Every page of this book contains an ethereal beauty that brings the text to life. Readers will experience the revolutionary impact of water on people and the environment, and learn how water enables so many living things to make their homes. "Know a little more" at the end of the book briefly supplements the required information and explains every interesting form of water. It is recommended that parents or teachers read it carefully before accompanying reading
★ Winner of Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year!
★ Won the International Reading Association Book of the Year!
★ Minnesota Book Awards finalist!
★ Junior Library Guild Selection!
★ Kansas Bill, USA. Martin Picture Book Award Finalist!
★ Reading is the basic multicultural selection!
★ American Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Book Review, Book List Highly recommended!
★ 5 out of 5 stars on Amazon USA!
About the Author
Laura Purdie Salas, a former teacher, believes that reading picture books and poetry can have a huge impact on life. She is the author of more than 130 children's picture books, and her works have won many international awards, including the "Can Be Series" (Best Book Award on Bank Street in the United States, International Reading Society Teachers' Choice Favorite Book), Lion of the Sky (Kirkes Annual Best Books, Parents Magazine Book of the Year), Bookspeak!: Poems about Books (Minnesota Book Awards, Best Books on Bank Street of America), and more. Laura grew up in Florida and now lives and writes with her family in Minnesota. She wants children to be interested in reading and writing, in addition to being at laurasalas.com
水就是水──
是水窪,是池塘,是大海。
水,還可以是什麼?
在這詩意盎然的圖文裡,探索水在四季中扮演的不同角色。它闡釋水的不同形態和作用,並挑戰讀者自己尋找更多水的特色。
本書特色
◆ 插畫賞心悅目,令人著迷
◆ 每一張對頁,呈現一雙押韻的句子,適合朗讀
◆ 巧用借喻法,精煉而具體地描繪了水的不同形態
◆ 本書不是故事書,沒有情節,而是關乎自然,蘊含無限的想像與思考空間,讓大人和小孩暢談對水、對大自然的看法和感受,是伴讀的優秀繪本
◆ 書末的「知多一點點」扼要地補充所需資料,闡釋水的每一種有趣形態,建議家長或老師在伴讀前細閱
◆ 中英雙語的呈現,不但有助語言學習,也藉此比較兩種語言不同的樂趣,適合初學英文者或鼓勵雙語學習的好書
得獎紀錄
★ 榮獲美國銀行街教育學院年度最佳童書(Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year)!
★ 榮獲國際閱讀協會教師評選最愛圖書(International Reading Association Book of the Year)!
★ 美國明尼蘇達州圖書獎入圍(Minnesota Book Awards)!
★ 美國青少年圖書館協會選書(Junior Library Guild Selection)!
★ 美國堪薩斯比爾.馬丁繪本獎入圍!
★ 閱讀是基礎多元文化選書!
★ 美國出版者週刊、圖書館期刊、科克斯書評、書單 好評推薦!
★ 美國亞馬遜5顆星滿分好評!
好評推薦
「每一頁都含著飄渺的美感,讓文字栩栩如生。讀者將體驗水對人和環境的革命性影響,並了解水是如何讓眾多生物開闢家園。」──《圖書館期刊》(School Library Journal)
「任何年齡的孩子都會對水有新的認識;薩拉斯和達比加肯定會吸引新的粉絲。」──《科克斯書評》(Kirkus Review)
「插圖豐富,作畫優美。就像作者上一本作品《葉,還可以是……》一樣,年幼的孩子會在不同的場景中發現許多有趣的細節。」──《書單》(Booklist)
「如同《葉,還可以是……》,薩拉斯與達比加將每個場景作為一幅藝術作品,優美的繪畫並巧妙的匹配靈活的情緒文字……」──《出版者週刊》(Publishers Weekly)
作者簡介
蘿拉.佩爾迪.薩拉斯(Laura Purdie Salas)
曾任職教師,她認為閱讀圖畫書和詩歌會為人生帶來巨大的影響。她著有超過130本兒童繪本,著作多次獲得國際獎項,包括「Can Be系列」(美國銀行街最佳圖書獎、國際閱讀學會教師評選最愛圖書)、Lion of the Sky(柯爾克斯年度最佳書籍、《父母雜誌》年度最佳書籍)、 Bookspeak!: Poems about Books(明尼蘇達州圖書獎、美國銀行街最佳圖書獎)等。
蘿拉在美國佛羅里達州長大,現與家人在明尼蘇達州生活和寫作。她希望孩子對閱讀和寫作感興趣,除了在 laurasalas.com/writing-for-children/ 為兒童作家提供資源之外,同時在全國各地的寫作會議上進行教學及演講。