お兄ちゃん、お姉ちゃんができるなら自分も!大人に無理だと思われても子どもは挑戦したくなるものだ。そして、子どもは親の知らない間に成長している。そんなことに気づかされる絵本だ。怖いより挑戦したい気持ちが勝ったロッタちゃん。ぬいぐるみ「ハムセ」へのはなしかけもおもしろい。文字が多く15分と長めだが、続きが気になり途中でやめられなかった。絵は全体にかわいらしく、春の花吹雪の風景も素敵だ。映画「ロッタちゃんと赤いじてんしゃ」のもとになった絵本。
お兄ちゃん、お姉ちゃんが自転車に乗るのをうらやましく思っていたロッタちゃん(5才)。ロッタちゃんはまだ三輪車。5才の誕生日に自転車が来るだろうと待つも来ず。となりのおばさんの家から自転車を盗むことを考えつく。盗むことは成功したが、自転車は大きく乗りこなせるわけもなく坂で転倒。泣いているとお父さんが。。。。
賞・その他:全国学校図書館協議会・選定図書, 国際アンデルセン賞・作家賞
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If you can have an older brother or older sister, you too! Children want to challenge even if adults think it is impossible. And children are growing up without their parents knowing. It's a picture book that makes you realize that. Lotta-chan won the desire to challenge rather than being scared. The story about the stuffed toy "Hamse" is also interesting. There are many letters and it is long, 15 minutes, but I was worried about the continuation and could not stop halfway. The picture is pretty as a whole, and the scenery of the spring flower blizzard is also wonderful. The picture book that was the basis of the movie "Lotta-chan and Red Jitensha".
Lotta (5 years old) was envious of her brother and sister riding a bicycle. Lotta is still a tricycle. He didn't wait for his bike to come on his fifth birthday. He comes up with the idea of stealing a bicycle from his neighbor's aunt's house. He succeeded in stealing, but he couldn't ride the bike so much that he fell on a slope. Dad says he is crying. .. .. ..
Japanese title pronunciation:Rotta-chan to jitensha
Illustrator: Ilon Wikland
Category: Independence - Challenge, Cute illustrations
Awards: 全国学校図書館協議会・選定図書, 国際アンデルセン賞・作家賞
Adult reading time: 14 minutes and 30 seconds
First time published: April 1976
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux