For a few years, Li Juan from Xinjiang suddenly became popular. Her prose was very popular, and I read it with gusto.
But today it suddenly occurred to me that I haven’t paid attention to her articles and books for a long time.
There were several books written by her at that time. The writing was very fluent and fresh. The main reason was that the content was quite unique. We ordinary people did not have so many interesting things to write about life, so it felt very interesting to read what others wrote. interesting.
However, when I say that the books I have read more than three times are not referring to her books, I am suddenly thinking of a passage she wrote.
She said that when she was studying, she thought she got an apple core at first, but then she found out it was an apple, then she found out it was an apple tree, and then she found out it was a forest.
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I remember this metaphor particularly well, because in the process of reading, we will indeed have such an experience.
Thinking about reading books many years ago, there were very few books to read and buy, but no matter what books, people would be fascinated to read them. Later, when I gained the freedom to buy books, I discovered that there are so many good books in the world. From time to time, you will exclaim and wonder how there are people in the world who are so good at writing books.
The reason why you like reading more and more is that you were originally just reading this book, but for various reasons, you want to know more, such as you want to read more Read other books by this author, or you want to read the books the author mentioned in the book. As a result, the books you want to read become more and more abundant.
To describe a book as a forest is not enough, the book is simply boundless.
And in this boundless ocean of reading, we find that too many books can sometimes be a burden.
We always want to put more books into our stomachs, but time and energy are limited.
After a period of insatiable reading, we have a new understanding of books. It turns out that some books are fine products, and some books are just passing by.
And the fine works are worth reading again and again.
There are too many books that I have read more than three times.
Everyone has different reading interests. I prefer all books related to literature. Novels, essays, writing methods, children's literature, it can be said that there are really more and more things to learn.
In the vast sea of ??books, many books not only shocked me the first time I read them, but also moved my heart again and again in the days that followed.
There are many books that I have read more than three times. Today I will briefly mention a few.
1. All novels by Sanmao and Zhang Ailing
This is the book that accompanied me throughout my youth when I was in my teens and twenties. There were not many books to read at that time. After reading one of Sanmao's books, I liked it very much. My eldest sister bought me a set. I read it countless times and was moved by the light sadness and small humor. It can be said that I love literature and was greatly influenced by San Mao.
I have thrown away a lot of books over the years because there are too many. I don’t want to throw away the ones I don’t read often. In fact, I don’t read this set of books anymore, but I can’t bear to throw them away because they contain stories about my entire youth. years.
Zhang Ailing’s book is a female writer I discovered myself, and was led to fall in love with her by a book review. But at that time my salary was only a few dozen yuan, so I was reluctant to buy books. Later, I bought a pirated copy on the roadside for ten yuan, but it contained all her novels and essays. There were many typos and wrong sentences, and the characters were extremely small. The level of piracy at that time was very low. But after reading this book for many years, my literary career has been greatly affected by it.
Many years later, I bought a genuine set to make up for it. But to be honest, it is no longer the same as before. I have never read the newly purchased book in its entirety.
2. Children's Literature: Lindgren and "Pippi Longstocking"
I think my life is a process of reverse growth. When I was too sad when I was a child, I liked to read heavy books. something. Mainly because I wanted to watch something relaxing, but there wasn’t any.
Only when I got older did I discover the dazzling world of children’s literature.
People often have a misunderstanding about children's literature, thinking that all fairy tales or children's literature are written for children. In fact, this is not the case. If you read more children's literature, you will find that no matter how old we are, we actually need children's literature more.
Because truly excellent children's literature is not only to guide children's childhood, but also a path for adults to return to purity of mind.
Reading children’s literature can, firstly, rediscover our childhood self and embrace the childhood self that never wanted to grow up. Secondly, it allows us to understand children as children again, allowing us to We are closer to children, and truly excellent children's literature is actually excellent educational literature.
Education does not necessarily require reading tutoring books. Those books are rigid and serious. But when you read children's literature, you will think, oh, this is what children think. You will also think, oh, isn’t this who I was when I was a kid?
When you see children this way, you will be able to understand their various behaviors.
Excellent children's literature writers are excellent children's spiritual mentors and great educators. They are a truly nourishing and silent way of education.
Speaking of children’s literature that I have read more than three times, it must be Lindgren’s work.
I bought a complete set of her works. Every story surprises me.
She is the kind of person who loves children very much and can tell stories from a child's perspective. When you read the story, you will think, ah, this child is so innocent. You will also think, ah, this family is so warm. How come mom and dad understand children so well? In fact, it is the author himself who understands children.
You must have heard of the book "Pippi Longstocking", which is Lindgren's greatest work. This little girl wearing two socks of different colors, who is so strong that she can lift a horse, has such an innocent, pure and lovely image that people can't help but watch it over and over again.
Lindgren injured his leg while skiing in the winter of 1944. While recovering from his injury, he wrote a story "Pippi Longstocking", which became famous in Europe and even around the world. Her fairy tale masterpiece "The Little Flying Karlsson" won the first Niels Hauersson Award. In 1957, his work "Meo, My Meo" won the Swedish National Award for "Higher Literary Standard Writer".
The character of Pippi Longstocking liberates children and children's literature from tradition, superstitious authority and moralism to a certain extent. Pippi becomes a symbol of free humanity.
Astrid Lindgren was born in 1907 in a farmer's family in Sm?land, Sweden. She went to Stockholm to study in the 1920s. After graduation, she worked for a long time in a children's book publishing company in Stockholm. From 1946 to 1970, he served as editor-in-chief of the children's department of Lamy and Sj?gren publishing company, creating a golden age of Swedish children's literature. Representative works include "Little Flying Karlsson", "Miou, My Miou", "Lion-Hearted Brothers", "Daughter of the Green Forest", "Naughty Bag Emil", etc. She has written 87 children's literature works for children.
I think this book is not only worth reading more than three times, but also worth reading with your children many, many times.