The Bear family might not win the blue ribbon for their entry in the pumpkin contest during the annual Bear Country Thanksgiving Festival, but they do gain a new appreciation of the true spirit of the
走吧!今天就抬起你的工作與生活,向天涯海角出發! ★國際大獎動畫作品改編★ ★已售出英、德、瑞士與韓國等多國版權,繁體中文版本搶先全球上市★ ★4~8歲親子共讀,8歲以上自行閱讀 ◎無注音 【內容簡介】個性爽朗的奧爾嘉,已經在小報亭工作了很久、很久,事實上,她可能有一點「卡」在裡面了。 奧爾嘉偶爾會因為離不開小報亭而感到悲傷,這時候她會閱讀旅遊雜誌,夢想著遠方。 然而,一連串突如其來的事件,意外開啟了奧爾嘉的旅程…… ◎《小報亭》原作動畫電影:https://vimeo.com/258238541 【心動推薦】Emily│作家/插畫設計師黃大米│暢銷人氣作家螺螄拜恩│暢銷人氣作家(按姓氏筆畫排序) 【本書特色】★親子共讀之外,更是一本獻給大人的童話一本好書,能讓不同年齡的讀者感受到不同的層次。《小報亭》以它繽紛的色彩、搞笑的情節吸引住孩子的目光,然後沉浸在宛如漫畫式的分鏡和無所不在的亮點之中,目不暇給,重讀數遍也不厭倦。對成人讀者來說,本書除了視覺上的饗宴,也許還能對照我們自己的生活,是不是如奧爾嘉一般一成不變?也在心中隱隱盼望能夠在千里之外有另一種人生呢? ★繪本 VS. 動畫,樂趣大不同先看過動畫短片的讀者,會驚訝於動畫重新創作成靜態插畫時,作者為了適應不同媒體所做的調整。像是頁面的配置,還有精彩情節的放大,故事被精煉成一頁頁的精華;而閱讀完繪本再欣賞動畫的讀者,則能將自己對畫面的原初想像,和活起來的畫面相比較,會有另一番趣味,同時也可以在動畫中享受到許多畫面之外的小細節。 ★打開一扇通往異國的窗「小報亭」這種街邊路旁的小雜貨店,對於便利商店極度密集的臺灣來說相當陌生。藉由繪本《小報亭》,我們可以一窺歐洲,特別是拉脫維亞首都──里加的生活樣貌與城市風情。IBBY Honour List 2020International Jānis Baltvilks Prize in Children’s Literature and Book Art 2019
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WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021Discover the Sunday Times bestselling story of a family in crisis.'A tour de force... A spectacular demonstration of how the novel can make us see and think afresh' Booker Judges, 2021'A masterpiece - a moving, brilliantly told family epic' Elizabeth Day____________________________On a farm outside Pretoria, the Swarts are gathering for Ma's funeral. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for - not least their treatment of the Black woman who has worked for them her whole life. Salome was to be given her own house, her own land...yet somehow, that vow is carefully ignored.As each decade passes, and the family assemble again, one question hovers over them. Can you ever escape the repercussions of a broken promise?____________________________'Astonishing' Colm Tóibín'Bursting with life' The Times'Utterly compelling' Patrick Gale'Gorgeous and pleasurable' Tessa Hadley'Stunning' ObserverShortlisted for the 2022 Rathbones Fo
Oscar Book Prize 2022An uplifting, magical book perfect for sharing at bedtime that will leave children feeling warm, cosy and loved. Freya and her mum have gone to a little cabin to get away for a while. The light has gone out of their lives since Freya's dad passed away.Freya isn't sure about going sledging, but when she meets a magical fox in the snow, she can't help but follow him into the forest - and on to a thrilling adventure. A heartwarming bedtime story inspired by the Finnish Saami myth of the revontulet, or fox fires - the sparks that fly from the fur of a mystical fox to become the Northern Lights. The Fire Fox is a gloriously illustrated, beautifully written story about the nurturing light of love that can't be dimmed, written by debut author Alexandra Page and illustrated by the exciting talent Stef Murphy.This enchanting picture book with its touching story of sadness, hope, love and joy begs to be read again and again.
年度曼布克獎得主。作者以一個南非白人家庭的葬禮為主軸,藉年輕一代家庭成員的口提出家庭對長期工作的黑人女傭沒有遵守的承諾,深入描述他們從種族隔離年代到現今社會的種種故事。Discover the Booker Prize-shortlisted literary masterpiece of a family in crisis.'Astonishing' Colm ToibinThe Promise charts the crash and burn of a white South African family, living on a farm outside Pretoria. The Swarts are gathering for Ma's funeral. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for - not least the failed promise to the Black woman who has worked for them her whole life.After years of service, Salome was promised her own house, her own land... yet somehow, as each decade passes, that promise remains unfulfilled.The narrator's eye shifts and blinks: moving fluidly between characters, flying into their dreams; deliciously lethal in its observation. And as the country moves from old deep divisions to its new so-called fairer society, the lost promise of more than just one family hovers behind the novel's title.In this story of a diminished family, sharp and