an important symbol in these sentences - the ellipsis. A simple ellipsis leaves a blank space for reading and can give readers rich imagination. In view of the above two aspects, sentence patterns can be intentionally used to guide students in language training when reading picture books, and improve language expression ability on the basis of giving full play to imagination.
2. Exploring the secrets of pictures in picture books
When reading picture books, you must first read the cover, and sometimes the cover and back cover must be read together. The cover of "Little Black Fish" can tell us a lot of information, including the protagonist and author of the story. If you look closely, you can know that the color of the little black fish is different from other small fish. The difference in the positions of the little black fish and the little red fish on the cover seems to indicate the different characteristics of the two in the story. The little black fish bravely swims upward and forward, while the little red fish hide behind the rocks, revealing their timidity. (Since the lining and title page are not found in the e-book, we will not interpret it for now.) Opening the cover of the picture book and approaching the text of the picture book, we can see that the little red fish in the picture has no eyes, but the author has decorated the little black fish with eyes. The eyes give it spirituality and pave the way for the content of the little black fish at the back saying: "I will be the eyes."
In the creation of the pictures, the author did not use the traditional painting technique of outline painting, but used the technique of watercolor painting (first diluting the watercolor paint with a large amount of water, and then painting or Rubbings are made from real objects), and the groups of small red fish in the picture are rubbings. These small red fish are sometimes close together and sometimes scattered, giving people a more realistic feeling of fish swimming in the water. The only hand-painted one among this group of fish is the unique little black fish, which gives readers a strong sense of presence. When it comes to the technique of watercolor rubbing, when expressing the shapes of jellyfish and seaweed, the light color of watercolor increases the transparency of the picture. These details exactly echo the theme of the picture book. Rainbow jelly-like jellyfish, colorful seaweeds, and sea anemones like pink palm trees dancing in the wind. Different colors intertwined to give the underwater creatures a wonderful life, constructing a beautiful Underwater world.
3. Understanding the philosophy in the picture book
After losing his friend, the little black fish wandered alone in the sea, filled with sadness and fear in his heart, but he did not indulge in it blindly. In sadness, he chose to face it bravely and discovered all kinds of wonderful lives in the continuous exploration of the underwater world. This was a turning point in the development of the story and a turning point in the mood change of the little black fish. After discovering wonderful creatures again and again, he felt The magic of the sea was precisely because of this. When he encountered a group of little red fish hiding behind the rocks, he encouraged the little red fish to come out and take a look. Faced with the timidity of the little red fish, the little black fish used his brains to find a way. , teach them to stay in place, swim closely together, and finally scare away the big fish. What kind of power is this? The power of unity and collaboration.
Just like in life, each of us is that little black fish. We will experience loneliness, fear, and sadness. But as long as we don’t give up, face it bravely, unite as one, and use our brains to find solutions, we will always see a ray of light to guide us. Move forward to open up a broader and freer world.