Chinanews.com, Beijing, April 13th. Recently, the 2020 Catic Silver Award work "The Bear Comes" reading sharing session was held in Beijing.

A Jia, the founder of the Red Mud Book Club, and Faifei Wong, the editor-in-chief of CITIC Children's Red Cloak, shared the cheerful adventures of the bear with the audience, and discussed the selection and reading of the grand prize picture book from the perspective of reading promoters and children's book publishers.

The scene of this event.

Photo courtesy of the organizer

　　A Jia read "The Bear Is Coming" aloud at the scene: There is a small river running day and night in the forest. One day, a bear accidentally fell into the river, riding a broken wood downstream, and a frog jumped onto it. On the head, they became its first friend. Then they drifted all the way and met more friends, such as tortoises, beavers, raccoons, ducks, etc., each animal has a distinct personality and performs its own duties in the drifting.

　　Richard Morris, the author of "The Bear Is Coming", said in his creative talk that different animals represent children with different personalities in life. Every child has an innate personality. We must do our best To guide them, and at the same time, children must learn to accept other people's personalities. This is a very important point in modern society.

　　A Jia believes that children sometimes resist certain things, but once he is really involved, he will find that this may be an event he will never forget.

So, explore the unknown bravely like the little bear in the story, don't be afraid of trial and error.

Now there is a saying that helicopter education, parents hope that everything is smooth for their children, and rise to the top like a helicopter. In fact, children lack these setbacks and experience, and there will be shortcomings in life.

Book cover of "The Bear Is Coming".

Image courtesy of publisher

　　On the other hand, Faifei Wong said that many award-winning picture books are relatively ideological and informative.

For example, Sophie Blackol's work "Desserts Are Delicious" is the case.

　　It is reported that works such as "If You Come to Earth", "Bear Comes", "Next Spring", and "Desserts Are Delicious" have been introduced and published by CITIC Children's Book Red Cloak.

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