这本图画书叫“I love you, stinky face”, (我爱你,臭臭的脸)讲的是一天晚上睡觉前,妈妈为孩子读完书,给他掖被并说爱他之后,小小的人儿满心的不肯定,不知道如果自己换了个样子,妈妈还会不会一样地爱自己,于是变着花样把自己想象成最恶心恐怖的东西来试探妈妈。妈妈的回答让孩子感动,也让读书的我感动不已。开始几次每读到最后,都觉得眼眶热辣辣的。
三猪很喜欢这本书,很长一段时间,每晚睡前都要和我一起读这本书,有时念完书,我给他掖被子说晚安,会和他开玩笑说:“我爱你,臭脸。”他会很认真地回答:“妈妈,我不是臭脸,我是三猪。”
而我总是满怀柔情地对他说:“不管你臭不臭,不管你是什么样子,妈妈都爱你。”
这本书的文字感人,配图也很生动,每个怪物都穿着和小男孩一模一样的条纹睡衣,手里拿着小男孩睡觉时搂着的绒毛小兔子,表情眼神都拟人化了,把怪物由小男孩变来的以及孩子的心理活动都表达得神灵活现。
打动人的是书中表达出的纯粹的母爱——无条件的爱,那是孩子心中的爱的源泉,也是孩子自信心的源泉啊!
下面是书中的文字部分:
" I love you, my wonderful child," said Mama as she tucked me in.But I had a question.
Mama, what if I were a big, Scary ape? Would you still love me then?
"If you were a big, scary ape, I would comb your whole hairy self to make sure you didn't have any tangles.
And I would make your birthday cake out of bananas, and I would tell you, ‘I love you, my big, scary ape.'"
But, Mama, but, Mama, what if I were a super smelly skunk, and I smelled so bad that my name was Stinky Face?
"Then I would give you a bath and sprinkle you with sweet-smelling powder."
"And I you still smelled bad, I wouldn't mind, and I would hug you tight and whisper in your ear, ‘ I love you, Stinky Face.’"
But, Mama, but, Mama, what if I were an alligator with big, sharp teeth that could bite your head off?
"Then I would buy you a bigger toothbrush for your big teeth and make sure that you brushed them every night so they'd stay healthy and strong.
"And If you had a sore throat, I would stick my head right inside your enormous jaws to make sure you were okay, and I would say,’ I love you, my ferocious alligator.’"
But, Mama, what if I were a terrible meat-eating dinosaur with razor-sharp claws that ripped my sheets to shreds every night while I slept?
"Then I would give you plenty of meat to eat, if that is what you liked. And I would sew your sheets back together every day, because, after all, ripping them would be an accident.
“And I would tuck you into your newly mended sheets every night and say, ‘I love you, my sweet, terrible dinosaur.'"
But, Mama, but, Mama, what if I were a swamp creature with slimy, smelly seaweed hanging from my body, and I couldn't ever leave the swamp or I would die?
"Then I would build a house right next to the swamp, and I would stay with you and take care of you always. And when you splashed to the surface, I would say, ‘I love you ,my slimy little swamp monster.'"
But , Mama, but, Mama, what if I were a Green Alien from Mars, and I ate bugs instead of peanut butter?
"Then I would dress you in colors that showed off your ice green skin……And I would pack your lunch box with beetles and spiders and ants and grasshoppers and the tastiest bugs you ever had. And I would pack a note with all the bugs that said,’ I love you, little greenie. Bon appétit.'"
But , Mama, but, Mama, what if I were a Cyclops, and I had just one big, gigantic eye in the middle of my head?
"Then I would look right into your gigantic eye and say, ‘I love you, my little Cyclops. ‘and I would sing you a lullaby until your one gigantic eyelid got droopier and droopier, and it finally closed and you fell fast asleep."
I love you, Mama.
"And I love you, my wonderful child."