原版绘本分享：Courage of the Blue Boy 蓝皮肤男孩的勇气
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It seems that the message we're giving kids is always one of caution. We warn them about everything that we don't want them to do and consequently forget to remind them of the good things to do.
一个国外的家长说：我们似乎总是给孩子一些警告，我们总是警告他们不要去做一些事. 但是经常忘了告诉他们可以去做一些好的事儿。
This book encourages those wonderful parts of life, like exploring and learning, and shows how rewarding they can be.
这本书暗示了生活中美好的部分，比如探索，比如学习，并展现了探索和学习给予我们的回报。
Neubecker's colorful illustrations and endearing characters ensure that young readers and parents will be entertained and educated.
作者Neubecker采用了丰富多彩的插图和受人喜爱的角色 ，会吸引让孩子和家长朋友们并且受到启发。
接下来是具体的绘本故事：
Courage of the Blue Boy 《蓝皮肤男孩的勇气》
There was a blue boy who lived in a blue land.
从前在一片蓝色的土地上住着一个蓝皮肤的小男孩儿
Everything was blue. Polly the calf was blue.
在那儿所有的一切都是蓝色的，小牛Polly也是蓝色的。
"There must be more than blue," he sighed. “这个世界肯定不止只有蓝色，”小男孩儿叹道。 "Moo," said Polly. “哞哞”，小牛应声叫道。
The blue boy dreamed of all the colors of the world. 蓝皮肤男孩儿想象着世间所有的色彩， One day he set off to find them. Polly too.
有一天他便带着小牛Polly一同启程上路，去寻找那些色彩了。
They flew in an orange airplane over rolling orange hills.
他们乘坐着橙色的飞机，飞过了片片橙色的石岗。
Blue and Polly came to a red town where everyone was red.
男孩儿和Polly来到一个红色的小镇，那里所有的人都是红色的。
They lived in red houses and did the same red things,day after day.
他们一天天的都住在红色的房子里，用着红色的东西。
Blue wondered,"There must be more than this."
男孩儿想：“一定还不止这些！一定还有别的颜色！”
"Moo,"said Polly. “哞哞，”Polly应声叫道。
Blue and Polly walked up happy amber streets full of colorful people going about their colorful business.
男孩儿和Polly走过琥珀色的大街，到处都是五颜六色的人们，走过他们五颜六色的事物。
They heard maroon sounds. 他们听到褐紫色的声响
They sniffed olive scents. 他们问道橄榄色的香气
They saw the violet museum and went to the emerald opera house.
他们看到紫罗兰色的博物馆，走进了翡翠色的歌剧院
There were scarlet churches, lavender mosques, and beautiful polka-dot temples.
那里有猩红色的教堂，薰衣草色的清真寺，还有圆点花样的寺庙。
The blue boy loved the colorful city. 男孩儿十分喜爱这样色彩缤纷的城市。
The houses were red and pink and yellow. 房子有红的、粉的、还有黄的。
The people were green and orange and purple and many other colors.
人们有的绿、有的橙、有的紫、还有各种各样颜色的。
The streets were brown and white, checkered and striped.
大街是棕色和白色的，格子和条纹的。
There seemed to be every color of shop and every color of newspaper and every color of food to eat. 有各种各样颜色的店铺，有各种各样颜色的报纸，有各种各样的颜色的食物。
The blue boy was amazed! 蓝皮肤的男孩儿感到不可思议！
He found a room and moved right in. 他找了一间房间冲了进去。
The blue boy pushed his blue idea out under the door.
蓝皮肤的男孩儿把他的蓝色的想法 从房门底下推出了屋外。
Then he wrote a blue poem, he pushed this out too.
然后他写了一首蓝色的诗，也被他推到了屋外。
He sang a blue song. 他又唱了一首蓝色的歌
He wrote a blue book. 写了一本蓝色的书
He painted a blue painting, all for the colorful city.
画了一幅蓝色的画，都是为了这个色彩缤纷的城市。
Blue began to breathe in all of the colors of the city, one by one.
蓝皮肤男孩而开始呼吸整个城市的气息，一口又一口。
He wasn't just blue anymore. 他再也不只是蓝色
He was every color of the world. 他变得五彩斑斓。。。
故事讲完，我们一起来思考为什么标题叫做courage of the blue boy？
我们看到这本绘本的中下段落，蓝皮肤男孩看到各种各样的颜色，他作出了一个行为
The blue boy pushed his blue idea out under the door.Then he wrote a blue poem, he pushed this out too. He sang a blue song. He wrote a blue book. He painted a blue painting, all for the colorful city.
除了是探索、发现的勇气，除了是勇于走出自己的一块小土地的勇气，还有什么勇气呢？
就是勇敢的把自己的蓝色也展现给这个世界！
Artist and author Neubecker’s subtle suggestion to children is: show and share your true colors (self) to the world. It will be a better place for everyone if they do.
作者Neubecker想通过这本绘本巧妙地向孩子们传达：勇敢的分享自己的真实颜色给这世界。如果每个人都学会分享，学会接纳，世界将会更美好！！
这本绘本无疑表达了从一种单一向多元的转变, 这也是有深层时代意义的。
也就是multiculturalism多元文化， 我们不但要学着接纳别人的文化、也要勇敢的将自己的文化告诉别人,这个世界的色彩才会缤纷。
这本绘本很适合家长和孩子做一些探讨, 它有浅层的工具性学习颜色，也有深层的意义性。