Charlotte Middleton was born in the UK and graduated from the University of Technology in England in 1998. She has determined to become an illustrator since she was a child. Her first picture book "A Super Stubborn Tooth" was welcomed by readers. She later published "Lucky Socks", "Monster Pets", and "Enrique Starts School". Waiting for picture books. Her paintings are playful and cute, full of childlike interest and sense of the times, and the words and pictures are cleverly combined, making them very popular among children. Now she has become a high-profile picture book newcomer.
Kalika Shishishi is a little guinea pig. He and his friends live in Dandelion Valley. They all like to eat dandelion leaves and eat them every morning, noon, and night. Soon, there were fewer and fewer dandelions, and finally there was only one dandelion left, just under the window where Kali Kacha was eating. Kali Kacha held back his saliva and decided not to eat this dandelion. He went to the library to find out about it. Knowledge of dandelions, and began to concentrate on planting this dandelion. When the dandelion grew small white seeds, he took the dandelion to the top of the mountain and let the dandelion seeds fall throughout the dandelion valley. Since then, Kali Kachachichichi still likes to eat dandelion leaves, but he also likes another thing - growing dandelions.
Titles, authors, translators and publishers of books to read to children.
Look at the cover. Many children may not recognize the guinea pig. You can give it a try first and ask the children to talk about what kind of animal they think it is. Look at what it is holding in its hands and the four corners of the picture. They are also dandelions. Does this story have anything to do with dandelions? Guess what the title of the book Kali Kacha Eat Eat Eat means?
Read the text on the back cover to your children.
Oh, it turns out that this little animal is called a guinea pig. The title of the book is Kali Kacha Chi Chi Chi Chi. This story is about this little guinea pig saving a dandelion.
Slowly turn through the ring pages and let your children see the little guinea pigs wearing various pants.
Turn over the title page and enter the story.
The plot of this story is very simple, but the pictures are very interesting. Leave more time for children to observe the pictures.
You can discuss these topics with your children while reading:
Have you ever eaten dandelions? Do you know what dandelions taste like? By the way, let’s popularize the medicinal value of dandelion.
Why did Kali Kachachichichichi hold back his saliva, neither eating it nor letting others eat the last dandelion leaf?
Why should we eat dandelions and plant dandelions at the same time?
Look up pictures and written information about guinea pigs with your children to learn about little guinea pigs.
Let the children observe the picture carefully. Is the cute Kali Kacha Chichichichi drawn with a pen one by one? Research with your children how the images in this book were created.
What will happen if Kali Kacha eats the last piece of dandelion?
With older children, you can discuss topics about water, land, forests, oil and other natural resources.
Creative clip art
Preparation: newspapers, advertising paper, cardboard of various colors and patterns, a pair of scissors, a glue stick, and a black outline pen.
Learn the author’s creative method, cut out paper blocks of various shapes, paste them together, and draw the outline with a pen. Can you also make beautiful houses, bookshelves and cute animals? Woolen cloth?
Looking for dandelions
In spring and summer, take your children to the roadside and in the fields to look for dandelions, pick some fresh dandelions to take home for cooking, and taste the flavor of dandelions. Smell, see the white dandelion seeds, blow hard with the children to help the dandelions spread further, and even read some poems and stories about dandelions.
I am a sprouting dream, and reading with my children every night is my happiest time.