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For fans of Jon Klassen and Peter Brown comes MORE DUNG!, a slyly funny and stunningly illustrated picture book about a greedy dung beetle by debut author-illustrator Frank Weber.The dung beetle thinks he has everything he needs: the warmth of the sun, a gurgling river, and as much dung as he could ever want. But when a leopard tells him of a farm with even MORE dung, the beetle’s world suddenly looks small. And so he sets off to the farm, accruing more and more dung, building a veritable DUNG EMPIRE! But a tower of dung comes with a tower of risk, and soon our insect hero finds himself buried in his greed. (Yes, he’s buried in poop.)Frank Weber seamlessly blends philosophical questions about greed with scatological humor and truly gorgeous artwork to create this special debut.

小小的 ibex 面對一群比自己高大強壯的同伴，竟被要求參加爭奪族群「最高位置」的比賽。明知道勝算渺茫，他還是在一隻睿智 mountain goat 的幫助下找到方法，回到家後靠著機智勝過對手，真的站上了夢寐以求的位置。然而，得到第一名之後，一切真的會如想像中美好嗎？Frank Weber 以俐落畫面與含蓄幽默，從一場看似簡單的動物競賽，帶出競爭、成功與快樂之間的關係。本書延續作者首作 MORE DUNG! 將荒謬笑料與人生思考放在一起的特色，讓孩子從有趣故事中慢慢想想：努力爭第一，究竟是為了什麼？● 以爭奪第一名的動物競賽切入，帶出成功、競爭與快樂等主題● 小 ibex 不靠體型取勝，而是運用智慧突破原本看似不可能的比賽● 推薦給喜歡 MR. TIGER GOES WILD、I WANT MY HAT BACK 式簡潔畫面與含蓄幽默的讀者For fans of MR. TIGER GOES WILD and I WANT MY HAT BACK, author-illustrator Frank Weber presents style, stunning illustrations, and sly humor in THE TOP SPOT, which explores themes of happiness and the why of competing in the rat race called life.A little ibex is challenged to compete against the bigger ibexes for the top spot in the herd, a contest the little ibex stands no chance of winning. With the help of a wise mountain goat, the little ibex returns home, outsmarts his rivals, and claims the top spot. But is it everything he thought it would be?Frank Weber’s debut, MORE DUNG!, combined scatological humor with exi