Call for Illustrations for Children’s Picture Books-How to Make Kindergarten Picture Books

Read the original picture book "My Little Emotional Monster"

In ancient times, people believed that colors have magical powers, and different colors have specific directions. Nowadays, many scientists believe that color is related to the human brain and that color affects people's emotions, psychology, etc. How are colors and emotions related? How do they affect us? Let us enter the mysterious world of emotional colors together.

The author Anna Nayes graduated from the University of Barcelona with a degree in Advertising and Public Relations, and later obtained a double master's degree in art therapy. Writes and works as an illustrator of children's picture books, and teaches courses on creativity and emotions. "My Little Emotional Monster" is her first and most famous book. This three-dimensional picture book has been translated into more than ten languages ??including French, German, and Italian and is selling well all over the world.

Xiao Miao, whose real name is Nie Xiaomao, is from Huangmei, Hubei Province. He started writing children's literature in 1988, mainly writing fairy tales. He has won the Soong Ching Ling Children's Literature Award, the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award, the Bing Xin Children's Literature Award, the Dandelion Award of the Ministry of Culture, the first prize of the "Children's Literature" Campus Character Sketch Essay Competition, the 2000 Children's Literature Fund Award, the Silver Medal of the Fairy Tale Competition, etc.

Wang Jingwen graduated from the English Department of Xi'an Foreign Affairs University, majoring in English and French as a second foreign language. He has been engaged in translation and interpretation work for a long time, has rich experience in translation and interpretation, and has a variety of translation styles.

"My Little Emotional Monster" produced by Lefun is such a three-dimensional picture book that allows us to understand the relationship between emotions and colors. The protagonist of the book, the little monster, uses different colors to express his different emotional states. Red, green, blue, yellow, black, etc. correspond to the different emotions of the little monster. Through three different expression techniques: vivid words, vivid drawings and three-dimensional models, the author uses the most concise and easy-to-understand picture books to teach children how to express happiness, sadness, and fear, teach children to be their true selves, and teach children to slowly learn to deal with themselves. Various emotions, whether happy, calm, or angry. After reading it, I can't help but sigh that emotions are such elusive "things". They can be put into different glass bottles after processing, and they can be put back into place smoothly. Parents associate their children with the little emotional monsters. When children have different emotions, they will show different states. Parents will put themselves in their children's shoes and guide their children to resolve and manage their emotions.

I have also seen some three-dimensional picture books that are three-dimensional just for the sake of being three-dimensional, but in this book, the three-dimensional part can better reflect the little monster's emotions and its individual contrast. For example, on the black page, the little monster stands in the dark forest, looking so weak, helpless, and trembling. This obvious contrast allows readers to understand the impact of emotions on people, whether they are children or adults. grown ups.

Look at the green page again. The little monster is wandering among the green flowers and trees, swinging freely. The same is true for the yellow page and the blue page. Simple words and distinct themes are used to express the relationship between emotions and colors. The three-dimensional part further highlights the quiet and peaceful state. Three-dimensional presentation and color display complement each other.

The little monster, who was covered in chaotic colors at the beginning, gradually sorted out his chaotic and confused emotions through the guidance of the little girl in the book, using empty glass bottles to pack emotions of different colors, and became Peaceful and happy.

Related to my own parenting, there are two points that touch me the most:

1. Accept children’s various emotions with an empty cup mentality, neither denying bad emotions nor praising good emotions. , accept and let go, and provide adequate companionship and guidance in the process.

2. Organizing your emotions is the same as organizing your belongings and space. When the child is older, I will let her learn to organize her toys and belongings, so that she can plant a storage heart in her heart. of seeds, inner peace and indifference, and life in order and rhythm.

It is difficult for us adults to handle our emotions well, let alone children? This picture book provides us adults with excellent psychological nutrition! Share with everyone ~ How to make a kindergarten picture book

The steps for making a kindergarten picture book are as follows:

1. Determine the theme: Choose the theme of the story according to the interests and age groups of the target readers. You can choose themes such as family, friendship, animals, nature, etc. Children's favorite theme.

2. Write a script: First, write the story into a map-like framework through text or oral narration, and determine the coordination of the characters; avoid using overly complex words and sentences, and the language should be catchy and easy to understand.

3. Illustration design: Based on the theme and plot of the story, focus on bright colors and simple and cute characters, then set relevant scenes, expressions and body movements, etc., and design children's paging strictly according to the framework Read the picture-text page.

4. Complete the first draft: Combine the illustrations and text according to the story map to create a first draft version, including the rough page, font design and text coordination.

5. Review: Read it aloud to children of a friendly age, try it out, and correct the unclear or awkward parts. Pay attention to the concise and powerful language, novel and cute expressions, and make adjustments to the layout. Adjustment.

6. Improve the final draft: On the basis of revision and review, further improve the details and design style to create the most suitable picture book for children.

7. Printing and publishing: Finally, printing, binding, cover design and other links are carried out according to certain standards to make paperback books that can be borrowed or given away in kindergartens, so as to enrich and cultivate children's reading Hobbies and intellectual literacy.

As follows:

Picture book is a foreign word, that is, picture book. The word is taken from the Chinese character "}本" of the Japanese name for picture book "えほん". As the name suggests, it means "picture book". "Out-of-the-box books" refers to a type of books that are mainly paintings with a small amount of text. Picture books not only tell stories and learn knowledge, but also can comprehensively help children construct their spiritual world and cultivate multiple intelligences.

Picture books are the children’s books of choice for families in developed countries. It is internationally recognized that “picture books are the most suitable books for young children to read.” There are picture books designed for children, such as the British classic picture book "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", and there are picture books for adults, such as the "Jimmy Series" picture books. An illustration of "a dog licking a girl" appears in a children's book. Why can such problematic illustrations pass the review?

Illustrations of "dog licking girls" appear in children's books. This book "Many Weird Things" is actually a recommended reading, which is jaw-dropping! Netizens have called out the publisher and author of this book from a distance. What kind of picture book is this? How was it recommended as an excellent reader, and how did the illustrations with questions in the book pass the review! In response to this, the editorial department of this picture book publicly responded, saying that it was verifying the situation, and there will be no further comments after the response!

In the eyes of netizens, this kind of problematic illustration will never pass the review. After all, this illustration is too "hot" to the eyes and too pornographic! Even adults will blush after seeing it, let alone children? Children are in the enlightenment stage. After reading such picture books, will you learn from others? Will you be at a loss when faced with being violated and take it for granted?! These poisonous picture books have a great impact on children. If these poisonous picture books are not Completely root out the conspirators at the root, and the consequences will be endless! If this matter is just verified and rectified, and when the heat is over and everyone no longer pays attention to this matter, picture books like this will definitely appear again. How many picture books are there on the market? Many, when the time comes for children to read it, there will be many situations that parents don’t notice!

I hope

I hope that education-related books will be strictly supervised during the compilation stage! Not only the editorial department must have reviewers, but the publishing house must also review again. A unit similar to that of radio and television can be established to be responsible for the review and acceptance of textbooks and other books. In this way, under effective supervision, even those with ulterior motives who want to achieve their conspiracy can It won’t be easy! This time is no accident, the ideas of some authors and reviewers are extremely dangerous!

Three Views

Three Views are very important for children. If a child has a problem with his outlook on life, he may then embark on the road of crime! In this regard, whether it is teaching materials or some books, it is really crucial! Please make sure that the content and illustrations of every book given to your child are Positive and positive!

The illustration of "dog licking girl" appears in a children's book. What do you think of this?