教宗John Paul II 生平展览标志:TOTVS TVVS 教宗格言:TOTALLY YOURS
圣母怜子图 the Pieta
雪儿的诗:米开朗基罗颂 Ode to the Sculptor Michelangelo by my daughter 雪儿
Out of the rough white stone Working tirelessly throught the night alone He chisels and grinds To the vision that is only in his mind A master from long ago He is the sculptor Michelangelo
Moses, seated, holding the Ten Commmandments in his muscular right hand A mighty figure sitting tall and grand Sternly look to the side With his flowing beard like tangeled vines Sandaled right leg and foot exposed Carved by the sculptor Michelangelo
David, muscular, youthful, standing gallant and great Sling slung over his left shoulder, his right leg supporting his full weight Furrowed brow, eyes focused and ready for battle, looking into the distance Capturing youthful human beauty in its timeless existence His is not stone, but a figure with a spirit and soul of his own Brought to life by the hand of the sculptor Michelangelo
The Pieta, with the youthful Mary's expression so sorrowful yet serene The lifeless body of Christ cradled in her arms between The drapery of Mary's dress flowing down in thick folds and creases Carved when he was twenty-three, his master piece among master pieces The sacrifice and suffering, the anguish and agony, we will never know To create such beauty, God gave the world the sculptor Michelangelo
最早的图画书不说了,文字书男孩子喜欢magic tree house, 三四十本,女孩子喜欢Junnie B. Jones。后来大宝喜欢Captain Underpants, 我一看书名不让他读,他小姑做小学老师还送他,大宝天天读得哈哈大笑。下一级雪儿喜欢Beverly Clearly是图书管理员写的Ramona和Henry Huggins系列,然后有一大套Great Illustrated Classics五六十本,将Pride and Prejudice 和Gulliver's Travel等简化了,男女孩儿都能找到自己爱的书。我和孩子们一起读过Roald Dahl写的Charlie and the Chocolate factory等近十本书,笑得前仰后合。后来大宝喜欢Artimes Fowl有三四本,雪儿喜欢上面说的Little House in the Big Woods近十本连续故事,然后两个孩子都喜欢A Serious of Unfortunate Events十三本,好像还看了电影。大宝喜欢Harry Potter七本,雪儿不喜欢。大宝还读了C.S. Lewis 的the Chronics of Narinia,前些年新拍了电影。大宝还推荐Angie Sage 写的Magyk(Septimus Heap)系列,雪儿读了TwiLight系列,不过好像教会不喜欢,说不符合道德标准,随便读读娱乐一下。然后孩子们就开始读Little Women,Huckleberry Finn 一类的Classics 原著,大宝读海明威,雪儿读前面说的菲茨杰罗。大人的书可以查100 best novels, 我找到过全英文书或世界名著列表,很多是高中必读,你的孩子还小你可以自己消遣。对了,还有些孩子的书不属于哪个系列,你去学校帮忙时可以看看别的孩子借什么书。比如Ginger Pye, Indian Captive, Despereaux, Life of Pi 等。
雪儿爱读书,从小我帮她和哥哥念点儿书后来自己读了不少,记忆最深的是Laura Ingalls Wilder的little house in the big woods那一套,后来迷上美国娃娃(American Girl Dolls )就把书一起读了。有一本儿童书她特别喜欢叫Bloomability, 现在她已经看大人的书了比如Angela's Ashes 和菲茨杰罗的This Side of Paradise等。诗歌看的不多,以前她爸爸给她念过Shel Silverstein的Falling Up, A Light in the Attic,Where the Sidewalk Ends等,自己喜欢一本Barnes & Noble出的Children's Treasure of Classic Poetry. 一下子列了很多,可能你的孩子们也喜欢读。