Micul dejun cu familia Șoricel

Fourteen Forest Mice #2

by Kazuo Iwamura

Ce bine ar fi ca toate zilele să înceapă bine și frumos! Dar ar fi posibil? Desigur! Stă numai în puterile noastre, cred cei din familia Șoricel. Trebuie să dormi bine — iar într-o scorbură liniștită din pădure se doarme foarte bine – și să te scoli la ora potrivită. Apoi, trebuie să-ți faci patul și să te îmbraci singur, dacă poți sau, dacă ești prea mic, cu ajutor de la mama, tata sau un frate mai mare. Bineînțeles, trebuie să te speli — apa de la izvor e limpede și rece, numai bună să te învioreze. Urmează micul dejun, care sigur va fi delicios, însă mai întâi trebuie pregătit de cineva. Iar în familia Șoricel toată lumea ajută la pregătirea mesei, fiecare cum poate, de aceea e mereu nespus de gustos. Fiecare zi începe așa cum vrem noi. Stă numai în puterile noastre.

Kazuo IWAMURA s-a născut la Tokyo în 1939. A făcut studii de artă și design, iar cariera și-a început-o ca grafician la emisiunile pentru copii ale NHK, televiziunea japoneză. A lucrat și ca designer într-o companie de produse cosmetice, după care s-a decis să devină autor și ilustrator de cărți pentru copii. A publicat zeci de titluri, în Japonia și în întreaga lume. Printre cele mai iubite sunt cărțile cu aventurile de zi cu zi ale familiei Șoricel — cărți despre universul cald, luminos și plin de iubire al copilăriei și vieții de familie.

Genres: Japanese Literature, Childrens, Picture Books, France

32 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1983

About the author

Iwamura was born in Tokyo and studied industrial arts at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He is the illustrator of many best-selling picture books in Japan.

Reviews

[Gaspard · Rating 1 out of 5]

Okay c’est des souris mais wsh bonjour le patriarcat.

[Dima Vesnin · Rating 5 out of 5]

большое счастье, что книги этой серии издали на русском языке.

[Ramona Cantaragiu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short text, invitations to look carefully at the illustrations and see what is happening, lovely characters and funny incidents, what more can you want from a children's book?

[Marjorie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The books in this series are about a family of 14 mice who have to leave their home and move further into the forest because of humans. There really is not much of a plot to any of the books. But they have a Japanese nostalgic quality that I love so much. Each book really just celebrates the small things in life. The stories are about doing laundry or snowy days, or taking a bath. The illustrations are beautiful and the message of family and taking pleasure in everyday activities is charming.

All the books in this series are so good! I really wish they would translate them into English.

[Alanna Fenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I chose this book for my son online, which means I couldn't hold it, touch the pages or even look inside and see all of them (which I normally love doing). But the cover itself with its company of very distinct but unquestionably cute mice looked adorable enough to pick it. And I'm so happy I did, because inside there is a wealth of amazing illustrations, with lots of detail of the natural world as well as the house of mice inside a huge tree: from all sorts of bugs hiding on leaves while the mice travel to pick wild raspberries, to toy mice dolls and wooden trains. The story is very simple, with only a sentence or two on each page, but together with so much visual material it is more than enough.
My toddler adores this book. He loves searching for new details every time we look at the pictures, learning to recognise each mouse, and actually listening to the text as well. The obviously present elements of Japanese culture offer a wonderful opportunity to teach cultural differences (such as eating soup for breakfast in Japan), and it adds a great educational touch along with teaching kindness, togetherness, and family values.
It's a shame these books don't seem to be very popular or even well-known in a lot of countries, but I hope this will change as I'm sure most little ones will enjoy this wonderful series. My son and I are definitely adding this book to our list of favourite picture books and are looking forward to reading more books about this sweet family of mice.

[Athos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series!

[Fábio Martins · Rating 5 out of 5]

" papá, são poucas páginas!"

Tudo dito.

[AngeloBackFlip · Rating 2 out of 5]

Les souris sont toutes mignonnes mais seraient sûrement contre l'avortement.

[fhsjkdhvkf · Rating 5 out of 5]

I borrowed many of the books from the series at the library, and they’re all lovely. I would definitely want them in my kids’ collection. Nothing much happens, but the family works as a team, and we keep finding new details in the illustrations: hidden animals, or some aspect of the story unfolding over many pages.

[Mehsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fijne verjaardag naar mij! En wat beter dan een boek lezen over muizen! Een van mijn favoriete diersoorten! Dit boek was enorm zoet en erg mooi getekend. We zien de muisjes wakker worden en de oudste muizenkinderen (en een ukkie) gaan op zoek naar lekker eten voor het ontbijt en voor de dag. Onderweg kom je van alles tegen en zien we de muisjes veel plezier hebben. Aan het einde wilde ik maar al te graag aanschuiven aan die tafel, want het zag er zo gezellig uit met lekker eten!