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The Rare, Tiny Flower

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內容簡介 絕無僅有的七彩小花 2022 年NYC BIG BOOK AWARD WINNER一隻七彩鳥啣了一顆種子，將它垂落在土裡，不久，種子開出一朵充滿各種顏色的花。藍衣男子見狀，說這朵花是藍色的，紅衣男子則說是紅色的，穿紫衣的說是紫色，接著，有人說花是橘色的、粉紅色的、白色的…，每個人都堅稱自己是正確的，大家吵成一團，愈吵愈兇。聽見爭吵的七彩花開始枯萎凋謝。吵成一團的人們見狀，安靜下來，省思「是自己的原因讓花凋謝嗎？」。一旁的女孩為花哭泣，為戰爭傷心，女孩的眼淚滴在花上，七彩花終於恢復生氣。每種生物都有自己的顏色，每個各體都是獨一無二的，當大家的心在一起，各自展現顏色，美麗的彩虹就會出現。* 2022 NYC BIG BOOK AWARD WINNER * 2022 WORLD ILLUSTRATION AWARDS SHORTLIST ""Kitty O'Meara's The Rare, Tiny Flower, illustrated by Quim Torres, relies on metaphor to introduce children to the often trivial reasons for war."" --The New York Times ""Kitty O'Meara is the poet laureate of the pandemic""--The Observer ""The Rare Tiny Flower speaks to both adults and children."" -10thirtysix, Milwaukee PBS This timely and timeless tale by Kitty O'Meara, like her best-selling book about the pandemic, And the People Stayed Home, offers wisdom relevant to difficult current situations and provides hope for resolution and growth. The Rare, Tiny Flower is a beautifully produced picture book that explores themes of difference, divisiveness, tolerance, and unity as well as the agency of children through a thoughtful parable told in rhyming verse and accompanied by deeply felt illustrations. This rhyming poem features a mysterious flower in the midst of a forest that appears as a different color to each viewer, which leads to escalating strife as everyone insists that their vision is ""right."" World leaders and even botanists are unable to agree on the nature of the flower, and declare war as a way to resolve the conflict. It takes the vision and bravery of a young girl to point out that the flower is, in fact, quite multi-dimensional. Remarkably, she has the ability to be heard by the squabbling masses, who then see beyond their fighting and begin to rebuild bridges of communication and commit to connecting with one another and respecting varying points of view. Kitty O'Meara's thoughtful poem includes people realizing and voicing this important lesson: ""Maybe there are other colors to see; what's lovely to you could be lovely to me."" O'Meara is the author of a bestselling book about the pandemic, And the People Stayed Home, based on her poem that went viral. The Rare, Tiny Flower also speaks to current world events as well as truths about human nature. O'Meara's wise words are paired with evocative illustrations by Quim Torres."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Kitty O'MearaKitty O'Meara lives near Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband, Phillip Hagedorn, their five rescue dogs, two cats, gardens, and books. Formerly a middle school writing and literature teacher and hospital and hospice chaplain, she is currently a spiritual director and has been a lifelong writer and artist. She has been called "the poet laureate of the pandemic" based on her wildly popular, widely circulated, and hopeful poem about the Covid-19 pandemic. That poem is illustrated and presented in book form in the bestselling And the People Stayed Home, published by Tra Publishing.Quim TorresQuim Torres is an award-winning illustrator and author based in Barcelona. He has illustrated several children's books, including the recent Tra Publishing titles Sweet People Are Everywhere by Alice Walker and The Rare, Tiny Flower by Kitty O'Meara (both 2021). He has studied art as healing and Gestalt psychology, and he teaches workshops in which drawing becomes a means of self-discovery. He believes that people are made of stories, and he hopes his drawings inspire others to share their tales. He feels that art is a healing force.

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