On May 26th, 2022, parent-child reading and picture book appreciation of Moon Ice Cream.

The works of Bai Xi Na, a famous Korean picture book writer, won the 2020 International Green Lun Literature Prize. It is an "absurd" fairy tale, a story that contains love and respect for nature. It uses painting, photography, fabrics, modeling devices and other artistic forms to bring readers rich multi-sensory experiences such as vision, hearing, smell and taste.

Brief introduction to the story

One summer night, it was very, very hot. Every household has closed the doors and windows and turned on the fans and air conditioners. At this point, the ticking sound came. It turned out that the big moon outside the window was melted by high temperature. ......

Grandma makes ice cream with these melting moons; At this moment, the power went out suddenly, and everyone walked out of the house and found that the moon was gone; In the dark night, only grandma's house was brightly lit, and grandma gave everyone a piece of moon ice cream. Everyone entered a cool and sweet dream.

Dadada, two rabbits are standing at the door. It turns out they have no place to live. The landlady poured the remaining moon into the flowerpot, opened the moon flowers and slowly turned into the moon. Yutu has moved into a new home again.

Aesthetic appreciation

The picture is full of unique white style, and various artistic forms such as painting, photography, fabric and modeling devices are used to bring readers rich multi-sensory experiences such as vision, hearing, smell and taste.

The whole story is based on a black background, implying that the story happened at night, and the hazy moonlight beauty is intertwined with the lights of various households, making the moonlight more profound, comfortable and quiet.

Bai's works have always been famous for their unique artistic creation forms, and this picture book is no exception. She personally built the apartment building in the story, and then illuminated it with real lights, which made the picture show more light and shadow details.

In order to express the unique handmade texture of white works, the moon printed on special paper is slippery, and the colors and light and shadow set each other off, and the children's soft hearts are cared for with magical pictures.

The power of language

This is a story with rich imagination and wide brain opening. I believe that there are many reasons for children to read. Why does the moon melt? What's the taste of moon ice cream? Why is the protagonist of the story a wolf? How did the moon flower become the moon? ..... Parents can discuss with their children in class and allow them to ask questions and guess freely.

This is the original intention of the author's creation, that is, to protect children's imagination and creativity, and all the answers can be affirmed, because this is the most real idea of children, which is also the embodiment of the "child-oriented" thought of picture books.

On the surface, this is a story about moon ice cream, but in fact it has profound meaning. For example, the hero of the story is a wolf, and all the people living in the apartment are wolves, which implies the infinite utilization and extravagance of human resources; The melting of the moon implies that nature has been destroyed by human greed.

Observe the details

When every household turns on the fan air conditioner to enjoy the cool, only grandma's family doesn't. Careful observation will reveal that grandma's family planted a lot of green plants, which is probably her unique place. With the care of nature, she naturally doesn't need to use electrical appliances. Maybe only in this way can she make moon ice cream and grow moon flowers.

Grandma's expression is also very rich. At the beginning of the story, she shook her fan and looked at the sky, which seemed a little helpless. When the moon melted, she hurriedly caught it in a plastic basin; When the power went out, she happily shared ice cream with her neighbors, and her attitude was calm and calm; Seeing that Yutu was homeless, she helped them find a new home like a child. She was very kind.

When two little jade rabbits came to grandma's door, they were still carrying a medicine pot, and they looked very cute.

The author also skillfully combines the change of the moon phase with the growth of the moon flowers to help children understand the knowledge of the moon phase.

Parenting enlightenment

How to let children perceive the world in nature? In modern society, we are used to using all kinds of electrical appliances, but what would our life be like without them? Bai showed us the purest appearance of nature. Even without air conditioning and electric fans, as long as we have love and awe for nature, we can still enjoy the benefits brought by nature.