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★ 當童書不只是童書，而是一條回到想像力的路。★ 暢銷童書作家Mac Barnett寫給大人的閱讀宣言，幽默、犀利又深情。★ 獻給父母、老師、書店人，以及每一位曾被故事照亮過的大人。小時候，我們都曾毫不懷疑地走進故事裡。月亮會說晚安，動物會開車，黑暗裡可能藏著怪獸，也可能藏著一扇通往想像的門。可是長大以後，我們開始問：這本書有沒有教育意義？能不能提升閱讀能力？孩子讀完學到了什麼？本書以輕快風趣的散文筆調，談閱讀、談圖畫書、談《晚安月亮》為何如此迷人，也談我們如何在陪孩子讀書時，重新遇見那個曾經相信故事的自己。推薦給父母、教師、圖書館員、童書工作者，以及所有想找回閱讀喜悅的大人。LibraryReads Notable Nonfiction Pick “Conversational essays on wonder . . . A meditation on what gives life meaning. . . . A loving sermon on the rewards of children’s books.” ―Kirkus ReviewsMake Believe is a book for adults about books for children, a rallying cry for art and imagination, and a celebration of the power of storytelling in all our lives. Mac Barnett, the beloved, bestselling children's author and U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, urges us to think expansively about the potential of children’s books—and the particular brilliance of young readers:What if children are a great audience for art?What if they are in fact better equipped to engage deeply with stories th

Make Believe is a book for adults about books for children, a rallying cry for art and imagination, and a celebration of the power of storytelling in all our lives. Mac Barnett, the beloved, bestselling children's author and U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, urges us to think expansively about the potential of children's books-and the particular brilliance of young readers: What if children are a great audience for art? What if they are in fact better equipped to engage deeply with stories than adults? What if humans' ability to appreciate art is, if not innate, awakened early in childhood? Well, then we'd better do our best to make some good kids' books.Barnett has published more than 60 children's books, which have been translated into 30+ languages and have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide, winning many international prizes along the way. Make Believe is his incisive, intimate, and timely invitation to approach children's literature not only as an art

A book for adults about books for children, a rallying cry for art and imagination, and a celebration of the power of storytelling in all our lives. Make Believe is bestselling children’s author Mac Barnett’s incisive, intimate, and timely invitation to approach children’s literature not only as an art form worthy of deep study and criticism, but as a portal into the lives of the children. And at a time when we are faced with a national literacy crisis, he champions the profound joys of literature and the importance of reading for pleasure.What if children are a great audience for art?What if they are in fact better equipped to engage deeply with stories than adults?What if humans’ ability to appreciate art is, if not innate, awakened early in childhood?Well, then we’d better do our best to make some good kids’ books.Written with humor and academic rigor, Make Believe reads like a letter from your smartest and funniest friend.

Curious minds are rewarded with curious answers in a fantastical bedtime book by Mac Barnett and Isabelle Arsenault. Why is the ocean blue? What is the rain? What happened to the dinosaurs? It might be time for bed, but one child is too full of questions about the world to go to sleep just yet. Little ones and their parents will be charmed and delighted as a patient father offers up increasingly creative responses to his child's nighttime wonderings. Any child who has ever asked "Why?" -- and any parent who has attempted an explanation -- will recognize themselves in this sweet storybook for dreamers who are looking for answers beyond "Just because."

In the fourth installment of Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris's New York Times bestselling series, the heroic trio of First Cat, LOZ 4000, and the Moon Queen take on Captain Babybeard and his crew of swashbuckling pirates.Robot-dog rovers on Mars! A nefarious banana! And a lot of other freaky stuff that really scares First Cat . . . that's what's in store for our feline hero and his friends in the next cataclysmic chapter of our bestselling blockbuster series.When the notorious pirate Babybeard is mutinied and marooned on a deserted island, the Moon Queen enlists him as a privateer, and he'll have to learn to rely on others to reclaim his ship--and restore his infamous reputation as the most dreaded pirate roaming the spacewaves!