Children's popular science picture book

When the baby was less than three years old, she told me more than once that she wanted to be friends with bees because she had read Alison Jay's picture book My Bee Friend.

One day while playing at home during the epidemic, she suddenly found a bee flying into the balcony. It was so dark that it felt like a bumblebee that stung me when I was a child. I immediately pulled Eva into the room and closed the door, so Eva broke in and said:

An old mother who doesn't know much about bees can only tell the smoothest and most experienced story:

This shocked the baby. But after the lights went out that night, Eva told me that she wanted to be friends with bees like that sister.

At this time, I thought I had to tell her something about bees.

At that time, I had a set of "Nature's Cuisine" published in my hand, thinking that there was a book "Honey is Ready" in it, which could be used as a popular science for my baby.

As a result, the baby is still in a stage of "being afraid of real photos of insects". When I was a child, I showed her the photo magazines I had read before, and when I saw the photos of insects, I would cry directly.

Every book in this set of Delicious Nature has been turned into wrinkles, but Honey is Ready is brand new, because the photos of bees in it are unacceptable.

Later, I returned Alison Jay's My Bee Friend to the library, and seldom mentioned my little friend "Bee". Being friends with bees slowly faded from Eva's obsession.

Until last month, I harvested a hand-painted graphic encyclopedia of the bee kingdom, which was published as a children's book. I just mentioned the "past" of bees and Eva again.

I have to say, it's another picture book. Look at the copyright page. The first edition was published on 20 18, and it was printed for the fourth time in 2020. I spent a whole week reading it slowly and described it in four words:

It is simply, alas! For! Check! Stop. Ah!

First of all, I want to correct it. This book is marked 6 12 years old. I think this range is too narrow. It should be 6 years old+suitable for reading! In fact, I know some basic knowledge of bees myself. After all, the college entrance examination was also a test site. But what I remember now is that memorizing knowledge points was boring at that time. There are no pictures and images, only dry text descriptions. Occasionally the teacher will draw one on the blackboard when he is in a good mood.

If I had such a picture book in my hand at that time, I think my understanding of bee knowledge might be more familiar and systematic.

Come on,

0 1. The illustrations are very, very nice!

My old mother, who is very strict about what books to buy, is 200% satisfied with the illustration quality of this picture book!

Especially the innocent little eyes of every character, animal and insect, the affinity is instantly improved.

Not much to say here, just take two pictures and see for yourself.

When did bees begin to appear? What is the structure of bee body?

As an insect, why do bees seem to have only a pair of wings? How do bees build nests?

How does queen bee worker bees divide their work? What functions will worker bees be subdivided into?

How is honey brewed? How do humans get honey and cooperate with bees?

Can you believe that without bees, there are two-thirds less vegetables on our table?

Do you know where all the bees live in the city?

What are the friends and enemies of bees? So bees also migrate! ?

Do you know what is particular about the work clothes of beekeepers? ……

And the status of bees in the history of human civilization.

What is their relationship with the Egyptians? What about the Greek gods? What did Alexander the Great do with honey?

Why doesn't Queen Popea get rid of wrinkles? What else is there in the Slavic town of Lugen, Germany? . Bee culture?

Do you know who Saint Ambrose is? Why are there bees on Napoleon and Josephine's clothes?

Haven't you heard of the above names? I haven't heard of it either.

So the second week after reading this book, I browsed these people and place names on Wikipedia. . .

Words are easy to understand, humorous and close to the real illustrations.

My jokes are very low-level and occasionally strange, such as seeing:

Looking up at the bear in the illustration, I smiled maliciously.

Or look at this paragraph:

Then watching the ubiquitous bees spread all over a page of books, you will feel inexplicably poked.

The text of this picture book occupies a very small space in the whole book, all under the huge illustrations, but after reading it, the experience is that every sentence is an information point, which is easy to understand, so that these vague and complicated knowledge in the inherent imagination can be received without burden.

The reading age of this book is between 6 and 12.

But my three-and-a-half-year-old baby also watches it, but not all of them. She only looks at the part that interests her.

So,

First of all, no matter how old the baby is at home, our parents should read the book before showing it to them.

Including inserting every part of "bee anecdote"! All kinds of strange bee cold knowledge!

Including several recommended articles in the Guide Manual!

After reading it, you will find that all the words here are various supplements and extensions to the content of the picture book.

For example, at first, I saw a friend of a bee with a baby, and when I saw a girl feeding the bee white sugar water, I muttered uncertainly: Does the bee not drink white sugar water?

As a result, in this "Bee" and its guidebook, I read that bees drink white sugar water, and they will detect anything with sugar! And will eat!

Look! My poor knowledge reserve was slapped by a few lines in Bee.

Then according to the baby's understanding, choose the right page to read.

For example, bees are in the history of human civilization, so I just skipped it. My family only knows babies who drive trains every day, but I don't know what Greek gods and mummies are. She will only ask:

So let's skip it here, or who knows where it will go!

My baby likes pages of flowers and plants, honey plants, vegetables and fruits. Just knowing those pages can increase your knowledge. Finally, add a sentence, to the point. Without bees, we wouldn't be able to eat these fruits and vegetables and see such beautiful flowers!

There are still a few pages of popular science about bees that can be talked about slowly. At least, she is not afraid of these bee illustrations. Even if there is a page, the body structure of the bee is bigger than her head. When I first opened it, I was stunned by this kind of eyes, but she didn't have any disgust or fear.

At the same time, I shyly showed her the prepared honey. She still pushed it away and shouted, don't look, don't look!

So what does this mean? Explain that this illustration style is in line with children's psychological endurance.

At least let my baby, who basically doesn't look at insect pictures, accept it!

Finally, there is one thing I am more serious about:

There is a lot of content in the text corresponding to the icon number above, but the number is too small! Sometimes I can't find it after searching for a long time, so if I don't feel bad about scribbling on the book, parents can label the pictures they think are useful when reading through, so that when telling the baby, I don't have to look around.

I have read this book to Eva roughly once or twice, but I didn't think of how to stop her from rushing out of the balcony to be friends with bees. (Although she never explicitly mentioned this issue again. )

But she seems to have figured out a way one day!

In a less than six o' clock in the morning, I haven't wake up, she seriously said:

Me:. . . . Miss, if you really like it, will you grow up and keep bees?

Eva: Then climb the tree like a bear and make honey for my mother.

Me: (rolling my eyes inside) OK, thank you! (。 . . It seems that this book needs to be read several times. . . )