The Snow Theater

榮獲「阿思緹·林格倫紀念獎」的日本繪本大師 荒井良二（Ryoji Arai），
帶來一則充滿詩意與魔法的冬日故事——關於接納錯誤、想像力的力量，以及父母無條件的愛。

在一個下雪的日子裡，一個男孩不小心撕壞了爸爸最喜愛的書頁。
滿懷愧疚的他，靜靜地離開溫暖的家，獨自滑雪穿過雪白的世界。

在寂靜的雪地中，他忽然發現一座被燈光照亮的小舞台——
那是一座 雪之劇場，有微小的雪人、雪中舞者，一切閃耀著奇異的光。

舞台漸漸變大，壯麗的雪之女王登場，男孩加入一群雪孩子的合唱，
女王高舉雙手——雪，落啊落啊落，直到天地一片白茫茫。

就在這片雪幕中，男孩的父親出現了。
他雖讓孩子獨自前行，卻從未真正失去他的蹤影。
父子牽起手，一起走回家。

From Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award winner Ryoji Arai comes a gorgeous picture book about a child learning to accept mistakes, while having a magical experience in the wild, beautiful snow.

After accidentally ripping the pages of his father’s favorite book, a pensive, heavy-hearted boy leaves his cozy, warm house to ski through the snow. There, in the quiet and the cold, he stumbles upon a small stage that’s all lit up—a tiny snow theater, with tiny snow people and tiny ballerinas—that soon transforms into a large snow theater, presided over by the majestic snow queen.

As the boy joins the chorus of snow children, the snow queen lifts up her arms and snow falls and falls and falls, until all the boy can see is white—a snowstorm! And it’s at that precise moment that the boy’s father, who let his son go off alone but never lost track of him, is there to take his hand as they return home together.

Originally published in Japan and written and illustrated by one of the country’s most important picture book makers, The Snow Theater is a quietly enchanting tale about the wild beauty of nature, the powers of the imagination, and the unconditional love of a parent for their child.