即使是在充满奇思妙想的少儿类图书中,《赶象人》也显得十分特殊,由于罕见的丰富性和多重性,以至于很难用惯常的题材分类对它进行概括。少儿读物,最常见的失误就是低估读者的智力、知识与能力。我们常常感慨如今的孩子见多识广,他们生活在一个资讯爆炸的时代。论想象,他们是看星球大战长大的一代;论激烈,电子游戏中令人目不暇接的对抗赛也是小菜一碟;论离奇,有什么能比哈利波特的魔法学校更让人着迷?离奇故事、紧张情 Even in the children’s book full of whimsy, “Rumor Likeness” is so special that it is hard to classify it in the usual subject categories because of its rareness and multiplicity. Children’s books, the most common mistake is to underestimate the reader’s intelligence, knowledge and ability. We often feel that today’s children are well informed and they live in an era of information explosion. Imagination, they see the age of Star Wars grew generation; on the fierce, dizzying video games in the dizzying match is a piece of cake; on bizarre, what can be more fascinating than Harry Potter’s magic school? Tense