My sister is a wolf.

Virginia Woolf

ME021 Magic Elephant Picture Book Kingdom: Shortlisted for the 2015 IBBY Best Children's Books, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, highly recommended by The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, and other media. A beautiful fantasy about children dealing with negative emotions, with love, we can all move forward bravely! This is a story about two sisters, one gloomy and one cheerful, both with incredibly vivid imaginations. Told from the perspective of the older sister, Vanessa, the book describes the recent unusual behavior of her younger sister, Virginia—she's like an irritable wolf, constantly growling, howling, and acting strangely, making the whole family uneasy. Vanessa tries everything to cheer her sister up, but nothing works, until Virginia tells Vanessa a secret: a utopian paradise in her imagination. Inspired by this idea, Vanessa begins to draw her sister's beautiful paradise on the bedroom wall, adding a swing and a ladder leading directly to the window. In their imagination, the garden is filled with blooming flowers and birdsong. Seeing these, Virginia finally changes back from a "wolf" to herself, happily going outside to play with her sister. "My Sister Is a Wolf" is a picture book that explores solutions to children's negative emotions, telling readers that everyone will experience unhappiness in life, but everyone should have their own Bloomsbury in their heart, illustrating the philosophy that love is an unchanging truth. ★Shortlisted for the 2015 IBBY Best Children's Books, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, highly recommended by The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, and many other media. ★This is a picture book that explores solutions to children's negative emotions. The artist effectively uses color psychology to create the scenes: such as black symbolizing stubbornness and indifference; blue-gray symbolizing melancholy, cleverly helping readers visually understand the emotional expression of the images. ★Illustrations and storyline are integrated, using striking handwritten text to express Virginia's inner struggles, using black shadows to depict Virginia's image, and things related to her, highlighting the character's negative emotions. ★Teaches readers to look at problems from a reversed perspective, explaining the philosophy that love is an unchanging truth. ★It is also a gentle encouragement for young readers. Young readers will inevitably have low emotional moments in real life. At this time, they need to learn to release their emotions through various methods and learn to build their own Bloomsbury. This is an inspiring story about a young girl's melancholy and the art of healing. Artist Isabelle Arsenault delves deeply into the inner world of children through imagination. —The New York Times Of all the books that deal with negative emotions, this book describes them most deeply and best. Through the description of her sister Virginia, the older sister Vanessa draws the paradise in her sister's heart, "Bloomsbury," where flowers bloom, birds sing, and magic abounds, reversing the "melancholy turning into gloom" tone initially set by artist Isabelle Arsenault, making the whole atmosphere lively. At this point, the "wolf" with a clear tail, nose, and wearing a black dress transforms into a little girl, and the wolf ears are hidden, turning into a hairband, and the whole picture changes from black and white to rich... This is a very good book that explains how to deal with negative emotions, making readers understand that helping others solve negative emotions requires persistence. —Kirkus Reviews This book was inspired by Virginia Woolf and her sister. The author Kyo Maclear tells us the story of two sisters who, despite their different personalities, possess rich imaginations and creative spirits. Through various painting techniques such as ink, watercolor, gouache, and pencil, she shows us Virginia's wolf-like wildness. At times, parents will certainly enjoy sharing this book with their wolfish children. —School Library Journal Awards: ▪ 2015 IBBY Best Children's Book ▪ Governor General's Literary Award

2015-04-01

广西师范大学出版社

Magic Elephant Children's Bookstore

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9787549564040