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I Know How to Draw an Owl

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內容簡介 貝兒畫出了班上最棒的貓頭鷹，但她沒告訴別人為什麼：她是在公園裡看到它們的，而那裡是她和媽媽睡覺的地方。榮獲夏洛特·佐洛托獎（Charlotte Zolotow Award）！貝兒和媽媽曾經有個房子，裏頭有一張桌子和椅子，擁有一個像貝兒班上同學一樣的家，但後來發生了一些變故。她們現在每晚都蜷縮在藍色的舊車裡，裏頭有用毯子做成的小窩，周圍堆滿了她們的東西。第一個晚上很難熬，但她們從來不孤單：她們的朋友——貓頭鷹一直在附近，樹上發出叫聲守護著她們。貝兒渴望能見到它，終於有一天她真的看見了。就是那時候她學會了如何畫貓頭鷹。沒有人知道這個故事，但有一天，一位男孩來到了學校，這個男孩的車看起來像貝兒的車，男孩看起來迷失又害怕時，輪到貝兒去守護某個人了。Hilary Horder Hippely充滿情感的文字與Matt James富有氛圍的插圖搭配，這本書非常貼切地呈現了許多家庭現實中的困境。它既不回避也不渲染過度，是真實、富有同理心且適齡的，描繪了一個經歷住房不穩定的家庭。Belle draws the best owl in class, but she doesn’t say why: she sees them in the park, where she and her mother sleep.Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner!Belle and her mother used to have a house, a table, and chairs, a home like any of Belle’s classmates’. But things changed. Now, they curl up each night in a blanket nest in their old blue car, with their things packed in around them.The first night was hard, but they’ve never been alone: their friend the owl has always been nearby, hooting in its tree, looking out for them. Belle longs to catch sight of it, and one night, she finally does. That’s how she learned to draw an owl.No one knows that story. But when a new boy comes to school, a boy whose car looks like Belle’s, a boy who looks lost and scared, it’s Belle’s turn to watch over someone.Hilary Horder Hippely’s soulful text pairs with Matt James’s atmospheric illustrations in a book all too relevant to the realities of many families. Neither flinching nor sensationalizing, I Know How to Draw an Owl is a deeply empathetic and age-appropriate portrayal of a family experiencing housing insecurity.

作者介紹

作者介紹 AuthorHilary Horder Hippely grew up on an island in Washington State. She attended Cornell University, and has advanced degrees in English Literature from the University of Washington and an AA in Early Childhood Education. Her previous picture books include The Crimson Ribbon, A Song for Lena, Adventure on Klickitat Island, and Rain or Shine. She lives in Seattle with her husband, near their seven grown children and their families.IllustratorMatt James has won many prestigious awards, including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the New Mexico Book Award and the Governor General's Award for Illustration. He illustrated When the Moon Comes by Paul Harbridge and The Stone Thrower by Jael Ealey Richardson. His author-illustrator debut, The Funeral, was named a New York Times and New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book. As a child, Matt liked to trace comics and pretend that tennis racquets were guitars. Now he lives in Toronto and behaves more like a grown up.

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最佳賣點 : Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner!