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图画书里也可以用有难度的词汇
Yes you can use challenging vocabulary in a picture book
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这篇博客文章讨论儿童绘本是否可以（也应该）使用有挑战性的词汇，反对一味把用词简化成"孩子能懂"的幼稚表达。对写作者来说，它提供了一个关于"读者能力"与"语言密度"的实用视角：难词不是障碍，而是可以埋进故事里的种子。
可以直接用的写作要点
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尽量用"真词"：直接使用事物本来的名称，不要为了迁就孩子而换成含糊的儿童腔。
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不要预设孩子"做不到"；一旦大人先说"这太难了"，孩子往往就真的学不会。
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有意把自己偏爱的冷僻好词埋进作品，让下一代读者把它带走、继续使用。
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双关、谐音和角色命名（如把人名做成术语）可以让专业词汇变得好玩、可记忆。
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用真实词汇而非简化词汇，孩子能吸收远超预期的概念。
我写《Lauren Ipsum》这本给孩子看的计算机科学书时，所有东西都用它本来的词。词本来就是随机的，那不如用大家都在用的那些。书里有几个双关，比如"Hugh Rustic"教启发式（heuristics），"Eponymous Bach"把所有东西都以自己命名（eponymous），"Xor"是只色盲变色龙。我还写了一种叫"Jargon"的动物，整天喷计算机行话——少量出现很可爱，但你要是不管它，它就会把你撞翻。我最喜欢的一条读者反馈来自一位妈妈：她跟六岁的孩子读完这本书，几周后她在收拾行李，把小箱子装进大箱子，孩子突然说："妈妈，这是递归！"孩子很聪明。只要你不告诉他们"这太难了"，孩子能做到的事会让你吃惊。
aristus查看英文原文
When I wrote Lauren Ipsum, a children's book about computer science, I used the real words for everything. Words are random anyway so you might as use the ones everyone else does. There are a few puns, eg "Hugh Rustic" teaches heuristics, "Eponymous Bach" names everything after herself, and "Xor" is a colorblind chameleon. I also included a species of animal called the Jargon who constantly spout computer jargon. They are cute in small numbers but will run you over if you let them. My favorite comment was from a mom who'd read it with her six-year-old. Weeks later she was storing her luggage, putting the smaller ones into bigger ones. The kid piped up and said, "Mommy, that's recursion!". Kids are smart. It's astonishing what kids can do if you don't tell them it's too hard.
刻意在童书里埋冷僻好词，是一种把语言传给下一代的方式。
我记得听《雷蒙·斯尼奇》的作者在Terry Gross的节目里讲，他会在自己超级畅销的童书里埋下他最喜欢的冷僻词，希望把它们传播给下一代读者。我觉得这招太妙了。如果我没记错，他举的例子是'eschew'（避免、戒绝）——不过也可能是我记错了，毕竟我也很享受"戒绝"一些东西。
dang查看英文原文
I remember listening to the Lemony Snicket author telling Terry Gross how he plants his favorite obscure words in his super-popular kids' books, in the hope of propagating them to the next generation of readers. That seemed brilliant to me. IIRC, the example he gave was 'eschew', but that might be faulty memory as I also enjoy eschewing things.
童书写作中最有争议的是词汇复杂度；写作要服务于"助长人性"的主题。
我正在写自己的第一本绘本。我需要从网络安全工作的压力里喘口气，而给孩子写东西听起来很棒。我书里的世界没有电脑和复杂机器，取而代之的是魔法存在——就像现实中的电脑一样，人们用不同的方式对待它：有人用它做出更好看好吃的饭菜，有人用它帮别人更快到达目的地，有人用它做音乐、陪宠物玩，也有人让它挤占了陪孩子的时间。这本书想植入的核心道理是：魔法（也就是电脑）应该助长我们的人性，而不是削弱它。主角是个小女孩，她有个失明的弟弟。一开始她讨厌要帮弟弟做事，但整个故事里她逐渐懂得了帮助别人的重要。她天生擅长操控蘑菇，所以书的结尾是她用蘑菇变出楼梯之类的东西来帮弟弟；而弟弟也有自己的秘密能力，并告诉了姐姐——他能让老鼠、花栗鼠这类小动物帮他做简单的事。知道这一点后重读，你会发现它们一直在背景里帮着他。我一直在研究怎么写童书，分歧最大的地方似乎就是词汇可以多复杂。比如大多数书都说要只用简单的"说"类动词（"她说""他唱道"之类），但它们也……
3pt14159查看英文原文
I'm in the midst of writing my first picture book. I needed a release from the general stress of dealing with the cybersecurity challenges, and something for children sounded great. The world of my book is devoid of computers or complex machinery. Instead, magic exists and just as in real life with computers, people approach it in different ways. Some use it help them prepare better looking and tasting food. Some use it to help others get around more quickly. Some use it to make music or play with pets. Some sometimes let it get in the way of the time with their children. The core lesson that the book tries to incept is that magic (i.e., computers) should aid in our humanity, not detract from it. The protagonist is a little girl with a blind brother. At first, she resents having to help him with tasks, but throughout the story she learns the importance of helping other people. She has a natural knack for controlling mushrooms, so the book ends with her helping her brother by conjuring mushroom stairs and the like, and he has a secret power of his own that he confides in her. He can get small rodents, like mice and chipmunks, to do simple things for him. Armed with this fact if you reread the story you'll see them in the background helping him out. I've been researching how to write for children and the biggest area of disagreement seems to be over how complex words can be. For example, most books say to stick to simple "said" words ("she said", "he sung", etc) but they seem to disagree over whether complex words are allowed. I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make the book good, but I'd love to be able to imbue the book with words like "portabello", "oyster", "shiitake" because of how important their role is in the story. I also think it could be a touching way for families to talk about food later at the dinner table and would make kids more friendly to mushrooms; a healthy, sustainable food choice. Has anyone here made a picture book for 4-6 year olds that can comment?
无字绘本同样是有效的表达方式，留白与克制也是一种功力。
但完全不用任何词也很好。比如 Marilyn MacGregor 的《On Top》就是这样。
jeffrallen查看英文原文
But using no words whatsoever is also wonderful. Here is "On Top", by Marilyn MacGregor: https://www.amazon.com/Top-marilyn-macgregor/dp/068807491X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530603624&sr=8-1&keywords=%22On+top%22+macgregor
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