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The Magic Callaloo

內容簡介

內容簡介 英國說故事大師Trish Cooke作品融合《長髮公主》與非洲奴隸故事很久很久以前，在遙遠的某個村莊農場上，長出了一顆神奇的卡拉洛菜，吃了菜葉的人就能得到一個願望。有個自私的男人想要獨佔所有願望，偷走了這株卡拉洛，只留下一片葉子。一對急切想要得到孩子的夫婦吃下葉子實現夢想。然而那貪心的男人因為想要得到一切，綁架了這孩子……這個故事的作者是Trish Cooke，她和 Helen Oxenbury合作的繪本So Much! 獲得凱特格林威最佳推薦獎，並獲BBC選為「史上最偉大童書100 本」。她出生於一個大家庭，父母來自西印度群島的多明尼加。這個故事融合格林童話《長髮公主》與非洲奴隸故事，要向她的祖先致敬，紀念他們奔向自由的過程。The Magic Callaloo is based on the fairy-tale "Rapunzel" and inspired by stories of enslaved Africans.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Trish CookeTrish Cooke was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Her parents are from Dominica in the West Indies, so she’s “a Yorkshire lass who can speak Dominican patois”. She comes from a large family, with six sisters, three brothers, eight nephews, six nieces, three great-nieces and one great-nephew, all of whom provide her with the inspiration for her picture books. Trish attended Leeds Polytechnic and Ilkley College in 1980, where she gained a degree in performing arts. After moving to London, Trish began to write for television, contributing to the BBC’s children’s programme Playdays, which she presented for nine years. More recently, she has written scripts for the popular Tweenies show. She has written plays and scripts for the theatre, radio and television, including Eastenders. In 2001 2002 she was a BBC Writer in Residence. Trish now lives in Bradford with her partner and their two children. When she was pregnant with her first child, Trish decided to turn her hobby, writing, into a full-time career. “You need to have a sense of humour and imagination to write children’s stories. Adults tend to lose themselves in the seriousness of life, whereas children have a simplistic approach. My five-year-old son reads all my stories and reviews them for me. He’s my best critic.” Trish has won many awards for her children’s books. “So Much” won the 0-5 category of the Nestle Children’s Book Prize, the She WH Smith’s Under-Fives Book Prize and the Kurt Maschler Award. It was also Highly Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal and was short listed for both the Sheffield Children’s Book Award and the Nottinghamshire Children’s Book Award.

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最佳賣點 : The Magic Callaloo is based on the fairy-tale "Rapunzel" and inspired by stories of enslaved Africans.