Happy Janitor
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Book Introduction
This is a beautiful picture book written by German children's book author Monika Pett.
The lyrical content and the unique yet soft oil painting, which resembles a work of art, add to the emotion.
This is a beautiful fairy tale about a street cleaner who cleans street signs for musicians and poets. It makes us think about what true happiness is in these times when material abundance and social success are so important.
In 1995, it was selected as 'Book of the Month' by the Academy of Children's and Young Adult Literature in Polkach, Germany.
The lyrical content and the unique yet soft oil painting, which resembles a work of art, add to the emotion.
This is a beautiful fairy tale about a street cleaner who cleans street signs for musicians and poets. It makes us think about what true happiness is in these times when material abundance and social success are so important.
In 1995, it was selected as 'Book of the Month' by the Academy of Children's and Young Adult Literature in Polkach, Germany.
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Preview
Into the book
'What a shame'
One day the old man said to his fellow cleaners,
'I wish I had read the book sooner. But I didn't miss everything.'
Writing calmed and excited the old man's mind. It made him ponder and feel proud. It made him happy and sad. Writers treated writing as musicians treat notes, as acrobats treat balls and rings, as magicians treat towels and cards.
One day the old man said to his fellow cleaners,
'I wish I had read the book sooner. But I didn't miss everything.'
Writing calmed and excited the old man's mind. It made him ponder and feel proud. It made him happy and sad. Writers treated writing as musicians treat notes, as acrobats treat balls and rings, as magicians treat towels and cards.
--- From the text
In this way, the old man cleaned the signboard while whistling a melody, reciting a poem, singing a song, and recounting a novel he had read.
People passing by stopped walking when they heard it.
I looked up at the blue ladder and was startled.
I've never met a sign cleaner like that.
Most adults think that there are people who clean signs and people who know poetry and music.
I can't imagine a janitor knowing poetry and music.
But when they saw an old man who wasn't like that, their stereotypes were shattered.
Their stereotypes went into the watercolor bucket and shattered like burnt pieces of paper.
In this way, the old man cleaned the signboard while whistling a melody, reciting a poem, singing a song, and recounting a novel he had read.
People passing by stopped walking when they heard it.
I looked up at the blue ladder and was startled.
I've never met a sign cleaner like that.
Most adults think that there are people who clean signs and people who know poetry and music.
I can't imagine that a janitor would know poetry and music.
But when they saw an old man who wasn't like that, their stereotypes were shattered.
Their stereotypes went into the watercolor bucket and shattered like burnt pieces of paper.
People passing by stopped walking when they heard it.
I looked up at the blue ladder and was startled.
I've never met a sign cleaner like that.
Most adults think that there are people who clean signs and people who know poetry and music.
I can't imagine a janitor knowing poetry and music.
But when they saw an old man who wasn't like that, their stereotypes were shattered.
Their stereotypes went into the watercolor bucket and shattered like burnt pieces of paper.
In this way, the old man cleaned the signboard while whistling a melody, reciting a poem, singing a song, and recounting a novel he had read.
People passing by stopped walking when they heard it.
I looked up at the blue ladder and was startled.
I've never met a sign cleaner like that.
Most adults think that there are people who clean signs and people who know poetry and music.
I can't imagine that a janitor would know poetry and music.
But when they saw an old man who wasn't like that, their stereotypes were shattered.
Their stereotypes went into the watercolor bucket and shattered like burnt pieces of paper.
--- p.
17
17
I've been asked to give lectures at four universities.
If you do that, you'll become much more famous.
But the old man decided to refuse and wrote a reply.
'I am a janitor who cleans signs all day long.
I give lectures solely for my own enjoyment.
I don't want to be a professor.
I want to keep doing what I'm doing now.
good bye.'
And the old man, as he had been until now, stayed on as a sign cleaner.
I've been asked to give lectures at four universities.
If you do that, you'll become much more famous.
But the old man decided to refuse and wrote a reply.
'I am a janitor who cleans signs all day long.
I give lectures solely for my own enjoyment.
I don't want to be a professor.
I want to keep doing what I'm doing now.
good bye.'
And the old man, as he had been until now, stayed on as a sign cleaner.
If you do that, you'll become much more famous.
But the old man decided to refuse and wrote a reply.
'I am a janitor who cleans signs all day long.
I give lectures solely for my own enjoyment.
I don't want to be a professor.
I want to keep doing what I'm doing now.
good bye.'
And the old man, as he had been until now, stayed on as a sign cleaner.
I've been asked to give lectures at four universities.
If you do that, you'll become much more famous.
But the old man decided to refuse and wrote a reply.
'I am a janitor who cleans signs all day long.
I give lectures solely for my own enjoyment.
I don't want to be a professor.
I want to keep doing what I'm doing now.
good bye.'
And the old man, as he had been until now, stayed on as a sign cleaner.
--- p.
Wherever I went, people lined up to get the old man's autograph.
Letters flew into the house, filling a large sack.
The sign cleaner foreman and the sign cleaner's chief praised the old man and gave him a bouquet of flowers.
Because of you, the prestige of the sign cleaning department has been raised.
I've been asked to give lectures at four universities.
If you do that, you'll become much more famous.
But the old man decided to refuse and replied.
'I am a janitor who cleans signs all day long.
I give lectures solely for my own enjoyment.
I don't want to be a professor.
I want to continue doing what I'm doing now.
'Goodbye.' Wherever he went, people lined up to get the old man's autograph.
Letters flew into the house, filling a large sack.
The sign cleaner foreman and the sign cleaner's chief praised the old man and gave him a bouquet of flowers.
Because of you, the prestige of the sign cleaning department has been raised.
I've been asked to give lectures at four universities.
If you do that, you'll become much more famous.
But the old man decided to refuse and replied.
'I am a janitor who cleans signs all day long.
I give lectures solely for my own enjoyment.
I don't want to be a professor.
I want to continue doing what I'm doing now.
good bye.'
Letters flew into the house, filling a large sack.
The sign cleaner foreman and the sign cleaner's chief praised the old man and gave him a bouquet of flowers.
Because of you, the prestige of the sign cleaning department has been raised.
I've been asked to give lectures at four universities.
If you do that, you'll become much more famous.
But the old man decided to refuse and replied.
'I am a janitor who cleans signs all day long.
I give lectures solely for my own enjoyment.
I don't want to be a professor.
I want to continue doing what I'm doing now.
'Goodbye.' Wherever he went, people lined up to get the old man's autograph.
Letters flew into the house, filling a large sack.
The sign cleaner foreman and the sign cleaner's chief praised the old man and gave him a bouquet of flowers.
Because of you, the prestige of the sign cleaning department has been raised.
I've been asked to give lectures at four universities.
If you do that, you'll become much more famous.
But the old man decided to refuse and replied.
'I am a janitor who cleans signs all day long.
I give lectures solely for my own enjoyment.
I don't want to be a professor.
I want to continue doing what I'm doing now.
good bye.'
--- p.26
Publisher's Review
"I am a janitor who cleans signs all day long.
As the old man said in his last words, "I give lectures solely for my own enjoyment," through this book, we come to realize the true meaning of 'learning.'
As we grow up, we learn many things, whether directly or indirectly, voluntarily or unintentionally, but there are still many people who do not know what they truly want to do or what they truly want to learn.
There are probably many people who are forced to study hard and boring subjects to meet the demands of society.
There are also many cases where people accumulate knowledge to get ahead or to show off to others.
In this book, the cleaning man realizes deep in his heart that he truly does not know, and he works hard and studies to find out.
It is about enjoying learning for fun, not work, by doing it on your own, not because someone told you to.
I think that in today's closed educational environment, everyone should think about and reflect on the fact that true learning is something you enjoy because you like it, and that it is happiness.
In particular, Monika Pett's The Sign Cleaner was selected as Book of the Month in 1995 by the Academy of Children's and Young Adult Literature in Polkach, Germany, and illustrator Boranski won the Austrian Prize for Illustration in Children's and Young Adult Literature.
In particular, Antoni Boratynsky's oil paintings are more like works of art than illustrations, and you can feel the heart of the cleaning man in this book just through the pictures.
As the old man said in his last words, "I give lectures solely for my own enjoyment," through this book, we come to realize the true meaning of 'learning.'
As we grow up, we learn many things, whether directly or indirectly, voluntarily or unintentionally, but there are still many people who do not know what they truly want to do or what they truly want to learn.
There are probably many people who are forced to study hard and boring subjects to meet the demands of society.
There are also many cases where people accumulate knowledge to get ahead or to show off to others.
In this book, the cleaning man realizes deep in his heart that he truly does not know, and he works hard and studies to find out.
It is about enjoying learning for fun, not work, by doing it on your own, not because someone told you to.
I think that in today's closed educational environment, everyone should think about and reflect on the fact that true learning is something you enjoy because you like it, and that it is happiness.
In particular, Monika Pett's The Sign Cleaner was selected as Book of the Month in 1995 by the Academy of Children's and Young Adult Literature in Polkach, Germany, and illustrator Boranski won the Austrian Prize for Illustration in Children's and Young Adult Literature.
In particular, Antoni Boratynsky's oil paintings are more like works of art than illustrations, and you can feel the heart of the cleaning man in this book just through the pictures.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: November 1, 2000
- Page count, weight, size: 30 pages | 437g | 210*297*15mm
- ISBN13: 9788974749156
- ISBN10: 8974749157
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