《奥伊达的理想》是澳大利亚作家凯瑟林·奥尼尔创作的短篇小说名作,收录在曹文轩主编、陈建功点评的《外国儿童文学名作导读本·小说卷》中,同时被选入语文出版社九年级语文教材中。该小说之所以被推崇,不仅在于其通过记叙奥伊达成长过程中的几桩趣事,塑造了一个天真、顽皮、好奇、聪慧,且具有独立自主与创新意识的儿童形象,而且在于小说以一种特殊方式向父母及社会提出了如何正确教育孩子的社会问题;尤为重要的 “Oda’s Ideal” is a short story by Australian writer Catherine O’Neill, which is included in the “Guided Reading · Fiction Volume of Foreign Children’s Literature” commented by Cao Wenxuan and Chen Jian Gong. Grade language teaching materials. The reason why the novel is respected is not only that it shapes a naive, naughty, curious, intelligent, independent and innovative child image through narration of several anecdotes in the process of his growth, Special ways to parents and society put forward how to correctly educate children’s social problems; especially important