AniMalcolm

本書由榮獲 LOLLIES 獎肯定的作家 David Baddiel 創作，是一則結合爆笑情節與成長思考的冒險故事。主角 Malcolm 一點也不喜歡動物，偏偏他的家人卻愛得要命，家裡擠滿了各種寵物，卻沒有他最想要的筆電。原本唯一值得期待的，是六年級的校外教學。沒想到，目的地竟然是一座農場。接下來發生的事，完全超出 Malcolm 的想像——他不只被迫更近距離地認識動物，甚至還體驗了「成為動物」的感覺。這些改變影響了他的行為、語言與生活方式，也讓他重新思考自己是誰。本書在歡笑之中，細膩描寫自我認同的過程，讓讀者在輕鬆閱讀中留下餘韻。

From David Baddiel, the brightest new star of children’s books and winner of the LOLLIES award, comes a laugh-out-loud adventure for every child who ever wondered what it might be like to be a bit of an animal…

Malcolm doesn’t like animals.

Which is a problem because his family love them. Their house is full of pets. What the house is NOT full of is stuff Malcolm likes. Such as the laptop he wanted for his birthday.

The only bright spot on the horizon is the Year Six school trip, which Malcolm never thought his parents would pay for. And yet there he is, on the bus, heading to… oh no. A farm.

Over the next days, Malcolm changes. He learns a lot about animals. More, in many ways, than he would like. He learns what it’s really like to be an animal. A whole series of animals, in fact…

It does make him think differently. And speak differently. And eat differently. And, um, smell differently. But will he end up the same as before?

Because sometimes the hardest thing to become is… yourself.