2017年4月幽默繪本《喜歡雨靴的女孩》

The girl who loved wellies

《喜歡雨靴的女孩》

作者/繪者： 潔拉‧希克斯（Zehra Hicks）

責任編輯：許豪珊

出版社：維京  

出版日期：2017/04/01

＊適讀年齡：6歲以上

　　＊注音：有注音

獻給家裡也有愛說「我只喜歡……我只要……」小孩的父母

簡潔的線條，幽默的故事，家長可以和孩子「好好說」的生活常規小故事

沒有人可以讓莫莉脫下雨靴或是換上別的鞋子，莫莉最喜歡雨靴了；不管做什麼、在哪裡，她都穿著雨靴，就連睡覺時也不例外。有一天，她突然感覺腳趾的縫縫好癢好癢，她想抓卻抓不到。莫莉試了好多方法，沒有一個方法管用。終於，她意識到她必須把雨靴脫了下來……脫下雨靴的莫莉，依然最喜歡雨靴嗎？

本書特色

　　輕鬆和孩子討論關於生活常規的故事

　　給孩子、也是給父母的故事

莫莉的故事，或許也是許多父母關心的事；孩子或許不挑鞋但挑嘴，不挑嘴卻不願意穿外套……孩子總有許許多多的「我只喜歡、我只想要」。這個故事或許恢諧有趣，卻也提供了親子之間，一個很棒的機會，用「莫莉」的故事來談談「我們和孩子」的故事。故事的結尾引人深思，莫莉終於不穿雨靴了；可是，她現在只願意穿夾腳拖鞋了……

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作、繪者簡介

潔拉．希克斯（Zehra Hicks）

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對於童書界而言，潔拉．希克斯是個令人期待、興奮的新面孔。她於英國切爾西的藝術與設計學院修習書籍插畫的課程，擁有諾桑比亞大學授予的第一級現代藝術榮譽學位；此外，她也曾獲得2009年的麥克米倫童書插畫獎項肯定。受專業的平面設計背景影響，她擅長線條簡潔的創作風格。目前她和先生及兩個孩子居住於英國。

一起唱首雨鞋兒歌吧  

My Wellington Boots (It always rains)

I

t always rains rains rains

When I want to play play play

I hope this rain won't last all day 

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But I like my wellington boots

I like my winter coat

I like my gloves

my umbrella 

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內頁俏皮插圖

小朋友唱完大人唱

愛爾蘭歌手Billy Connolly 的可愛雨鞋歌

If it wisnae fur yer wellies

If it wisnae fur yer wellys where wid ye be
You'd be in the hospital or infirmary
Cause you'd have a dose ae the flu or even plurisee
If ye didnae have your feet in your wellys.

Wellys they are wonderful
Wellys they are swell cause they keep out the water
And they keep in the smell.
And when yur sittin' in a room
You can always tell when some body takes aff his wellys.

If it wisnae fur yer wellys where wid ye be
You'd be in the hospital or infirmary
Cause you'd have a dose ae the flu or even plurisee
If ye didnae have your feet in your wellys.

Or when your out walkin' in the country wae a bird
And your strollin' over fields just like a farmers herd
And somebody shouts keep aff the grass
And you think how obsurd
And Squelch you find why farmers all wear wellys

If it wisnae fur yer wellys where wid ye be
You'd be in the hospital or infirmary
Cause you'd have a dose ae the flu or even plurisee
If ye didnae have your feet in your wellys.

There's fishermen and firemen there's farmers an all
Men out diggin' ditches and workin' in the snow
This country it wid grind to a halt and no a thing wid grow
If it wisnae fur the workers in their wellys.

If it wisnae fur yer wellys where wid ye be
You'd be in the hospital or infirmary
Cause you'd have a dose ae the flu or even plurisee
If ye didnae have your feet in your wellys.