今天要推荐的绘本是Leo Lionni（李·奥尼）的“Little Blue and Little Yellow”，该绘本出版于1959年，虽然看起来是一个很有年龄的故事，但它却没有随着时间的流逝而褪色。放在现在看，它仍然一个生动而富有趣味。相信它会给孩子带来一种绘本的新体验。
作者简介
作者Leo Lionni（李·奥尼）是一位儿童文学作家、画家，虽然开始进行儿童绘本创作时已经49岁，但他的故事仍然富有童趣而充满哲理，被誉为“二十世纪的伊索”。他的绘画带着风格派、抽象派的痕迹，他的故事更是带着浓厚的寓言色彩。他的作品曾四次获得美国最具权威的绘本奖凯迪克大奖。
Little Blue and Little Yellow讲的是一对好朋友“冒险”的故事。Little Blue和Little Yellow趁着父母不在家的时候偷溜出去玩耍，由于玩得太高兴，小蓝和小黄发生了一些变化……当他们回到家，爸爸妈妈却说不认识他们了……
This is little blue.
这是小蓝。
Now he is at home with mama and papa blue.
现在他正跟蓝爸爸和蓝妈妈一起待在家里。
Little blue has many friends,
小蓝有很多朋友，
but his best friend is little yellow who lives across the street.
但他最好的朋友是小黄，小黄就住在街对面。
How they love to play at Hide-and-Seek and Ring-a-Ring-O' Roses!
他们可喜欢一起玩捉迷藏和编花环的游戏了！
In school they sit still in neat rows.
在学校他们安静整齐地坐着。
After school they run and jump.
放学后他们跑啊跳啊。
One day mama blue went shopping.
一天，蓝妈妈出门去购物。
"You stay home." she said to little blue.
“你待在家里。”她对小篮说。
But little blue went out to look for little yellow.
但是小蓝出门去找小黄了。
Alas! The house across the street was empty.
唉！可是街对面的房子已经空了。
He looked here and there and everywhere.
他看看这里，看看那里，到处寻找。
...until suddenly, around a corner, there was little yellow!
...终于，转过一个街角，看到了小黄。
Happily they hugged each other and hugged each other until they were green.
他们开心极了，互相拥抱着、拥抱着，直到他们变绿了。
Then they went to play in the park.
然后他们去公园玩耍。
They run through a tunnel.
他们穿过隧道。
They chased little orange.
他们追赶小橙。
They climbed a mountain.
他们爬过山丘。
When they were tired, they went home.
他们玩累了，就回家了。
But papa and mama blue said: "You are not our little blue—you are green."
但是蓝爸爸和蓝妈妈说：“你不是我们的小蓝，你是绿色的。”
And papa and mama yellow said: "You are not our little yellow —you are green."
而黄爸爸和黄妈妈说：“你不是我们的小黄，你是绿色的。”
Little blue and little yellow were very sad.
小蓝和小黄非常伤心。
They cried big blue and yellow tears.
他们哭出了大颗大颗的蓝色和黄色的泪水。
They cried and cried until they were all tears.
他们哭啊哭啊，直到把自己都哭成了泪滴。
When they finally pulled themselves together they said: "Will they believe us now?"
最好他们终于把自己又拼起来了，他们问道：“现在爸爸妈妈会相信我们吗？”
Mama blue and papa blue were very happy to see their little blue.
蓝爸爸和蓝妈妈非常高兴再见到他们的小蓝。
They hugged and kissed him.
他们拥抱亲吻他。
And they hugged and kissed little yellow too...but look...they become green!
他们也拥抱亲吻小黄...但是看呐...他们变绿了！
Now they knew what had happed,
现在爸爸妈妈终于知道是怎么回事了，
and so they went across the street to bring the good news.
于是他们到街对面去把好消息告诉黄爸爸和黄妈妈。
They all hugged each other with joy,
他们在一起高兴地互相拥抱，
and the children played until suppertime.
而孩子们在一起玩到了晚饭时间。
Little Blue and Little Yellow实质上不仅仅是一个简单的儿童读物，更是在传达一个信息：小朋友在与朋友的交往中，渐渐意识到自己与他人的不同。而这种自我意识的产生，是每一个孩子都会经历的过程，是孩子认知的一种飞跃。
亲子互动游戏：我和柚柚是利用随身物品的颜色来做互动，比如衣服的颜色，玩具上颜色。还有我们可以在杯子里面丢下两个MM豆做实验，我相信小朋友们肯定会眼睛一亮，大一点的宝可以用颜料来做实验。
