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The Book of Whys

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內容簡介 義大利兒童文學之父強尼．羅大里為小孩寫的書解答小孩的種種「為什麼」大象為什麼有長鼻子？鸚鵡為什麼會說話？我們為什麼出生？……孩子總有好多「為什麼」。義大利國寶級兒童文學之父強尼．羅大里特地為小孩們一一解答。獲頒兒童文學諾貝爾獎「安徒生大獎」的強尼．羅大里，作品總是富含寓意，反映現實生活的啟示。他曾當過老師、記者及兒童週刊主編，有好幾年的時間，義大利各地的孩子會將種種問題投稿到他的報紙專欄。他則以韻文或詩的形式回覆。這本繪本集結其中的一些問題及回答，並由多次獲選美國年度插畫家的美籍韓裔插畫家尹朱熙繪製插畫，以富有童趣的畫風呈現孩子的世界觀。Factual as well as whimsical, and humorously illustrated, this is the first English-language publication of the answers given by one of Italy's greatest and most beloved children's authors to children's questions about animals, nature, technology, and culture.Gianni Rodari is widely regarded as the father of modern Italian children's literature. A firm believer in the great intelligence of children, he worked both as a teacher and a journalist. For a number of years, children across Italy sent their questions to his weekly newspaper column—questions Rodari answered, most inventively, with rhymes and little poems. Why didn't he reply with facts alone? Because he wanted to provoke children into thinking about questions, norms, and language itself. The Book of Whys collects a selection of these questions—from "Why does an elephant have a trunk?" to "Why does a car need fuel?" to "Why are we born?"—along with Rodari's answers, which beautifully serve to highlight the complexities, simplicities, and absurdities of our world.With a fresh translation from Antony Shugaar, who also translated Rodari's Telephone Tales (the 2021 Batchelder Award winner), and playful illustrations in colored pencils from artist JooHee Yoon (Beastly Verse; The Tiger Who Would Be King, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2015; Inside Out and Upside Down), The Book of Whys is a playful, surprising, and poetically informative book for all those who are curious about the world and ready to play with the ways things are.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Gianni RodariItalian author Gianni Rodari wrote many beloved children's books and was awarded the prestigious Andersen Prize. But he was also an educator of paramount importance in Italy and an activist who understood the liberating power of the imagination. He is one of the twentieth century’s greatest authors for children, and Italy's greatest. Influenced by French surrealism and linguistics, Rodari stressed the importance of poetic language, metaphor, made-up language, and play. At a time when schooling was all about factual knowledge, Rodari wrote The Grammar of Fantasy, a radically imaginative book about storytelling and play. He was a forerunner of writing techniques such as the "fantastic binomial" and the utopian, world engendering "what if...." The relevance of Rodari’s works today lies in his poetics of imagination, his humanist yet challenging approach to reality, and his themes, such as war and peace, immigration, injustice, inequality, and liberty. Forty years after his death, Rodari’s writing is as powerful and innovative as ever. He died in Rome in 1980.Antony ShugaarAntony Shugaar is a writer and translator, working out of Italian and French. He once interviewed the creator of Topo Gigio.JooHee YoonJooHee Yoon is an artist and educator whose practice spans illustration, design, and printmaking. Much of her work is influenced by her time experimenting with traditional printmaking techniques. Her drawings can often be seen in publications such as the New York Times, and she has exhibited widely both in the United States and abroad. In 2015 her first picture book, a contemporary take on the James Thurber classic The Tiger Who Would Be King, was named one of the New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books. Currently she teaches in the illustration department at RISD, along with working on publishing projects.

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最佳賣點 : 義大利兒童文學之父賈尼．羅大里以韻文詩的形式回覆孩子的各種問題，配上韓國插畫家JooHee Yoon的插畫 。

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