The rain was easing, and the work pressure of the shop assistants was greatly reduced. They had never heard Zhang Zian tell a story before, and they were all very curious.
Most of the parents had the same idea. Since everyone else was buying it, they would also buy it.
"Thank you, Xiao Yun. You explained it very clearly," Zhang Zian said.
In modern society, the divorce rate was getting higher and higher. People were getting married and divorced more and more casually. It was common for people to remarry with their children after divorce. There were many stepparents who treated the children brought by their partners as their own. However, if the children had a deep impression of Snow White, their initial affection would probably be reduced by 30% when they met their stepmother or stepfather … It was simply a poisonous weed of capitalism.
Since the people present already knew the difference between fairy tales and picture books, Zhang Zian went straight to the point and said, "Compared with the distant and detached prince and princess, picture books often use common animals as the protagonists, and the common animals in daily life are often the pets that people accompany day and night."
He turned to look at the elfins. "You can also use their appearance to imagine it."
Cai Meiwen was a little embarrassed. She had been like that before. When she bought books for Little Celery, she would rush to buy a lot of books when there was a full discount on the online store. Among the books, there must be those world-famous fairy tales. She was not sure if there were picture books, but there should be, but she treated them all as fairy tales.
This was especially true for stepfathers and stepmothers who often appeared as villains in fairy tales. How many parents would tell their children that bad stepfathers and evil stepmothers were just an exception? Most stepfathers and stepmothers were as good as their biological parents?
Cai Meiwen was very protective of her child, and she was very resistant to others intervening in her and Little Celery's life. She was even more disgusted with others educating Little Celery for her. She knew that if she said that raising a pet was not good in the pet shop, it would be tantamount to starting a fight. She was also prepared for a quarrel, but she did not expect that Zhang Zian just wanted to tell a story.
In her opinion, the world-famous fairy tales had been passed down for so many years, and all the children had read them. How could she buy the wrong one?
Of course, one should not generalize everything. A few fairy tales did have a certain educational significance, such as Pinocchio. At least it taught children not to lie, or their noses would grow longer. However, the educational significance of this was too weak. It could not withstand scrutiny or verification. Perhaps only a three or four-year-old child would believe it.
Compared to ancient and out-of-date fairy tales, books in the form of picture books were a new thing. Countless picture book authors were innovating every year. Picture book stories were close to reality, giving children a natural sense of immersion. Most importantly, a good picture book story must have a high degree of educational significance. Whether it was teaching children life knowledge, scientific knowledge, or outlook on life and values, it was educational and fun without making children feel bored. Even adults would have some understanding when reading it. It was very suitable for parent-child reading.
Little Celery raised her hand and asked, "What is a picture book?"
Everyone listened thoughtfully and felt that it made some sense. The popular modern fairy tales originated from Europe and the United States. Most of the fairy tales in Europe and the United States were simply stories told, and they were all about the matters between princes and princesses.
Lu Yi Yun clarified the subtle but important difference between a fairy tale and a picture book, and then stopped talking.
"The name of this picture book story sounds strange. It's called The Cat That Lived A Million Times," Zhang Zian said. "Let me emphasize again that I can't remember the original text of the story. I can only make some harmless changes to the content. The original text is more pictures than words, but due to the limitations of objective conditions, I can only use words and language to describe it. Little Celery, you can try to imagine it in your mind according to my description. If you find it difficult …"
Even the elfins were listening with great interest, including Sihwa, who was upstairs in the bathroom. She often read fairy tales to netizens in the live broadcast room. Zhang Zian was telling a story under her eyes. Wasn't this just showing off?
Lu Yi Yun raised her voice slightly. "The so-called picture book is actually similar to children's fairy tale books. It is mainly pictures, accompanied by a small number of easy-to-understand words …"
Zhang Zian nodded at her encouragingly.
When Little Celery heard that he was going to tell a story, her attention was attracted, and she temporarily put aside the death of the stray cat.
Unfortunately, many parents could not distinguish between fairy tales and picture books. They felt that since they were all children's books, they could just buy them and throw them at their children. They would not read them themselves, nor would they guide their children to read them properly.
Lu Yi Yun shook her head. "Similar, but not exactly. Fairy tales are mainly about telling stories. Children only need to find it interesting and understand it. They do not need to bear any additional meaning. At most, they are to help children learn how to read. For example, 'The Daughter of the Sea.' This famous fairy tale is sad and beautiful, but after listening to it, it does not seem to have any special educational meaning. Adults may be able to learn something from it, but children certainly do not have that kind of understanding.
She did not know if this story was a fictional story or a true story like hers, but if it was just a story, there seemed to be no reason to object.
"I want to first clarify that this story was not written by me. The original author was a picture book writer from Japan, and this writer was born in the capital of China. I can't remember the exact content of this story, so I will make some harmless small changes to the story. "Zhang Zian first made a copyright statement. He could not simply take other people's stories as his own.
Lu Yi Yun rarely took the initiative to interrupt in front of outsiders. She timidly whispered, "Let me answer. I know someone who is drawing picture books for a publishing house. I know something about it..."
She really did not have time to read fairy tales with Little Celery, but she planned to go back and sort out Little Celery's fairy tale books. Although they were famous, they were no longer suitable for modern children.
She knew that these were all excuses. In fact, the parents were just trying to save time.
When it came to pets, Little Celery became more energetic. She knew that the following story would definitely have a pet as the protagonist.
"So it is a fairy tale book? They gave it a classy name, "Wang Qian interrupted.
Just because one's own child had their original family, it did not mean that other children were equally lucky. Their own children might laugh at the children of other parents who remarried, and scare them that their stepparents would abuse them.
What was the educational meaning of a fairy tale like "Snow White"? Did it mean that stepmothers were bad people who always tried to kill you? This did not seem very harmonious in modern society. The stepmother wanted to kill the princess because she had a throne to inherit. Most children who read fairy tales were from ordinary families. At most, they could only inherit flowers...
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