You and Me and the Gigantic Knucklehead

【作者】安迪．格里菲斯（Andy Griffiths）
安迪．格里菲斯（Andy Griffiths）是享譽國際且屢獲殊榮的童書作家，作品長期榮登祖國澳洲、美國及英國的暢銷書榜首。他與插畫家泰瑞．丹頓（Terry Denton）共同創作了橫掃各大獎項的千萬暢銷巨作《Treehouse》系列，並已被翻譯為三十多種語言出版。安迪（Andy）非常享受與大眾互動：他曾任高中教師、擔任過搖滾樂團主唱，還做過脫口秀喜劇演員。目前他與兩個女兒定居於澳洲墨爾本（Melbourne, Australia）。

《Treehouse》系列的首部作品《13-Storey Treehouse》於 2015 年榮獲「聖斯伯里童書獎」（Sainsbury's Children's Book Award），並於 2016 年包辦「蘭開夏郡神奇童書獎」（Lancashire Fantastic Book Award）與「柯芬特里靈感圖書大獎」（Coventry Inspiration Award）；第四集《The 52-Storey Treehouse》更榮獲「澳洲圖書產業獎」（ABIA）的年度最佳圖書大獎，創下童書首次奪得該項最高榮譽的歷史紀錄。

【繪者】比爾．霍普（Bill Hope）
比爾．霍普（Bill Hope）已成為業界最全能的插畫家與視覺記錄師之一。他曾出版過多本繪本作品，包括《Adventures Unlimited》系列，並舉辦過多次個人畫展，長期由澳洲的「失落之熊精品畫廊」（Lost Bear Fine Art Gallery）代理展出。他的原創圖像小說《An Interior Life》更榮獲了澳洲漫畫界重要大獎「Golden Ledger Award」。

Andy Griffiths is an internationally successful, award-winning children's author. His books have been bestsellers in his homeland Australia, the USA and the UK. He is the co-creator of the bestselling, award-winning Treehouse series with illustrator Terry Denton, which has been published in over thirty countries. Andy thrives on having an audience: he has worked as a high school teacher; been the lead singer in a rock band and a stand-up comedian. He has two daughters and lives in Melbourne, Australia.

The first book in the Treehouse series, 13-Storey Treehouse, won the Sainsburys Children's Book Award in 2015, the Lancashire Fantastic Book Award in 2016, as well as the 2016 Coventry Inspiration Award, and the fourth Treehouse book, The 52-Storey Treehouse, won the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year prize – the first children's book to ever do so.

Bill Hope has established himself as one of the most versatile illustrators and graphic recorders working in the industry. He has published several illustrated books including the Adventures Unlimited series and held a series of solo exhibitions which has ongoing representation through the Lost Bear Fine Art Gallery in Australia. His graphic novel An Interior Life won the Golden Ledger award for Australian Comics.

如果你喜歡大笑，由安迪．格里菲斯（Andy Griffiths）寫作、比爾．霍普（Bob Hope）繪圖的《The Land of Lost Things》就是最適合你的書。這本書塞滿了絕妙的雙關語、傻氣的惡作劇與飛舞的襪子，圖畫相當豐富，從第一頁起就會將年輕讀者捲入冒險之中，保證讓他們咯咯大笑。－《The Scotsman》（蘇格蘭人報）

這部備受期待的《Treehouse》後續全新系列，沉浸在傻氣、想像力與解決問題的樂趣中。格里菲斯（Griffiths）以其出格的幽默感與想像力聞名，他的最新作品也不例外。這本書讀起來幾乎就像即興喜劇，每一個不可能發生的意外都有個出格的解決方案，而這往往會導致更多的麻煩。這種遞迴結構對成年讀者來說可能有點令人疲憊，但它會讓格里菲斯的年輕粉絲大為高興。儘管這是一個全新系列，但他那令人喜愛的荒謬想像力依然強大，創意無遠弗屆，冒險者們甚至會在公海上遇到臭氣沖天的「臭腳掌大賣場」（Lost Foot Empawrium）與海盜。－《The Guardian》（衛報）

If you love to laugh, The Land of Lost Things by Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Bob Hope is the book for you. Full to the brim with brilliant puns, silly capers and flying socks, this richly illustrated book will sweep young readers up into the action from the first page and is guaranteed to get them giggling. ― The Scotsman

The first in the highly anticipated post-Treehouse series delights in silliness, imagination and problem-solving….Known for his outrageous humour and imagination, Griffiths’ latest is no different. The book reads almost like improv comedy, every unlikely mishap having an outrageous solution that will probably lead to more trouble. This recursion is perhaps a little tiring for adult readers but it will delight Griffiths’ young fans. And although this is a new series, every lovable part of his absurd imagination remains strong and his creativity knows no bounds, as the adventurers encounter the odorous Lost Foot Empawrium and pirates on the high seas. ― The Guardian