Grandpa's Umbrella

Uncle's umbrella

Cultural Property Recommended by the Central Child Welfare Council of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Book Selected by the Japan School Library Association Book Selected by the Japan Library Association Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award Recommendation To hold on is love; to let go is true love! Yoko Sano's brilliant dialectic on love! The old man had a big black umbrella. He loved this shiny black umbrella very much and took it everywhere, but he was afraid of it getting wet and never opened it. One day, while he was resting in the park, it suddenly started to rain. A little boy ran over, wanting to share the umbrella with the old man. Would the old man open his umbrella...? "The Old Man's Umbrella" is another popular work by Yoko Sano, following "The Cat Who Lived a Million Times." The old man in the book cherished his umbrella so much that he was afraid it would get wet on a rainy day and wouldn't open it. This seemingly foolish and funny story actually satirizes many inappropriate expressions of love. This seemingly eccentric old man hugging his umbrella is like how many of us, because we love something too much, overprotect it and do many foolish things for it. It's also like some of the principles we cling to, falling into the rut of inflexibility. Through this seemingly silly old man, Yoko Sano conveys the old adage of "changing one's mindset," reminding us not to be always kidnapped by "obsession." When we change our perspective, we have the opportunity to discover the wonderful feeling of raindrops hitting the umbrella, to discover the joy that new experiences bring, and to allow the things we love to have the opportunity to exert their most important talents and functions. In this book, Yoko Sano uses a large amount of blue and black to express the old man's meticulousness and the gloomy feeling of a rainy day, and through rich composition, from the old man's meticulousness, to the climax and turning point in the middle, and then to the lightness after letting go, layer by layer, with a smooth rhythm. The text uses onomatopoeia to describe the sound of rain, reading as light and cheerful as a song, and also describes many scenes that can be seen and heard on a rainy day, making it very suitable for reading with children, and the best picture book for parents and children to enjoy pictures and the fun of reading aloud. Recommended by Lin Meicen (Blogger of Ruby's Picture Book World) Xu Tingting (Founder of Blueberry Mommy [Japanese Picture Book Parent-Child Reading Club]) Tao Leidi (Picture Book Author) You Peiyun (Director of the Institute of Children's Literature, National Taitung University) Liu Siyuan (Children's Book Author) Unanimously Recommended (Listed in order of stroke count in last name)

2018-11-14

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