Live trailer | Preparation for 5 years to modify 26 drafts, she has not written her love and worry about green peacocks

There is a book that exceeds 6,000 volumes in just one month after listing, and the second printing is achieved. Slotted with Chinese good books for good books, "China Press and Publication Guang Daily" "Good Book Reading" monthly picture book list, China Media Publishing Digital Newspaper Digital Newspaper and other new books and other new books. After that China Environment Daily and other dozens of media reports and recommendations.

This book is "Green Peacock: Where is my home"!

The reason why this book can successfully harvest readers' love and recognition is inseparable from the author's efforts behind the authors, and it is inseparable from the attention and love of the green peacock to the green peacock.

After the author Xu Meiling, after paying attention to the information of the Green Peacock Charity Public interest lawsuit 5 years ago, he began to collect information to prepare for the creation. In the past two years, she has repeatedly polished the story, and has been modified 26 times before and after.

Teacher Yang Siqing, the painter, spent 3 months deep into the forest and valley to understand the habitat of the green peacock. On each gorgeous peacock's tail, Yang Siqing drew at least 10,000 strokes. Almost all the green peacocks in the book are embellished with golden powder, and the image restores the brightness of the green peacock "golden".

Yang Siqing's manuscript

At the same time, the help of many wildlife protection experts and scholars, as well as the full support of the planning and editing teachers, let us see this "treasure" picture book. Today, let's take a look at what we don't know in the process of creating "Green Peacock".

Preparation for 5 years to modify 26 drafts

She said that she has not written her love and worry about green peacocks

Author: Xu Meiling

We often say that "protecting the earth" needs us to protect the earth, or first need us to stop the damage? This is one of the many causes of the book "Green Peacock: Where is My Home".

Why write this book?

Because in the form of books, it evokes everyone's attention to endangered animals.

Perhaps because I was in the countryside when I was a kid, there were mountains, water, forests, orchards, and hills. I played in the river in the summer, picked up pines in the mountains in autumn, and found mushrooms. There has always been a place where I have a good memory. However, I only have memories now, because there are only dry riverbeds and bare hills left there.

I don't want the fate of the green peacock to repeat the same thing one day. Only the attention of everyone, and books can be used as a way to disseminate relevant information. There are many other ways, such as public interest litigation, habitat research, exhibitions, lectures, songs, paintings, etc. I am familiar with children's books, so I chose the way of children's books.

After seeing the public interest litigation information about the green peacock habitat, I began to silently read the collected materials, including text and videos.

In fact, there are very few information about green peacocks, and they are basically the pictures of blue peacocks. I often imagine how more stunning the green peacock than the blue peacock's body shape and gorgeous green peacock flying through the stream in the rain forest.

Comparison of green peacock and blue peacock

If you check more information, you will find that green peacocks in history are extremely common and often enter poetry and painting.

"Huma Yi Beifeng, Yue Bird's Nest Southern Branch"

"Acts for the Birds, nostalgia wants to want Nanzhi"

"Peacocks fly southeast, wandering in five miles"

"Kong Gaixi Cui Jing, Deng Jiu Tian Xixi Comet"

Native

From the stone carvings of the Han Dynasty to the official uniforms of the Qing Dynasty, they have their figures everywhere. From the Tang Dynasty's "Eat", there are less than 600 remaining around the world today. What can we do?

What is the problem of the story of the green peacock?

Isn't it ideal to spread people's awareness of environmental protection while spreading the beauty of nature?

In 2017, I started writing a story. I first determined the problem to solve this story and the purpose of writing this book:

The first is to let children understand the green peacock through the growth of small green peacocks, thereby generating positive emotions and stimulating awareness of protection. No, it should be said that it stimulates humans to reduce their damage to them.

Then I determined the main line and auxiliary line. At that time, I was deeply influenced by a version of "Fisherman and Goldfish" story. The main story of the book of the book was the original story, but the background of the picture was the ocean and environmental pollution that continued to deteriorate under consumerism. Therefore, my first draft designed two lines. One line was the growth and experience of small peacocks, as the main scene; the other line was the growth of a human child, and the picture was a vision.

The last two lines intersect and conflict, showing the impact of human activities on green peacocks. Finally, the green peacock standing in the human court is accusing the complaint.

The draft lay in the folder for half a year. One day, He Miao Lai, who was "friend of nature," talked about reading about nature, and talked about the protection of green peacocks. I said that I was writing a green peacock story. She told me that there was a well -known publisher who was ready to do this Topics. So I started with friends of nature and relay publishing house.

The support of experts and scholars from all walks of life

Experts and scholars from all walks of life are in the battle! Just to present real and comprehensive green peacocks.

Everyone attaches great importance to this topic. The president and editor of the Infant Publishing House of Publishing House, friends of nature, our three online meetings to discuss the direction of the story, the illustrator's online solicitation activities, and so on.

I didn't see the live green peacock, and the blue peacock saw a lot. I obtained some information through interviews and information about the protection of green peacock protection through interviews and consulting information, and communicating with friends of natural friends. The first is Dr. Gu Bojian, who was discovered for the first time. There are a lot of information about him on the Internet. Here we can see the sensitivity of a professional. There is also Zhang Boju (currently a director of nature) who launched a friendly friend of the field investigation (currently a director of nature) to explain the process, discovery and regret of the green peacock field investigation. In addition, I also interviewed He Yini, an expert who participated in the public welfare legal lawsuit participating in the protection of Green Peacock. She also participated in the field inspection work. She had a very professional understanding of the habitat of Green Peacock. In addition, Gao Yuan, an interpreter at the Natural Museum, has done a lot of explanation work on Green Peacock, and has rich experience in communicating with children, which is very helpful to me. Gao Yuan was invited to record the Capital Library Online Class "Protect the National Treasure Green Peacock"

The interviewed notes are a large book. There are many information in the computer folder, including green peacocks and its lifelong growth, different varieties, breeding methods, historical information, peacock videos of major websites, etc., with a total of 767MB. Yes, sometimes there will be information redundant to prepare information.

Writing, editing and publishing are a long process

Repeatedly changed the manuscript 26 times to make the story of Green Peacock move more people.

After the first edition of the story, the auxiliary line was killed, and the editors believed that critical and opposing mood was too strong. The second draft focuses on the birth and growth of green peacocks, habitat damage, and twists and turns during migration. At the same time, I also wrote other versions, the campus version of "Where is the Green Peacock Living", and the little girl crossing the time and space "Looking for Green Peacock" , Suitable for the three versions of the low film book. The growth version was finally selected, but I still felt that it was too strong. From the middle part to the current story, there were various modifications. I counted the drafts of the next form, and there were 26 drafts, and there were various small changes to editor Song Guojing on WeChat. Write is rewrite, it was still modified until the release. The process of creation and molding of a book is a collective cooperation process.

The difficulty of this book lies in the experience and attention of children through the growth experience of more real green peacocks, but also gives the character's personality characteristics, of course, it also causes children's empathy. Most of the behaviors of Green Peacock are based on their real growth experience. This requires many popular science materials, including the incubation time of the little peacock, how much can a nest of the nest, what it starts to eat, when does it start to ask for puppets, etc. Essence In the middle, in order to write the structure of peacock feathers, I also bought a large feather from the Internet, but it was the feather of the breeding blue peacock, and finally became the best toy for my cat. In the story, in order to stimulate children's understanding and convergence, we have shaped a somewhat naughty image. In addition, I also think about the major reasons why the green peacock is endangered. These are all the dark lines in this book. Through various encounters such as being captured and rescued, the readers' sympathy is stimulated, and the protection actions of the green peacock are more caring for green peacocks. Essence

"Green Peacock: Where is my home" inner page

The unique green peacock in my country is currently less than 600, which is more endangered than the giant panda. A green peacock on the red river in Yunnan, the dried flowing from the river, has nothing to do with the north and south of the motherland of the motherland of thousands of miles away. But if we don't care about green peacocks, don't care about the endangered situation of other animals, we don't know if one day, we humans will also become endangered species on the earth.

Regardless of whether it is beautiful or small, small, strong or weak, every creature has its value in the ecosystem. What else can we keep if even beautiful green peacocks can't be kept?

If you want to know more about green peacocks and are willing to join the actions to protect the green peacock, 13: 00-15: 00 on September 29th, "Green Peacock: Where is my home" picture book Xu Meiling and The picture book painter Yang Siqing will go online in the live broadcast room of Douyin Publishing House, listen to them about the things of "green peacock" ...

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Original source: Friends of Nature WeChat public account

Original Author: Xu Meiling

Editor in charge: Lu Li

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