Picture book sharing "I'll go to bed in 10 minutes"

2017.10.15? NO.111 "I will go to sleep in 10 minutes"

Text/Tu Peji Ratman

Translated by Pu Pulan

Content introduction

As dad counts down, the little boy and the little hamster are busy entertaining their friends...

Come and join in a happy party Travel before bed!

Recommendation

A bedtime story that stimulates the imagination!

Every child has his or her own story space. In this space, children fully enjoy the magic of imagination. Before going to bed, perhaps every father has had the experience of "Dad" in the story, loudly coaxing his children, "We'll go to bed in 10 minutes!" But the children will still use this short time to enjoy what they are doing. Maybe you can watch cartoons a few more times; maybe you can play with pets for a while.

The story begins with the little hamster posting travel information in front of the computer, while the little boy and the pet hamster entertain the guests. In the sound of daddy's countdown, a series of sightseeing projects are presented by the author with rich pictures. Although the text is not large, the story is extremely compact and coherent. As the tour ended, the little boy climbed into bed and fell asleep.

Work Analysis

The author of this book is Peggy Ratman. I believe everyone is familiar with her other work "Good Night, Gorilla". Why should I mention this book? As long as you read carefully, you will naturally find the secrets.

The reason why this book is called a classic picture book is that there are more secrets hidden in it, so let us take a look.

When you open the book, the most noteworthy thing is the front lining, and often this is the most easily overlooked detail when we read stories to our children or preview storybooks ourselves.

On the left side of the front lining is "Our Family"

There are pictures of hamsters No. 1-5 with their father, and hamsters No. 6-10 with their mother.

Each hamster wears numbered clothes and has a separate photo. These photos reveal their different characteristics:

No. 1: Likes to play football, and it can always kick the ball accurately. When it reached the head of the hamster tour guide, the ball was finally stuffed into the tour guide's loudspeaker and could not be taken out, so we had to give up.

No. 2: He is a huge fan of his little master, and he will imitate whatever his little master does.

No. 3 and No. 4: They are always together.

No. 5: Fishing enthusiasts

No. 6: Fanatic about carrying various equipment

No. 7: Little photographer, it is very important, record Many wonderful moments

No. 8: Resolutely not to appear in the camera, it can always hide its face cleverly

No. 9: Always aloof

No. 10 : Little Baby, exists to interpret cuteness

In the text of the picture book, we can also find: The hamster father likes to take photos of the whole family, and the hamster mother always takes care of the youngest baby No. 10.

No matter what the little master is doing in every page of the picture book, these little members of the hamster family always maintain these characteristics.

On the right side of the front lining is "Our Bedtime Journey".

There are many photos displayed here, including eating snacks, brushing teeth, getting dressed, reading, interviewing, fishing, ants, waiting, making mistakes, boating, and ducks. These photos are the portfolio of Hamster Daddy and Hamster No. 7. Some are fragments that appear in the picture book; some are moments captured before and after the picture book fragments, which are causally related to the content of the picture book. If you can track down which page and moment each photo was taken on, then you will be a first-rate master of revealing the secrets. It will be quite a sense of accomplishment to decipher them one by one and integrate them into the story.

Let’s take a look at the back lining of the picture book again

These are photos of the little hamsters sleeping soundly. Here our little photographer No. 7 fell asleep while sorting the photos, and eventually Freeze into a photo.

How is it? Isn’t it a wonderful picture book?

Every page, every character, every segment can be a separate story. But they are perfectly connected together. And we can observe that the little boy is preparing for sleep every step of the way. Brush teeth, go to the toilet, tell stories, take a bath, change clothes. Finally it was time to go to bed. Even if the little hamsters wanted to continue making noise, they were knocked away by the little boy shouting "it's time to go to bed", and then they all said goodbye, retreated and returned to their places. The little boy clearly has very good sleeping habits. Even before going to sleep, your mind is wide open and your thoughts are getting more and more exciting, and you can still end it at the last moment. The last message left by the hamster tour guide on the computer was "The trip ended successfully 10 minutes before going to bed! I wish everyone a sweet dream!" It can be seen that the concept of going to bed on time has been deeply implanted in the little boy's brain and body memory.

The little boy’s father did not pay attention to what the little boy was doing during the whole process, nor did he urge him to “hurry up, hurry up”. He just read the travel adventure newspaper and counted down leisurely. After saying "It's time to go to bed!", he walked over to the bed and gave the little boy a sweet goodnight kiss. I have to sigh that this is a father with profound parenting skills.

Give children the freedom of the sky, and at the same time allow them to have the self-control and consciousness to abide by the agreement. This is obviously not a day's work.

A good habit may not be given immediately by a picture book, but a good picture book can bring us endless fun and thinking.

Okay, that’s it for the picture book analysis. So, are you interested in taking the book back and exploring the little secrets inside with your children?

…The End…

Recommend a good book every day!

See you later!