Smart and Brave Book Set

※Book Features Smart and Brave Book Set Excellent enlightenment reading material for cultivating literary literacy, the first part of British colonial culture in the 19th century The thousand-year-old fantasy legend of the Eastern Havoc in Heaven, a glimpse into the adventures of the animal kingdom in the open and secret struggles Learn the essence of Chinese and Western literature from reading and lay a good foundation for future writing 【Fantasy masterpieces that influence children's lives】series Select classic literature with everlasting imagination, enter another world of fantasy full of freedom, awaken children's dormant curiosity, and follow the characters in the story to experience growth and adventure. Open up a vast and unlimited vision and inspire children's running creativity. Instill in children the wonderful experience of reading, help them naturally fall in love with reading, and appreciate the core value of literature. It is the best reading material that children cannot miss! 【Famous books about characters that influence children's lives】series Drawing on the extraordinary classic literature, the book tells inspiring stories of struggle and revelation, allowing children to follow the characters in the stories and experience the ups and downs and transformations of life, enriching their perspectives and views on the world, and establishing positive and bright values. It can inspire children's thinking ability in reading and appreciate the core value of great literature. It is a model reading material that children cannot miss! 【Masterpieces】Selected series A collection of classic literature, worth reading again and again! This series selects best-selling masterpieces from all over the world. After years of refinement and polishing, it continues to shine in the eyes of generations of readers. It is an excellent reading material that must be read for children to develop literary literacy. The masters observed life and society with a clear vision, portrayed human nature with rich and refined literary talent, and wrote stories that best reflect real life. The fascinating plot and endearing characters will deeply move and inspire children, and instill the love, courage and wisdom needed for every innocent heart to grow up. ※Content Introduction Journey to the West The lively and amusing spoken dialogues, the simple and clever "light" classical Chinese style, the fusion of rap and dialect, and the interspersed poetry and rhyme have established its status as one of the four great literary masterpieces of China. Of course, it can also lead children to feel the beauty of rhyme and learn. The only way to penetrate the character's personality traits and appreciate the essence of the universe. The Monkey King Sun Wukong, who can fly and transform into 72 different forms. With a pair of flaming eyes, the demons can be revealed; with a handful of hair, thousands of little monkeys can be transformed; with a somersault cloud, thousands of miles can be traveled in an instant. Sun Wukong, who was so powerful and unruly, "made havoc in Heaven", "beat the White Bone Demon three times" and "borrowed the banana fan three times", but he was still unable to escape from the clutches of Tathagata Buddha. You’ve been suppressed by magic for five hundred years, and you still haven’t learned your lesson? Use the tight hoop again to tame the naughty Monkey King! You have to know that in this world, it is not true that “anything is possible as long as you are happy”! "Journey to the West" is both exaggerated and funny, and full of wit and fun. There is also ridicule, sarcasm, and criticism. There are gods, Buddhas, demons and monsters with boundless magical powers and scheming against each other, as well as human relationships that spread kindness and move people. See how the reborn Sun Wukong works together with his fellow disciples to subdue demons and protect his master, seek help from heaven and earth, overcome all difficulties and never give up! A fourteen-year-long journey of perseverance and solidarity to the West to seek Buddhist scriptures and practice. Around the World in Eighty Days In a club in London in the 19th century, a British gentleman named Mr. Fogg made a bold promise, betting all his bank fortune: he promised that he could travel around the world in eighty days! There were no planes, only trains, ships, and elephants, as well as his precise route and time arrangement. With his calmness and quick wit, he experienced storms at sea, court charges by Indian monks, train robberies by American Indians... He escaped danger time and time again and successfully crossed the four continents of Europe, Africa, Asia and America, but at the critical moment, he was caught and thrown into prison! As time goes by, can Mr. Fogg return to London on time and win the bet? "Water Children: The Fantasy Underwater World of Growth" The orphan Tom follows his master Grimes, who often abuses him, to sweep chimneys everywhere. One day, they are instructed to come to the magnificent Thofor Manor to sweep the chimneys; but Tom is mistaken for a thief due to some mistakes and runs away in panic. Exhausted, he fell into the water in a trance and was turned into a clean water child by the water fairies. Tom still had his naughty nature underwater and often teased weak animals. Only after being enlightened by the fairy did he gradually restrain himself. In order to broaden his horizons and find out what he wants to be, the fairy persuades Tom to go to "Heaven Beyond" alone to help the people he hates. Can Tom successfully overcome all difficulties and complete the mission? Who did the fairy ask him to help? The Story of Reynard the Fox: The Extraordinary Life of a Clever Fox The fox Reynard accidentally rescued the lion king, so he was promoted from a citizen to a baron and was granted the right to live in a magnificent castle in Mabedo. From then on, he deliberately approached those animals in power, trying to overthrow them and establish a country of equality. After hanging around in the upper class for a while, Reynard got to know some dignitaries, such as the male wolf Yesengrunn, the cat Tipe, the rooster Chantecle, the lion king's trusted bear Bren, and other animals, and even became quite familiar with the lion king and the lion queen. He carried out his revenge plan step by step against the nobles who usually persecuted the people, but he was framed by his enemies and the Lion King no longer favored him. Can Lena break through the siege and defeat the long-existing evil forces? ※About the author Wu Cheng'en (1504-1582), [China] A famous novelist in the Ming Dynasty. He was smart and well-read since childhood, and also liked folk legends. In his later years, he began to immerse himself in writing. He drew materials from the real events of a Tang Dynasty monk's journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, combined them with religious myths and folk tales, and created the famous Chinese novel "Journey to the West", which has a strong magical color, subversive and satirical plot, and seems to be popular and humorous, but is rich in literary heritage. This book presents simple and easy-to-understand classical Chinese and poetry, so children can easily appreciate the beauty of literature. The magical story of Sun Wukong's 72 transformations is well-known in China, and is also well-known in Japan, South Korea and the West. It has been published in many languages since 1942. Many people have read the novels but have watched the comics, TV series or movie adaptations. While enjoying a series of surprising, tortuous, and thrilling stories of slaying demons and eliminating evil, the plot of Tang Sanzang and his disciples' firm will and united fight against evil forces can also subtly instill in children positive thoughts of being proactive, punishing evil and promoting good. Jules Gabriel Verne, 1828 ~ 1905 [France] A French novelist, naturalist, and popular science writer, he has written more than 60 science fiction novels and is known as the "father of modern science fiction." In the 19th century, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, Europe was swept by a craze for exploration and science flourished. Verne was passionate about research and the pursuit of scientific truth. He also enjoyed traveling, loved literature and drama, and had a romantic imagination. His representative works such as "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "Around the World in Eighty Days" are adventure stories that combine science and fantasy. These novels have a scientific basis and are not based on imagination. Many of their assumptions and descriptions have become facts in the 20th century. After the publication of "Around the World in Eighty Days" in 1873, it sparked a wave of imitation by adventurers from all over the world. In an era when there were only trains and ships, many people took the journey routes described in the book and challenged the difficult task of traveling around the world in eighty days. This great work, which combines knowledge, interest, geography and humanities, embodies Verne's unique creative style that people talk about with great relish. It has been adapted into films (1919, 1956, 2004) and stage plays many times. Charles. Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) A famous British writer of children's literature in the 19th century, he created more than 60 novels and essays in his lifetime, and The Water Babies is his representative work. Charles spent most of his childhood in a small fishing village on the west coast of England. He graduated from Cambridge University with honors in 1843, then became a pastor and participated in Christian socialist reform movements many times. In 1873 he was appointed vicar of Westminster Abbey, the most famous cathedral in England. M. H． Madame Giraud French writer M. H． Influenced by Aesop's Fables, Madame Giraud wrote "The Story of Reynard the Fox", which is still widely loved today, based on the fable poetry collection that was popular among the people at that time. The original text of "Reynard the Fox" was a Latin story poem around the 10th or 11th century AD, and was later modified into a combination of 27 fables.