"Train to the Moon: A Collection of Poems for Children by Rodari" Author: [Italy] Gianni Rodari / [Italy] Illustrated by Luca Tagliafigo Publisher: Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House

The winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the famous children's literature master devoted himself to writing

An excellent collection of children's poems is the best language enlightenment for children

◎ Editor's Recommendation

☆ The Train Song created for children by the internationally renowned Hans Christian Andersen Award winner and literary master

Almost all of them are published in China for the first time!

This book contains 20 children's poems inspired by trains by the famous Italian children's literature writer Rodari. Most of them are introduced to China for the first time! For new and old readers who want to get close to the master's dream world, this is a brilliant collection of poems that should not be missed. These lively children's poems inherit Rodari's usual fantastic ideas, humor, playful humor and smart poetry. They are of high quality, profound meaning and have high literary value.

☆ A lovely narrative poem. It turns out that poetry is not difficult to read at all.

Reading excellent poetry works plays an important role in cultivating children's language skills and literary appreciation ability. Do you have a high threshold for poetry? Can't understand it? Why not open this light-weight poetry collection? Twenty poems are twenty interesting stories: the hen who evaded the ticket, taking the interstellar express to the asteroid, six thousand trains connected end to end in a line, the slow train with good intentions... The vivid pictures are full of imagination and fun, which can easily lead children into the world of poetry. The works are close to children's hearts, easy to read and understand. The poems are catchy, with a distinct rhythm and a sense of rhythm. Reading aloud is the right way to open this book.

☆ 20 amazing train stories that children who love trains should not miss

Every child who likes trains is a spirit who yearns for poetry and distant places. Children naturally like colorful and impressive trains, and everything about trains - railways, steam, tunnels, train stations, express trains - symbolizes the unknown distance and arouses curiosity. Trains are an unforgettable complex in Luo Dali's childhood. Under his warm writing, the world of trains is colorful and fascinating. Children who like trains will also fall in love with these poems!

☆ Romantic innocence collides with realism, the master's double life is all in the poem

The master's childlike innocence created a fantastic fairy-tale style, while his serious thinking about real life added depth to his works. It's like riding on a train, with different scenery on both sides complementing each other. Some poems reflect sympathy and concern for the lives of the lower classes, some explore history and existence in a child's voice, and some carry love and tenderness for life... Luo Dali never deliberately conceals the real side of the world, and always uses a light-hearted way to let children learn to observe and think in laughter, and form independent personalities.

☆ Famous painters draw retro illustrations and travel around the beautiful scenery of Italy with the book

This book is carefully drawn by the famous Italian illustrator Luca Tagliafigo and contains many full-color retro illustrations. As the train in Rodari moves forward, you will pass by the coast of Rome, small coastal villages, Mediterranean coconut groves outside the window, and the idyllic scenery of rice seedlings. You can even take a trip to the train station in the Milky Way!

◎ Introduction

The train-themed poetry collections written for children by Gianni Rodari, the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the "Father of Onion", are almost all published in China for the first time! Let the master of children's literature easily lead children into the world of poetry. An excellent children's poetry collection is the best language enlightenment for children.

Trains are an unforgettable childhood complex of Luo Dali, which condenses the master's most distinctive fairy tale style and sharp thinking about real life. These children's poems inherit Luo Dali's usual fantastic ideas, humor and fun. The picturesque road house, the romantic Italian scenery outside the window, the train station in the Milky Way... The interest and beauty of the poems are vividly displayed on paper.

In this unique train journey, there are both the agility and playfulness of childlike fantasy and the ups and downs of life. Luo Dali always brings out some profound and grand topics in the story, such as the observation of human weaknesses, the thinking of life, history, existence, etc., which enlightens children in laughter and triggers their observation and thinking of the world.

◎ Media Recommendation

☆ Luo Dali once said: "The train can take you to any beautiful and happy place, but the most beautiful and happiest place is on the train." This statement is absolutely correct, but what is more beautiful than the train is Luo Dali's train poetry.

——"Daily Book Review"

◎ Celebrity recommendation

☆ I always want to say to adults respectfully, go read Luo Dali's books! Not only for children, but also for adults. Don't think that his books belong only to the 20th century, his books belong to many centuries. Luo Dali brings great enlightenment to life, great education to childhood, and great wisdom to life.

——Mei Zihan (famous Chinese children's literature writer, professor at Shanghai Normal University)

Author: Gianni Rodari, Italian master of children's literature, winner of the International Hans Christian Andersen Award, one of the greatest children's writers of the 20th century. He has created and published more than 30 excellent works in his lifetime, which have been translated into more than 50 languages ​​and circulated around the world.

His representative works include The Adventures of Pinocchio, Adventures in the Land of Lies, and Blue Arrow. His work The Dog That Cannot Bark was selected into the junior high school Chinese textbook, and The Little Girl Who Doesn't Want to Grow Up was selected into the primary school textbook. Luo Dali's works are fluent and easy to understand, humorous and playful, with wonderful imagination, and are deeply loved by children.

About the Illustrator

Illustrator: Luca Tagliafigo, a famous Italian illustrator and book cover designer, graduated from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, specializes in retro-style poster illustrations.