An interesting picture book that subverts the traditional image of the "bad wolf"

Children's reading expert Wang Lin commented: This cute and forgetful big bad wolf in the book is like a love A lost child, young readers see their own shadow in the laughter, subverting the traditional image of the big bad wolf.

"Why Are You So Lucky Today" is a work that won the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award for Picture Book. In this book, the wild wolf Uru shares good things with his friends, but due to forgetfulness and distraction, he repeatedly forgets the "business"... Miyasita also uses medium lightness earthy yellow and grass green to paint the ground, trees and haystacks , the piglet and the wild wolf are presented in light pink and gray. The overall tone is very harmonious and warm. The exaggerated physical characteristics, movements and expressions of the wild wolf and the piglet are also very suitable for children's perspective. The whole book is full of peace and happiness. atmosphere.

The wild wolf Ulu found many piglets in the Siesta Forest. He felt that he was extremely lucky and decided to call his good friends Wow, Garuru and Bello to share them with them. And his friends are happy to share with Ulu the delicious food they find in the Siesta Forest. Due to forgetfulness and distraction, Uru repeatedly forgets about Piggy. As a result, the piglets finally woke up and were happy for the good luck of the day.

Ulu, the big bad wolf, saw a group of sleeping piglets in the nap forest. He was very happy and shouted in his heart, "Why are you so lucky today?" But he couldn't eat so many piglets, so he thought of sharing them with his friends.

Ulu first ran to Wawu’s house. He was halfway through his words, but before Xiaozhu’s content could be said, Wawu took up what he said and continued. It turned out that Wawu found him in Siesta Forest. A large piece of mushrooms made a delicious mushroom curry, and he enthusiastically invited Uru to eat together. So, the two big bad wolves ate curry mushrooms together. Before leaving, Wawu also gave Ulu a lot of curry mushrooms. Ulu left with a smile: Why are you so lucky today? !

Next, Ulu went to the homes of Gruulu and Bello respectively. Again, the words were just in the middle of the conversation, and the content of Xiaozhu was not revealed, so they picked up the conversation. , so Ulu ate apple pie and fried sweet potato pancakes at Gruulu’s and Bello’s houses respectively. Naturally, before leaving, the enthusiastic host gave Ulu apple pie and fried pancakes. Ulu went home happily: Why are you so lucky today? ! It seems that I have forgotten the super delicious meal in the Siesta Forest.

When it got dark, Uru returned home and began to enjoy a sumptuous dinner of curry mushrooms, deep-fried pancakes and apple pie, while thinking to himself, why is he so lucky today! While Ulu was enjoying dinner, the piglets in the nap forest all woke up after a long sleep. Ah, why am I so lucky today! Apples are so delicious! What a comfortable sleep! After sighing for a while, the piglets got up and went home. Indeed, today is a super lucky day for everyone in this story.

Here, after Ulu finished his dinner, he suddenly remembered the piglet. On the back cover, Ulu ran back to the Siesta Forest, but apart from the twinkling stars in the sky and the remaining apple cores on the ground, the piglets were nowhere to be seen!

Introduction to the author

Miyanishi Tatsuya was born on December 23, 1956 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from the Art Department of Nihon University. After engaging in stage art and graphic design for puppet theater, he began to create picture books. His warm stories and powerful painting style are widely welcomed by children and adults. He is currently one of the most active Japanese picture book writers. His picture book works include "I am Tyrannosaurus Rex", "You are so kind", "You look delicious", "I really want a doll", "Three Hungry Wolves Want to Eat Chicken", "The Truant Mouse", etc., and he has won many awards. He has won many awards including the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award Picture Book Award, the Reading Promotion Association Award, and the Japan Kenbuchi Picture Book Award.