When I got the book "I Illustrate Famous Books-A Little Girl’s Private Book List and Graffiti in Haidian" published by 21st Century Publishing House, I saw the sincere works of contemporary middle school students full of creativity and speculation.
This book originated from the author’s daydream. When Liu Tianyun, a fashion student in Grade Two of the High School Attached to Peking University, was chatting with her parents about the books she had read recently, she suddenly had a "daydream": drawing illustrations for her favorite masterpieces. Because the illustrations in many books are not what she thinks. Liu Tianyun wants to draw the world in her own mind and express the beauty she thinks. At the same time, I always heard many students say that they didn’t know what to read, so Liu Tianyun thought, while drawing illustrations, I would like to share with you a list of books that I like. Teacher Jiang Xun said that the author is blessed by heaven and earth, but everyone familiar with the author knows that she still has unimaginable efforts, sacrifices and efforts. During the year of writing, there were dozens of crashes and crying. Liu Tianyun cursed and swore for several times that he would never paint or write again, but in a few days, he silently picked up the brush. It is conceivable that the publication of this book itself is not the author’s greatest benefit, but the entanglement, tribulation, collapse and persistence suffered during the publication process are the wealth that can be enjoyed for life. I envy her for gaining such a rich life experience at an early age.
Illustration of Mango Cat
The structure of this book is also quite interesting. The author has selected 25 classics from nearly a thousand reading experiences, covering the first grade to the ninth grade, and created 75 illustrations and 25 reading notes based on them. The books recommended by the author focus on "atypical" masterpieces. Although these works are not familiar to most parents, most of them have ways to prove their "strength". For example, Lord of the Flies is the most influential masterpiece of British Nobel Prize in Literature winner Golding; Asimov, the author of Eternal End, is a master of science fiction, and has won the Hugo Award and the Nebula Lifetime Achievement Master Award, the highest awards in science fiction. The author of "Golden Insects Fly at dusk" won the highest prize in children’s literature, the International Andersen Prize; The global sales of "Cat Warrior" exceeded 80 million copies; What kind of life do you want to live? was selected as a Japanese primary school textbook, and many works in the book list won the Newbury Children’s Literature Award (one of the most influential awards in the field of international children’s literature).
Liu Tianyun’s writers are also widely distributed: the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, Sweden, Norway, South Korea … In addition, this round of books does not include Chinese classics for the time being, because most of them are relatively familiar, and many of them are required readings in class, so there is no repeated recommendation.
Illustration of Mao Mao
Wang Donghua, a well-known family education expert, felt deeply after reading this book: "I Illustrate Famous Books" is a reference book list selected for peers from a child’s dimension and from his own reading practice. Not only did she write a brief introduction to every famous book she read, but she also wrote some beautiful stories, plots, characteristics, and even her own experiences and comments on the book. It can be said that it is a very good bridge book for children to read famous books. "
Illustrated "What kind of life do you want to live"
Zhang Pincheng, a famous children’s literature writer, commented in a different way: "This book is actually a reading note written by Liu Tianyun with a brush after reading famous books from primary school."
Professor Wu Bin, a well-known ceramist and painter who has been engaged in art education for more than 20 years, made a detailed comment on this book from the perspective of painting: "It is not easy to draw illustrations for famous works, it is a’ re-creation’ behavior of the illustrator, a good literary work, it bears the writer’s unique life experience and sentiment, and it is the art of language. If readers can combine the contents of pictures in the reading process, they will undoubtedly extend their reading space and enrich their readers. It requires picture book authors not only to have modeling skills, but also to have good literary accomplishment.
Liu Tianyun didn’t calcify her painting form, nor did she "change with the constant", but she had her own thinking and creativity, and treated each literary work differently, such as; In order to express the illusion in the mystery of detective novels, Endless is a print effect with strong contrast between black and white. "Animal Farm" is a political fable, in which the lines are sketched, and the expressions of animals are well held. Little Women and The Count of Monte Cristo are both classical masterpieces. She uses techniques similar to black-and-white movies, with appropriate scene rendering and delicate and realistic characterization, which makes people feel immersive. When reading "Grandma’s Apology Letter", she vaguely read out the faint sadness in the book, so her illustrations adopt blue tones, which appropriately reflect the connotation of literary works; In the book "What kind of life do you want to live" by Japanese writer Yoshino Gensaburo, her illustrations seem to have some Miyazaki Hayao style, fresh and romantic, and there is a feeling that people want to return to nature. "
Illustration of Little Women
A parent of a middle school student in Beijing left a message to the author: "Behind each painting is a book, which is another interpretation of the original work. The wonderful words are graffiti, handwriting, elegance and calmness, and sincerity! Reminds me that I also want to read those books … "
