Reading the whole book and looking at the brightly lit night outside the window is really warm and moving. Thinking of Bangbang Town, thinking of the underground office building in Bangbang Town Center, Mike sat in a rocking chair and smoked a pipe, thinking of Marianne who burned every room in the office building in the town center. Think about Marigan and Marianne's unyielding fate of being eliminated, their efforts, their love for life, and their last good life. ...
Think of 1999, 165438+ 10 month, 13, Boston, USA. A groundbreaking ceremony is being held in Boli, sealock on the Charles River, and a new community park is being built here. This day coincides with "Mike? The 60th anniversary of the publication of Mulligan and His Steam Excavator, so this day was named "Mike? Mulligan Day ".
In 2009, in Mike? Seventy years after the birth of this book, the Chinese version of mulligan met with young readers. That year, when his son was born, "Mike Mulligan and his steam excavator" became his childhood favorite. How many nights before going to bed, how many beautiful days, we read Mulligan and Marianne.
I read this book at that time because the protagonist of the book is Marian, a red excavator. There is not a little boy who doesn't like cars, especially heavy mechanical vehicles such as excavators and cranes. I saw this book in Youbei and borrowed it immediately. Later, because I liked it so much, I bought it and kept it. But I saw it because it was catchy, because of its beautiful rhythm and gripping story:
Marianne is a red steam excavator, and its owner is Mike? Mulligan took good care of her, and they worked happily together: digging the Grand Canal, digging mountains, leveling hills, and laying the foundation for skyscrapers in big cities ... Unfortunately, it didn't last long. The emergence of new gasoline excavators, electric excavators and diesel excavators has taken away the job of steam excavators, and Marianne is facing the fate of being eliminated, but Mike? Mulligan and Marianne were not satisfied. I saw a news in the newspaper that they went to the beautiful Bangbang town and dug the foundation of the office building in Bangbang center in one day! Finally, like every child's story has a happy ending, they all found their own home: mulligan and Marianne lived in the basement of the central office building of Lollipop Town, McKee Kady brought delicious hot apple pie to his wife, the swamp came to listen to mulligan's story, mulligan sat in a rocking chair and smoked a pipe, and Marianne burned every room in the central office building next to mulligan. ...
A very positive story.
Many years later, on this cold and warm winter night, I read about the friendship between Marigan and Marian and their struggle with the fate of being eliminated.
Yes, after the emergence of various new excavators, Marian is facing the fate of being eliminated in the city. Mulligan and Marianne felt very sad, but they didn't give in to fate, but still believed in their own abilities. They believe that 100 workers can finish digging in one week, while Marianne can finish it in one day. Therefore, they continue to look for new jobs, and hard work will pay off. mulligan finally read in the newspaper that an office building will be built in Pop-up Town! Mulligan decided to take Marianne to dig the foundation. After a long journey, they finally arrived at the beautiful Bangbang town, but Henry Marsh, a member of the town, didn't believe it. He just wants to use mulligan and Marianne, because he doesn't believe Marianne can dig the foundation in one day.
But in the end, Marianne did it!
"Long live!" The crowd cheered. "Long live Mike Mulligan and his steam excavator! They dug the foundation in only one day! "
When I read this, I was really excited and left tears. Even the treacherous swamp finally changed his attitude towards Marigan and Marianne.
At the end of the story, as mentioned above, Marigan and Marianne live a warm and happy life, and those who don't give in to fate will eventually meet their own happiness!
Virginia lee burton, the author of this book, was born in Newton Center, Massachusetts, USA on August 30th, 2009. Her mother is a poet and musician, and her father is the first dean of MIT. Burton lived in an artistic atmosphere since he was a child. She likes dancing, and later she had the opportunity to sign a contract with new york Ballet. However, Burton gave up his passionate dance career and stayed with his father because he had to take care of his father who had an accidental leg fracture.
She is a picture book writer who respects children's feelings very much. Her first book was Jennifer? Lint, the story about a speck of dust. She and her friends think the story is good, but 13 publishing house doesn't think so. After rejecting the manuscript, she told all the stories to her three-and-a-half-year-old son, who fell asleep before reading it. After that, she will tell her story to the children again and again, observe their reactions, then modify the story, and finally create "Mike? Mulligan and his steam excavator, naughty little locomotive, small house, Katie and a heavy snow, the story of life and other famous picture books, among which the small house won her the Cadic gold medal of 1943. In the acceptance speech of Cadillac Award, she said with deep feelings: "I learned a few things in the process of creating with children. First of all, we must never write down children ... In addition, their thinking is clear and sharp, and every detail, no matter how small, must have its own interest and significance, and it must also conform to the overall design of the book. "
Respect for children is the most important principle in Burton's creation. Burton once said that children are the most outspoken critics. In the self-report, she mentioned: "Children are not only critics of Burton's works, but also' partners' in creation. At Mike? On page 39 of mulligan and his steam excavator, there is a small line: "Thank you, Dick? Birkenbush came up with this good idea. "It is said that when Burton wrote this book, he wrote about Mike? Mulligan and Marianne dug the basement, but forgot to leave a way for themselves, so they didn't know how to make up stories. Just in time. Dick. Birkenbush and his family went to Burton's house, and Dick of 12 came up with this good idea. Years later, Dick was extremely proud of his "contribution" to this classic children's picture book-even though Burton misspelled Birkenbush. Burton also wrote his own children into this book-the little boy who came up with this idea is based on Burton's second son, Mike.