These Chinese translations of the No, David! books use authentic language and are equally lively as their English original counterparts. Together, these three books tend to become family favorites due to the fact that they are very often the first books that a young child is able to read independently. Ages 2-up.Interactive E-book: the first book 大卫不可以 is available on Ellabook AppĪ 1999 Caldecott Honor Book, David Shanon's 大卫不可以 (dà wèi bù kě yǐ) No, David! uses short phrases, simple everyday expressions, and childlike handwriting and drawings to tell the story of a mischievous boy who is always been told "no" by his mother, until, finally, his mother pats his forehead and reassures him: "Yes, David, I love you".Īfter reading No, David!, young readers typically find the lighthearted sequels,大卫上学去 (dà wèi shàng xué qù) David Goes to School and 大卫惹麻烦 (dà wèi rě má fán) David Gets in Trouble, equally compelling.
This dead-on take on childhood shenanigans ends on a high note, with the penitent David (he broke a vase with a baseball) enfolded in his mother's arms as she assures him, "Yes, David, I love you." Readers won't be able to resist taking a walk on the wild side with this little rascal, and may only secretly acknowledge how much of him they recognize in themselves. While Shannon gives David the purposeful look of a child's crude drawings, his background settings (the kitchen sideboard, a toy-littered TV room) are fully rendered, effectively evoking the boy's sense of displacement. Meanwhile, all those timeless childhood phrases echo in the background: "Come back here!" "Be quiet!" "Not in the house, David!" and most vigorously-"No!" Shannon's pen whisks over the double-page spreads in a flurry of energy, as he gains perspective on an image of a bare-bottomed David cavorting down a quiet suburban street or closes in on the boy's face as he inserts a finger into his triangle nose, his button eyes tense with concentration, and perfectly round head looming larger than the pages. In this boisterous exploration of naughtiness, Shannon (How Georgie Radbourne Saved Baseball) lobs one visual zinger after another as David, a little dickens, careens from one unruly deed to the next-coloring on the walls, tracking mud all over the carpet, jumping on the bed in red cowboy boots.
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