[Looking for a good picture book] "The thief's garden" flowers and plants are also alive.

Thief garden, suitable for 4-8 years old. Jia, a Mongolian children's literature writer, whose Mongolian name is Ao Nen, turned out to be a "forestry engineer". This "strange and mysterious" occupation requires employees to systematically master ecological professional knowledge such as animals and plants, have strong observation ability, find the signs of pests and diseases and fires as soon as possible, and most importantly, have a strong body and can trudge in the dense forest for a long time. There is no doubt that this request is surprising, but it is reasonable.

Jia thinks she is a mother who doesn't grow up. She loves the forest and children, and often doesn't know how old she is. She likes to observe, not only observing the signs of pests and diseases and fires in the forest, but also observing the left-behind elderly and children in remote villages, and recording the bits and pieces of observation and thinking. Her children's novels are very different from ordinary children's novels. They are both fantasy novels and adventure novels, and they also combine elements of folk stories and family novels, just like exploring in a magical forest.

For example, her masterpiece The Trial of a Thousand Birds, the little girl Ruiqi, went to a distant and mysterious place with her grandmother to find her family captured by prehistoric butterflies. After all the hardships along the way, I finally found them. It turns out that birds think that human beings have destroyed nature and hurt birds, so the country of birds has arrested human beings as criminals. The little girl's father, director of the Institute of Paleontology, also led a team to the country of birds and witnessed the judgment of the king of birds on mankind. Many of her novels are so fantastic and adventurous, and show her ecological thoughts in a lot of details.

She regards nature as her mother, and human beings are not and should not be the masters of nature. Human beings are equal to all life in nature and have the same dignity and value.

In today's thieves' garden, the writer has the same feelings and thoughts. The black grandfather and the old bear in the book are "thieves" in human mouth. He lives in a human village, but he is imprisoned in his yard by biased villagers, just like a parolee who is under house arrest wearing electronic shackles. But Lao Xiong showed his love for life by making candy, planting flowers, collecting laughter and planting happiness. His magical ability was also shown in the innocent girls in the village. ......

Let's look at the details of the story:

"Never go into that yard, there are thieves there."

That's what every adult tells their children. Every child nodded vigorously. Every child is eager to walk into that yard.

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"Small bottle, welcome you to be a guest!" Grandpa Black said, and looked at the pestle in his hand with some guilt. "But the apricot blossom cake is not ready yet. What can I do for you? "

"How do you know my name is Little Bottle?" The little bottle was surprised.

"Of course, your jokes are the best." Grandpa Black suddenly turned and walked under the window, opened a laundry list and grabbed a handful of yellow sugar balls. "Hey, please eat orange juice candy balls."

The little bottle immediately reached out and took the sugar. The transparent yellow sugar ball is lying on the palm of your hand, shining, smelling and smelling like orange.

"Did you do it?"

"Yes, I have been doing it for many years, and I finally hope that the guests will come." Judging from the tone, it seems that Grandpa Black specializes in making sugar balls to entertain guests.

The little bottle picked up a candy and put it in her mouth. Ah, she has never eaten such sweet candy.

Villagers, children and old people, prejudice, innocence and simplicity are all displayed in this simple text and dialogue, which makes people confused, surprised and sad.

As a forestry engineer, I watched the destruction of nature by human beings, but there was nothing I could do. That deep sense of powerlessness can only be resorted to between the lines, expecting sensitive children to seize it and plant a seedling of "all life is equal" in their young hearts, expecting them to make a difference in the future.

Life refers not only to animals but also to plants.