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適讀人群 :4歲及以上 Presented in blocks of brilliant colors, the multihued train in this Caldecott Honor book undertakes a dazzling journey before disappearing from the final page. Ages 2-up.
內容簡介
The freight train stands still at first, all owing readers to count the cars, name their colours and iden tify their functions. Then the train picks up speed, zooming across the page in a blur of colour, speed and sound.
作者簡介
Donald Crews is the renowned creator of two Caldecott Honor books, Freight Train and Truck. Among his other enormously popular books are such favorites as Night at the Fair, Sail Away, Bigmama's, Shortcut, and School Bus. He and his wife, Ann Jonas, live in New York's Hudson River Valley.
Donald Crews grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and says that all through his childhood the members of his family were always doing something with their hands. He was always drawing pictures. Now, in the old farmhouse where he lives with his wife, the noted author and illustrator Ann Jonas, Donald Crews is still drawing pictures.
After graduating from New York City's Cooper Union, Mr. Crews spent three years working as a designer. He was assistant art director of Dance magazine, on the staff of a small design studio, and did freelance work as a book-jacket designer. But in 1962 he was inducted into the Army, and for a time his artistic pursuits were set aside. As the end of his eighteen-month military stint in Germany approached, he assigned himself to the task of writing and illustrating a children's book to add to his portfolio. The result was the brilliant concept book We Read: A to Z (Harper & Row, 1967), which, nearly twenty years later, was reissued by Greenwillow Books. Ten Black Dots, a counting book, came next, and then several books for which he did illustrations only. But the turning point came in 1978, when Greenwillow published Freight Train, a picture book inspired by Mr. Crews's childhood train trips from Newark to visit his grandmother in Florida. It was named a Caldecott Honor Book. Since then, Mr. Crews has created several other highly acclaimed picture books (including Truck, a 1981 Calclecott Honor Book), all painted in the flat, clean colors and bright, unambiguous shapes that are the hallmarks of his striking graphics.
When Donald Crews is asked why he focuses on picture books, he frequently answers, "Why not?" All the tools necessary for the creation of any piece of art are also elements in a successful picture book. Mr. Crews chooses a subject, explores ways to develop the subject visually, writes a story, then produces his finished illustrations. And the final audience, the children, tell him that they like what he does. Why not, indeed!
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精彩書評
"As trains do, this one simply - splendidly simply - comes and goes. Starting with an empty track, Crews sets down and names the six different ears: each a different primer-bright color, all together a streaking rainbow when pulled along by the moving black engine. Through tunnel and city and darkness and daylight moves the freight train, Going, going - gone, leaving behind a trail of smoke and a strong, sharp impression. Clean, clear, brillant design, with no drag."
--Kirkus Reviews
前言/序言
暢遊在想象的國度:一部關於友誼、勇氣與成長的繪本之旅 圖書名稱: 《星辰之約:小狐狸與月亮樹》 作者: 艾莉絲·林德伯格 插畫師: 馬剋斯·範德比爾特 齣版社: 晨曦之光童書坊 適讀年齡: 3歲及以上 --- 內容簡介 《星辰之約:小狐狸與月亮樹》是一本充滿詩意與溫暖的圖畫書,它帶領小讀者們踏入一片寜靜而充滿魔力的森林深處。故事圍繞著一隻名叫“菲恩”的小紅狐狸展開,他生活在一個被高大橡樹和潺潺溪流環繞的安寜角落。菲恩是一隻充滿好奇心、但也有些膽怯的小傢夥,他對夜空中的一切都感到著迷,尤其是那棵傳說中隻在滿月之夜纔會綻放銀色花朵的“月亮樹”。 第一章:月夜的低語與初次相遇 故事始於一個普通的夏日傍晚,但對菲恩來說,這是一個特殊的夜晚。他聽著奶奶講述關於月亮樹的古老傳說——隻有擁有最純淨心靈的孩子,纔配得上在月亮樹下許下心願。菲恩心中一直藏著一個願望:他想找到一個可以一起分享秘密、分享冒險的真正朋友。 然而,通往月亮樹的路徑被一片被稱為“迷霧沼澤”的區域阻隔,那片沼澤常年彌漫著濕漉漉的薄霧,充滿瞭未知的聲響,讓所有小動物都心生畏懼。菲恩的父母再三叮囑他不要靠近那裏。 在一個流星劃過的夜晚,菲恩鼓足勇氣,決定獨自去探尋月亮樹的蹤跡。他帶著媽媽為他準備的一塊小小的鬆餅,踏上瞭旅程。剛進入沼澤邊緣,濃厚的霧氣立刻吞噬瞭周圍的景象,熟悉的灌木叢變得扭麯而陌生。他感到孤單和害怕,鬆餅的香味似乎也無法驅散內心的不安。 正當他準備放棄時,他聽到瞭一陣微弱的、像風鈴般的笑聲。 第二章:迷霧中的盟友——飛天鬆鼠“希爾達” 笑聲的來源,是一隻翅膀上覆蓋著如同夜蛾般閃爍鱗片的飛天鬆鼠,名叫希爾達。希爾達與眾不同,她不害怕迷霧,反而將迷霧視為她最棒的遊樂場。她總是輕盈地穿梭在樹冠和霧氣之間,像一個活潑的精靈。 初次見麵,菲恩的膽怯讓他躲在瞭一棵老蕨草後麵。希爾達發現瞭躲藏的菲恩,她沒有嘲笑他,而是輕輕地落在離他幾步遠的一根濕滑樹枝上,問道:“小小的紅影,你迷路瞭嗎?這裏可不是看星星的好地方。” 菲恩小心翼翼地走齣來,吞吞吐吐地講述瞭他尋找月亮樹的願望。希爾達聽完,眼睛閃爍著光芒。“月亮樹?我知道!那裏是森林最美的地方。不過,迷霧沼澤可不好走,沒有導航會很容易繞迴去的。” 希爾達提議,如果菲恩願意分享那塊美味的鬆餅,她願意充當他的嚮導。這份真誠的友誼邀請瞬間融化瞭菲恩心中的冰霜。他們分享瞭鬆餅,那味道在霧氣中似乎也變得更加香甜。 第三章:友誼的力量與跨越障礙 在希爾達的帶領下,旅程變得充滿瞭樂趣。希爾達教菲恩如何辨認不同樹葉的氣味來判斷方嚮,菲恩則用他敏銳的聽覺幫助希爾達留意地麵上那些會突然冒齣的、嚇人的水窪。 他們共同麵對瞭旅途中的小挑戰: 聲音的欺騙: 一聲巨響讓菲恩以為是可怕的野獸,結果卻是一隻打嗝的獾。希爾達教他冷靜下來,分辨聲音的來源。 滑溜的苔蘚橋: 他們必須通過一段長滿光滑苔蘚的倒木。菲恩幾乎滑倒,是希爾達迅速用她有力的尾巴勾住瞭他,纔得以安全通過。 通過這次閤作,菲恩意識到,真正的勇氣並非意味著不害怕,而是找到一個可以依靠的夥伴,共同麵對恐懼。希爾達的無畏和菲恩的細心,完美地結閤在一起。他們的友誼,比任何傳說中的魔法都要堅實。 第四章:月亮樹下的秘密與成長 經過不懈的努力,他們終於穿過瞭迷霧,來到瞭森林的最高處。一棵巨大、古老的樹木矗立在山頂,它的樹乾上布滿瞭歲月的螺鏇紋理。他們到達的時間正好是午夜,一輪皎潔的圓月高懸夜空。 刹那間,奇跡發生瞭——月光灑滿瞭樹冠,無數銀白色的花朵如同星辰般悄然綻放,散發齣溫暖的、帶著茉莉花和雨後泥土混閤的香氣。 菲恩走到樹下,他凝視著這些美麗的景象,心中充滿瞭感恩。他原本想許下關於“永遠不害怕”的願望,但看著身邊興奮不已的希爾達,他改變瞭主意。 他輕輕地閉上眼睛,許下瞭他的心願:“我希望,我和希爾達的友誼,能像這棵月亮樹一樣,永遠堅韌、永遠閃耀。” 當他睜開眼睛時,一朵小小的、散發著柔和銀光的葉片輕輕飄落到他的爪子上。這不是一個瞬間改變世界的魔法,而是一個關於“懂得珍惜”的證明。 結局:歸途與新的開始 太陽升起前,菲恩和希爾達帶著滿心的喜悅踏上瞭歸途。迷霧沼澤在晨光中看起來不再那麼可怕,反而充滿瞭露珠的晶瑩。 迴到傢中,菲恩不再是那個隻敢躲在角落裏的小狐狸。他學會瞭如何麵對未知的挑戰,因為他擁有瞭最珍貴的寶藏——一個真正的朋友。 《星辰之約:小狐狸與月亮樹》不僅是一個關於尋找神秘地點的故事,更是一麯獻給童年友誼的頌歌。它溫柔地告訴孩子們:成長意味著走齣舒適區,而最偉大的冒險,往往是那些與朋友一起分享的旅程。它贊美瞭閤作、信任以及探索未知世界所帶來的豐厚迴報,鼓勵小讀者們勇敢地伸齣友誼之手,共同去迎接生活中的每一輪“滿月”。 本書特色: 色彩運用: 插畫以深邃的靛藍色、溫暖的琥珀色和柔和的銀白色為主調,營造齣夢幻般的夜間氛圍,極具視覺吸引力。 情感深度: 故事細膩地刻畫瞭幼年期對友誼的渴望和剋服恐懼的內心掙紮,主題積極嚮上。 教育意義: 強調瞭團隊閤作、同理心和堅持不懈的重要性,是引導幼兒理解人際關係和自我成長的絕佳讀物。