We Could Fly (A Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner)

在媽媽的溫柔訴說中，小女孩聽見了祖母莉莎的故事，也感受到自己身體中那股想飛的輕盈與悸動。也許，是時候踏上那條祖先早已開始的旅程。這本圖畫書以非洲民間傳說為靈感，透過母女間的對話，描繪傳承、愛與自由的力量。以歌詞為引，搭配細緻動人的插畫，是一封寫給歷史與未來的溫柔之詩，也是一段關於記憶與希望的深情飛行。

A Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner

"This magical picture book will have readers entranced. Sublime."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

In a companion to Build a House, Rhiannon Giddens—winner of multiple Grammy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize and cofounder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops—gives wing to a moving tale of grace and transcendence, with acclaimed artist Briana Mukodiri Uchendu.

At a sparrow’s urging, a young girl feels a mysterious trembling in her arms, a lightness in her feet, a longing to be free. Her mother tells her that her Granny Liza experienced the same, as did many of their people before her. Perhaps it’s time, Mama says, to slip the bonds of earth and join the journey started long ago. To hold each other tight and rise. Drawing on lyrics from the song “We Could Fly” by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell, which in turn draw on a heritage of African folklore, this incantatory dialogue between a mother and daughter paired with startlingly beautiful illustrations celebrates love, resilience, and the spiritual power of the “old-time ways”—tradition and shared cultural memory—to sustain and uplift.