The Heart's Affairs of Leaves: A Picture Book of Children's Poetry

Author: Luo Ying / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Luo Ying's children's poems often reflect his life experiences in his hometown during his childhood, blending nostalgia, family affection, innocence, and a child's perspective. His poems such as "Village Path," "The Small House in My Hometown," "Love for the Homeland," and "Whispers of the Soul" are typical examples of this. Another valuable quality of Luo Ying's children's poems is that they "refuse to moralize" and avoid "preaching" or being "too artistic" or "too metaphysical." "The Little Bird" is considered by the author to be a representative work of Luo Ying's children's poetry. In just 10 short lines, this poem vividly portrays the lively and imaginative animistic world of a child, without using any abstract terms or delivering any moral lessons, fully catering to the aesthetic needs of contemporary children for children's poetry. Other poems like "Greetings at Dawn," "Sister Moon," "Snowflakes," "Mother Spring," "Little Butterfly," and "Little Tree" are similar to "The Little Bird" in providing children with a free and unbound space. In this space, young readers can enjoy fun, wisdom, learn to think, and learn to observe. It is an artistic realm for children with relatively independent personalities, free from any adult preaching, yet it truly touches their hearts, guiding them toward truth, beauty, and goodness.