Miyanishi is coming again

Detective Radish (founder of Red Mud Book Club, children's reading promoter)

Once when reading aloud to children, as soon as they read "Miyanishi's words/pictures", children would echo "Miyanishi is coming again!" . Miyanishi's works are still very popular. Mr. Miyanishi has been to China for three times to listen to Miyanishi's lectures, and both adults and children will listen to them with relish and great affinity. For an orator, it is a very valuable skill for adults and children to eat it all. To this end, the translation of this book, the famous "speaker" Mr. Peng Yi also gave Miyanishi a very "China" nickname-Congratulations. (hereinafter referred to as "Congratulations")

The source of Miyanishi's creation comes from his childhood and his childlike innocence. In his works, there are usually two important elements: the original ecological survival wisdom and the childish game spirit.

Miyanishi must be a gourmet, and subtle details about eating can be seen everywhere in his works. Wolves don't swallow piglets in one bite. Usually, they have to subdivide which one is tender, which one is crispy and delicious, and which one is chewy. Before the wolves eat the piglets, the brothers and sisters have prepared enough rich imagination ("1 Piglets and 111 Wolves"); And the way for pigs to eat wolf meat has reached the realm of omnipotence, and there can be various cooking methods such as frying, boiling, steaming, burning and roasting. Crispy and crispy wolf meat! It makes people drool to think about it (The Town of Hungry Old Wolf and Pig). In Congratulatory Uncle's works, the word "eat" is indispensable. Moreover, in the animal world where the law of the jungle prevails, Congratulatory Uncle has completely demonstrated an original ecological survival wisdom of being small and broad, and defeating the strong with the weak. The theme of "eating" is an eternal and attractive theme for children, not to mention that there are so many "technical contents" included in it.

It's hard to guess the real intention of the Japanese education department to include "Cat Woo" in primary school textbooks, isn't it because it wants to warn children who play truant of all kinds of dangers? However, Miyanishi can make this story quite childlike! From when three little mice played truant and met the big cat, they went to pick peaches together, and when the big cat began to threaten to eat the mice, the little mice responded unexpectedly and saved the day. The little guys have grasped the development of the situation from beginning to end, and they are well-prepared, comfortable and comfortable. The central idea of this story tells adults not to underestimate the wisdom of children.

From Miyanishi's works, we can find that his works are all developed in the state of childlike innocence. 111 wolves chasing a pig will make the pig run around (a typical cat-and-mouse game). I heard Miyanishi say that when he painted "1 Piglets and 111 Wolves", he collected 111 wolves one by one. The painting was very hard! But when you count the number of pigs in the picture again, you will find that Miyanishi has prepared enough pigs for the imagination of 111 wolves! Also, every pig's tail painted by Miyanishi is like a clockwork key of a toy. You can't help but stretch out your hand and twist it after watching it several times. Look at how fierce his childlike innocence is when he creates!

Miyanishi worked in stage art and graphic design of puppet plays, and later began to create picture books. His warm story, tortuous structure and strong style of painting are widely welcomed by children and adults, and he is one of the most active Japanese picture book writers at present. Miyanishi is also the father of four children. He knows how children's thinking jumps and knows the skills of telling stories to children. Good at the end of the story, there is always an unexpected turn for the better, and one wave has not fallen. This has left a deep impression on the children. Maybe this is the creative secret of congratulations.