troublemaker david

Description

A best-selling picture book author who has captured the hearts of children around the world.
The story of David, the lovable troublemaker, told by David Shannon!

David Shannon became a world-renowned picture book author as soon as he published “No, David!” in 1998. No, David! won prestigious awards including the 1999 Caldecott Honor Award, ALA's 'Notable Book', and BCCB's 'Blue Ribbon Book'. Afterwards, his picture book became a hot topic as soon as it was published, becoming a bestseller in the New York Times and Amazon.com.
The reason children all over the world love his work is because they identify with the comical and mischievous side of David, the main character, and wonder what David will do next. I also feel a sense of psychological liberation through the sight of David, who is scolded by his mother every day, but when he turns around, he plays happily as if nothing had happened.
The 〈David〉 series, which has been published for 22 years starting with 《No, David!》, has long been loved by child readers around the world. The newly published 《Troublemaker David》 is a picture book that tells the story of David, who gets into all kinds of trouble but has an innocent expression and makes excuses that it happened because of the situation he is in. The image of an honest and unaffected child is humorously depicted.

A picture book that humorously depicts the excuses of the troublemaker David.

“Troublemaker David” tells the story of David, who gets into all kinds of trouble, including breaking windows, not bringing homework, harassing cats, and spilling drinks. Every time that happens, David will hear his mom say, “No, David!” But David cannot speak honestly for fear of being scolded or scolded by his parents, so he improvises an excuse. He's telling lies that are obvious to his parents.
This book is a troublemaker that we easily see around us. These are children who cannot control what they are curious about and must eat what they want. Children who cause trouble even though they know they will be scolded if they get caught, and the thrill of happiness they feel at this time always causes them to take action first. This book shows David, who initially makes excuses, but honestly admits his mistakes at the end. Through David admitting his mistakes to his mother, children will learn that being honest about one's mistakes is truly courageous and how important it is to discern between right and wrong.

Is David really such an intractable troublemaker?

All children are grumpy, break things, and behave unruly like David. David's bad behavior may seem like a troublemaker to adults, but from a child's perspective, it is completely normal and a true expression of his own world of childhood. Because you are faithful to your feelings at every moment. Although David's troubles occur repeatedly every day and are unacceptable to the parents, the child learns something from them. This book depicts David in a bright and joyful way.
In this book, David is an active child who plays and has fun all day long. He not only plays creatively with any toy, but also expresses with his whole body the joy, fun, and satisfaction he feels through play. In the process, he causes all kinds of accidents, but in fact, David purely faces the world, exploring and observing his surroundings. It's easy to tell a child like this, 'No!', 'Don't do that!', or 'Stop it now!' However, this adult's voice is like forcing a child to live a good and exemplary life. This book shows all the children in this country learning about the world with their own attitude, different from the rules made by adults.

A picture book that vividly expresses children's honest and unaffected behavior.

David Shannon's picture books have the characteristic of telling stories centered around pictures, not text. Not only does the crooked text, as if written by a child, act like a picture, but it can also be easily understood by children who cannot read yet. Additionally, David's mischievous appearance with his sharp sharp teeth matches well with the vividly colored pictures.
The biggest feature of this book is that it looks at the world through David's eyes, so only the hands, feet, and torso appear as adults. Even though no adults appear, children and adults are interacting and talking to each other. In particular, the psychological distance felt by the child was well depicted by configuring the blank space differently depending on the moods of David and his mother. For example, when David appears to be having fun and causing trouble, David's face appears all over the screen, and when he gets scolded by his mother and gets punished, his body is expressed in an exaggeratedly small size. David's overall bold composition and brightly colored drawings immerse both readers and listeners.