Present situation of traditional holiday picture books

Spring Festival is our Lunar New Year, and it is the grandest, most important and most lively festival for China people. Children like to celebrate the Spring Festival best. Besides wearing new clothes, setting off firecrackers and visiting temple fairs, they can also receive lucky money from their elders.

The Spring Festival is just around the corner. Lan Keqi has carefully prepared this Spring Festival theme book list for everyone, so that children can understand the traditional culture of China through the picture book and experience the rich flavor of the year in the picture book.

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Little beast

Courage, friendship, responsibility, patience, no adult truth, a legend about "Year".

Author: Xiong Liang/Figure

Publishing House: Tianjin People's Publishing House

Suitable reading age: 3~6 years old

Recommended index:

Douban score: 8.2

Content introduction:

Have you heard the legend of "Nian"? Once upon a time, on a high mountain, there lived a lonely monster named Nian.

He has four eyes, a big mouth and a big belly. Every winter when it's cold, he gets very angry, rushes down from the mountain, grabs those lonely people and swallows them … Help!

How can I escape from the New Year? What are the customs of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new? Let this youthful book tell you the story of "Little Young Beast"!

Recommended reason:

The picture pays attention to lines and ink color; However, the structure and language expression are not bound by tradition, modern, concise and pure, with a unique sense of humor and poetry; "Everything is sentient", the cubs become lively and amiable, easy to be understood by children and even readers of different cultures, and full of emotion and expressiveness.

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Go home for the New Year.

The rich flavor of the year and the warmth of the family let the children learn to express their love.

Author:/Wen, Johnny/Tu

Publishing House: Tomorrow Publishing House

Suitable reading age: 5~8 years old

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Content introduction:

Going home for the New Year shows the difference in food and clothing between grandparents and grandchildren through warm life stories, and shows the development and growth of the motherland.

The story begins with a family of three returning to their hometown for the New Year, and then returning to the city after the Spring Festival holiday. Through the warm interaction of three generations, the development and changes in all aspects of people's food, clothing, housing and transportation have been brought out.

Recommended reason:

This book completely records the story of a son, wife and son getting married and starting a family far away from home, and the third generation of "I" in the book has changed from "going back to my father's hometown for the New Year" to "going back to my hometown for the New Year", which also reflects the emotional identity of a child who has never been back to his hometown.

If parents and friends take their children back to their hometown for the New Year this year, they might as well read this book with their children.

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kitchen god

Feel the truth, goodness and beauty in the relaxed and humorous traditional stories, understand the traditional festivals, learn to love others, and experience the deep affection and warmth of the year.

Author: Xiong Liang/Figure

Publishing House: Tianjin People's Publishing House

Suitable reading age: 2~8 years old

Recommended index:

Douban score: 8.6

Content introduction:

The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is the day of offering sacrifices to stoves. This day is called "off-year", and it officially enters the Spring Festival from this day.

According to tradition, a ceremony of "offering sacrifices to the stove" will be held on this day, and the kitchen god will "report on his work" on this day. In the sky, Kitchen God will report the good deeds or evil deeds of this family to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother will decide the fortune of this family in the coming year according to the report of Kitchen God.

Recommended reason:

The story of Kitchen God, based on tradition and taking folklore as the theme, shows our unique culture, but this story is not limited to the past, and it is also integrated into the epitome of our contemporary life.

Now people may still know Kitchen God, but many people may not know what Kitchen God does. The book describes the origin and characteristics of Kitchen God in subtle and playful language, so that children can better understand this amiable and unforgettable fairy grandfather.

Simple and simple pictures are full of traditional folk characteristics, with bright colors and soft lines. The kitchen god with big eyes on the cover makes curious children especially like it.

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have a reunion

Beautiful pictures, full of China flavor, feel the warmth and strength in the depths of the soul, and let children know that home is the warmest and softest place.

Authors: Yu/Wen, Zhu/Tu

Publishing House: Tomorrow Publishing House

Suitable reading age: 3~ 10 years old

Recommended index:

Douban score: 8.8

Content introduction:

Reunion, the story is simple. It tells the story of a father who goes out to work every year and only goes home to reunite with his family during the Chinese New Year. In the first person of Little Girl, the book focuses on the psychological process of the little girl getting along with her father for just a few days.

I experienced strangeness (hiding behind my mother's clothes)-familiarity (wrapping jiaozi with my father, paying New Year's greetings, and watching my father repair the house)-reluctance (hugging my father tightly when I left, giving him the "good luck coin" that I value very much, hoping that good luck will always accompany my father). The story is simple, but very touching.

Reunion, a holiday story that belongs to you and me; Reunion is an emotional desire, a maintenance between people, a harmony that China people like, a great spiritual satisfaction and a coin in their hearts.

Recommended reason:

This book was selected as the first recommended book list and recommended extracurricular reading materials by the Ministry of Education. Won the first prize of new york Times 20 1 1 Excellent Children's Picture Book and the first Feng Zikai Children's Picture Book Award.

Picture books are touching works with human touch, historical sense and artistic beauty, which combine traditional national culture, modern life connotation and children's psychological feelings.

Its literary story is natural, without exaggerated words and excessive thoughts, the theme implication is implicit but not revealed, the emotional expression is not strong, and the structural arrangement is sparse and not leaking, which not only provides a solid foundation for painting, but also leaves a broad creative space for painters.

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"New Year! 》

Use interactive games to tell the origin of Chinese New Year and various traditional customs, feel happy reading and have an authentic New Year.

Authors: Sun/Wen, Qiyang/Tu

Publishing House: Future Publishing House

Suitable reading age: 2~6 years old

Recommended index:

Douban score: 8.5

Content introduction:

Spring Festival is a traditional festival of our famous people in China. Open this book, and the children will walk into a playground full of holiday customs.

There are many novel and ingenious forms of interaction in the book, such as flip-flops, zipper buttons, letter bags, three-dimensional and so on. Children can not only learn about various Spring Festival ceremonies from the 29th of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th of the first lunar month.

Recommended reason:

Spring Festival is an important traditional festival for China people. Various traditional customs add a strong flavor of the Spring Festival and bring people a good mood for the whole year. However, children can't participate in most links, such as posting couplets, making New Year's Eve, setting off firecrackers and hanging lanterns, and can't understand the significance of these customs. Tradition often becomes a mere formality.

And this book "New Year! Using books+flip+Lala+letter bag+sound and other interactive organs 12, the game is perfectly combined with traditional culture, so that children can remember the tradition and increase their knowledge in hands-on play.

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The story of the zodiac in China

China culture is a must-read classic, full of Chinese flavor.

Author: Lai/Figure

Press: Hebei Education Press

Suitable reading age: 3~ 10 years old

Recommended index:

Douban score: 8.2

Content introduction:

The story of China Zodiac is adapted from the folklore of China Zodiac. Based on traditional stories and modern details, it designed the main story line of "Running across the River" and vividly and humorously described the process of selecting the zodiac.

Recommended reason:

The book also gives an imaginative and interesting interpretation of the outstanding characteristics of 12 zodiac animals, such as: Why are mice afraid of cats? Why don't snakes have feet? Why is the monkey's ass red? Wait a minute.

At the end of the story, there is also a "comparison table of zodiac chronology", which is convenient for children to understand the relationship between age and zodiac, and at the same time, they can also check the zodiac of family and friends, which is very interesting!

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Sweet Laba porridge

Show the customs and characteristics of Laba Festival with warm and happy daily life.

Authors: Wen, Zhu Wen.

Publishing House: China Children's Publishing House.

Suitable reading age: 3~8 years old

Recommended index:

Douban score: 8.5

Content introduction:

Laba Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China.

Based on the story of Laba Festival, this book expresses the yearning for a better life and conveys the cultural connotation of Laba Festival through a series of activities such as preparing ingredients for Laba porridge, cooking porridge, sending porridge, drinking porridge, leaving porridge for relatives who are away from home, and painting Laba porridge on trees.

The combination of the power of language and touching pictures makes the whole story unforgettable and full.

Recommended reason:

This book can let children know that life is colorful and arouse their curiosity, so that they can look forward to exploring the scenery, solving doubts and seeing the truth when they enter the country in the process of aftertaste.

At the same time, guide children to see the world from another angle, and let their young hearts enter the noble realm of respect and gratitude through praying and praying, which covers the core content of culture.

The story about diligence, caring for relatives and friends, and being helpful can make children's love stronger.

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A sleepy new year

Don't stick to traditional folk stories, use brand-new holiday stories to show the long-standing traditional culture and holiday connotation.

Author: Meng Yanan text/map

Publishing House: Tian Tian Publishing House

Suitable reading age: 2~6 years old

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Content introduction:

Sleepy New Year skillfully uses the clues of "hibernation" and "New Year" which coincide in time, and tells the story that Xiong Bao, who has never celebrated the New Year and has never eaten jiaozi, wants to celebrate the New Year. In the process of Xiong Bao's efforts to stay awake to welcome the New Year, he constantly gets help from his friends.

The story takes small animals as the protagonist and traditional festivals in China as the background. Through stories that are more in line with the reading habits and needs of contemporary children, the long-standing connotation of China traditional culture and the true meaning of festivals are conveyed.

Recommended reason:

Through such a brand-new interpretation, the work conveys the national spirit of harmony and mutual assistance of the Chinese nation and the festive atmosphere of the traditional New Year with the theme of reunion.

At the same time, traditional customs such as "posting Spring Festival couplets and eating jiaozi" are integrated into the story, so that children can subtly understand the ancient wisdom behind festivals and festivals in China through laughter.

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Traditional Festival Stories in China

Let children know about their traditional festivals and the long Chinese civilization.

Authors: Sina/adaptation, Zhu, Liu Dawei, etc. /figure

Publishing House: CITIC Publishing House

Suitable reading age: 3~ 10 years old

Recommended index:

Douban score: 8.6

Content introduction:

China traditional festival stories cover eight festival stories, namely, off-year, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, February 2nd, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival and Laba Festival. Created by many masters of Chinese painting, it has high artistic appreciation value. At the same time, the words in the book have been polished repeatedly, catchy and childlike.

The selection of stories is the most familiar and familiar traditional story, which is passed down from generation to generation and solidified into a part of our memory, and it is also worth preserving in every child's childhood.

Recommended reason:

There are interesting customs corresponding to traditional festivals at the end of each book. After listening to the story, children can learn more about festivals in China and feel the beauty of tradition.

Such a set of elaborate traditional festival stories aims to let children know their own traditional festivals, understand the long-standing Chinese civilization and appreciate the profound wisdom of our ancestors.

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Play with lanterns

Best wishes to the children for the Spring Festival.

Authors: Wang/Wen, Zhu/Tu.

Publishing House: New Century Publishing House

Suitable reading age: 2~8 years old

Recommended index:

Douban score: 8.3

Content introduction:

On the fifth day of the first month, the taste of the year faded, and Zhao Di finally looked forward to the lanterns sent by his uncle. The night in the village lane is like the sea, with a little light. Friends hold their lanterns and fight with each other: "yours is a cow dung lamp, isn't it beautiful?" "Yours is a lotus lamp and mine is a cupping lamp." ...

It's the fifteenth day of the first month, and the New Year is almost over. This is the last night to play with lanterns. ...

Recommended reason:

The author uses the warm description of the little girl from expecting to pick lanterns, to lighting, burning and extinguishing, and then to expecting again, expressing a kind of reluctance to lose tradition, leaving homesickness gently and growing up slowly with hope.

The author of this book is Mr. Zhu, the illustrator of Bologna Children's Book Fair. There are snow, villages, lanterns and children in the picture. Childlike interest flows in the picture, and the flavor of the year flashes in the lantern. It is the best Spring Festival blessing for children!

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Busy New Year's Eve

You and I are both familiar with the daily life on New Year's Eve. With the busy preparation of adults and the enthusiastic participation of children, the family got together warmly and celebrated deeply.

Author: Weng Yishan text/map

Publishing House: Tomorrow Publishing House

Suitable reading age: 2~6 years old

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Content introduction:

"Busy New Year's Eve" depicts a funny story about a child's enthusiastic participation in the festival, but it rhymes more and more as if it were a fragment of your family's New Year, which makes people feel deja vu.

Buried exquisite New Year's Eve, flowers, candy, etc. Besides celebrating China New Year, it also contains auspicious words of celebration-"Eat sweetly, have a good Spring Festival" and "Eat the head of vegetables, have a good head"-so that children can feel the blessings of cultural heritage in mutual congratulations and warm reunion, and have a happy Spring Festival full of storage.

Recommended reason:

Picture book won the 30th Art Nouveau Children's Literature Award-Picture Book Creation Award and Jury Recommendation Award. The language is simple and catchy, and the pictures are rich and vivid, which makes people laugh. In the author's pen, the New Year's Eve dinner is busy, fun and delicious, full of deep affection and reunion.

We recorded the stories of their experiences from the perspective of children, and at the same time, children can learn about our traditional festivals and customs from the book and feel the strong flavor of the year.

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Jiaozi and sweet dumplings.

Bring children to know the traditional food culture in China. Why do you eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival? Why do southerners eat jiaozi?

Authors: Juan Er/Wen, Ren Jingjing/Tu

Publishing House: Comic Publishing House

Suitable reading age: 2~6 years old

Recommended index:

Douban score: 8.2

Content introduction:

I believe children are no strangers to jiaozi and Tangyuan. They have many differences, such as:

One skin is slippery and the other is sticky; One is dressed thin and the other is wrapped thick; A hair band and a big bald head; One likes meat and vegetables, the other likes sweets. ...

Although they are different in many ways, they have one thing in common. Can the child guess?

Recommended reason:

Jiaozi and Tangyuan are based on our taste memory in China. One south and one north represent the difference of eating habits between the north and the south, which is very regional.

In Eating Books, two common foods are transformed into cute little characters. Like cross talk, you introduce yourself in all directions. The content of the story is very easy to understand, especially suitable for children to read.

Although jiaozi and Tangyuan have their own shapes and tastes, their appearance is often related to reunion. They have no colorful appearance, but they are full of the simple taste of home.

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The mouse married the bride.

The new edition of Chinese textbooks is a list of books recommended by teachers, which is full of rich folk customs and China characteristics.

Authors: Wen, Liu Tu.

Publishing House: 2 1 Century Publishing House

Suitable reading age: 3~7 years old

Recommended index:

Douban score: 8.2

Content introduction:

"1 month 1 day, the first day. 1 2, the second day of the year. On the third day of the lunar new year, I go to bed in the morning. The mouse will marry the bride tonight. " This book begins with nursery rhymes and tells the story of "A mouse married a girl". The mouse village chief wants to choose a better son-in-law for his daughter than a cat.

He visited the sun, dark clouds, wind and high walls all the way, and finally found that mice were more capable. So on the third day of the first month, the village chief's daughter sat in a sedan chair made of straw sandals and married A Lang the mouse.

Recommended reason:

Based on China folklore, this book is full of rich folk customs. No matter the animal image, architectural style or scene design, it embodies the traditional rural characteristics of China.

The picture is also very festive. Red wedding dresses, red headscarves and wedding banquets attended by relatives and friends ... reflect China folk customs everywhere. In the year of the rat, I saw the story of "a mouse marries a woman"!

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Winnie's China Year.

Understand the traditional festival in China-the magical world of China Year.

Author: Valerie Thomas/Wen

Inkoch Paul/Tu

Press: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

Suitable reading age: 3~8 years old

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Content introduction:

Winnie and Wilbur, the big black cats, are going to invite relatives and friends to celebrate the Year of China. They are busy cleaning, decorating and preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner.

After dinner, the New Year parade begins! Winnie's garden is very lively: playing with lions, dancing dragon lanterns and setting off fireworks ... just then, Wilbur suddenly disappeared. Where did he go? Can Winnie still celebrate the Year of China with Wilbur?

Recommended reason:

Although there is a lot of black in the series of picture books of "The Witch Bear", the change of color makes children see every element clearly. This is an interesting and vivid book, which can stimulate children's infinite imagination and creativity in solving problems.

Winnie, the witch, is not an old lady with a wrinkled face, no teeth and evil eyes, who is cooking mysterious potions in a cave, nor a gypsy woman with long hair and a crystal ball, but a magical witch who lives in a modern house, loves sports, online shopping, excitement, small animals and understands magic.

Winnie's personality is a little confused, but she has the ability to save the day every time she meets difficulties; She is a bit informal in life, but a pair of eyes that are good at finding happiness can always make her enjoy the present; Winnie will be flustered, nervous and incoherent when she encounters difficulties, but after she calms down, it is her consistent style to think positively and calmly.

Winnie is still full of adventure. She always travels. She can do anything in the sky, on the ground and in the sea. This is Winnie who is loved by countless children and adults.

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Happy China Year

Books have a wide range of contents and a large span of knowledge, and children can learn more knowledge from them.

Author: Seven Colors Kingdom Painting/Editing

Press: Anhui Children's Publishing House

Suitable reading age: 2~ 12 years old

Recommended index:

Douban score: 9.8

Content introduction:

This picture book tells an interesting story about Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan preparing and celebrating the New Year with their families. With exquisite illustrations, realistic three-dimensional paper art and interactive technology, the book shows children the grand occasion of the Spring Festival that China people attach importance to.

Children can learn about the origin of the New Year, related myths and legends, interesting traditional customs, local food customs and colorful New Year activities, as well as the outstanding Chinese traditions, wisdom and crystallization behind the Spring Festival and the Chinese nation's pursuit of life and future.

Recommended reason:

A large number of 3D scenes in the book let children intuitively understand the traditional Spring Festival, such as buying new year's goods, eating New Year's Eve, visiting temple fairs and enjoying Lantern Festival. Compared with boring knowledge, it allows children to learn while playing.

Many of them can "turn, turn, move and pull", which can not only make children feel traditional culture, attract their curiosity, but also exercise their hands-on ability, observation ability and thinking ability.

Moreover, the book also presented two window grilles and a DIY lantern. After reading it, you can paste it with your child and do it!

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Tips for reading during the Spring Festival

As the Spring Festival approaches, it is also a wonderful thing to look forward to the Spring Festival with children, especially when we have another activity in the Spring Festival content, reading Spring Festival picture books. What a happy and happy festival it is!

But remember, before reading to children, parents should read carefully and feel the fun of reading, so as to bring the fun of reading to children.

Parents can even preview how to read more interestingly. It is necessary to realize that reading to your baby is not something that can be dealt with casually and needs to be taken seriously!