海嘯奪走了村莊，也奪走了Makio的父親與聲音。某日，鄰居Mr. Hirota在自家庭園裡建起一座神秘電話亭，沒有線路、無法撥通，卻吸引了愈來愈多村民。Makio漸漸明白，這電話亭成了通往思念之地的風之話筒。《The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden》以平靜內斂的敘述，搭配版畫風插圖，描繪悲傷如何被傾聽、被理解。靜靜訴說一段來自日本真實故事的療癒之旅。Everyone lost someone the day the big wave came.This gorgeously illustrated picture book tells the story of a young Japanese boy who loses his dad in a tsunami.★ “Smith spins a quietly moving narrative...Wada’s large-scale woodblock style illustrations are a perfect complement to the story’s restrained text...The graceful way in which this book handles a sensitive and serious subject makes it a first purchase."—School Library JournalWhen the tsunami destroyed Makio's village, Makio lost his father . . . and his voice. The entire village is silenced by grief, and the young child's anger at the ocean grows. Then one day his neighbor, Mr. Hirota, begins a mysterious project—building a phone booth in his garden. At first Makio is puzzled; the phone isn't connected to anything. It just sits there, u
