My Animal Friends Series. Mouse

Author: Michel Picquart (France) | Translator
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This "My Animal Friends" picture book series in everyone's hands naturally begins with the cover. An introduction to an animal story, a secret message—all start here. One night, the forest is filled with unsettling shadows, and danger lurks everywhere. Hedgehog Pick is crossing the forest to the depths of the sea. Dolphin Lam is woken from sleep by a distant crying sound. Pig Doo discovers a shiny key in the feeding trough by accident. In every book, the story unfolds in this way. Above the main cover image, there are two symmetrical iconic small illustrations. These are not just decorative patterns—they reveal a characteristic or special ability of the story's main character. Perhaps there are children who don't like reading, but there are no people in the world who don't love stories. This animal knowledge picture book series, introduced from Nathan Publishing in France, accurately captures the innate nature of both adults and children. It leads readers of all ages on a novel reading journey through a vivid story. Typically, knowledge-based books we encounter are itemized, primarily text-based with supplementary images. The titles often include words like "encyclopedia" or "hundred thousand," as if the more entries, the more the book appears heavy and substantial. However, the creators often forget a most prominent fact: our readers, especially young ones, are wise beings, not moving bookshelves. What they need is a magic key to unlock the treasure trove of knowledge. Once they learn how to effectively absorb information and explore the mysteries of things, the door to science will magically open before them. This century-old French publishing house naturally possesses rich experience and expertise in publishing such knowledge-based books. Each book in this animal knowledge picture book series is designed with at least four major sections: an engaging literary story, a comprehensive illustrative introduction, a fun maze game, and a series of comparative references on the species and habits of related animals. It enables children to have a zero-distance dialogue with the animals. The intricate organizational structure and rich content in each book contain a vast amount of information. It offers multiple learning methods and techniques, as well as perspectives from various angles. Moreover, any reader can easily and enjoyably complete the reading journey of each small book. This is what makes this series extraordinary! It is especially worth mentioning that the maze game in the book is very cleverly designed. Each node in the maze corresponds to the solutions to the interesting questions and answers in the book. This design also conveys to the reader that there are multiple ways to solve problems. If an information point is not fully understood or mastered during the initial reading, it may be solved through the maze game as well. This series is designed for children aged 3 and above. It includes phonetic annotations, allowing lower elementary grades to read independently, and even middle elementary students can use it as an animal encyclopedia. For younger children, after the adults have read the earlier parts to them several times, the children can then play with them repeatedly and independently. For the later parts, adults and children can read and discuss them together. Perhaps one day, you will find that the child has read more from the book than you did. Of course, that is how picture book reading should be.