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Owl Moon (1988 Caldecott Medal Winner)
出版社： Penguin Putnam Inc.
書林書號：
00811361
作者：
Yolen, Jane
定價：
595
會員價：
$506
ISBN：
9780399214578
出版年份：
1987
裝訂：
精裝
總頁數：
0
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適讀年齡： 3-8歲    / Grade Level：Preschool - 3   / Lexile Measure：  630L

1988年 美國凱迪克童書獎金獎 Caldecott Medal Award

產品簡介：

在一個無風的隆冬夜晚，爸爸帶著女孩一塊去拜訪森林裡的貓頭鷹。月亮高高地掛在天空，映著整個天是如此的光亮，遠處傳來火車的汽笛聲，又長又低還帶著點憂傷，回應這汽笛聲的是陣陣狗吠聲……一路上女孩一點聲音也不敢有，因為爸爸不斷地提醒她：拜訪貓頭鷹一定要非常安靜才可以。空蕩蕩的雪地上，兩人就這麼一前一後地走著，只留下長短不一的腳印。爸爸和小女孩如置身在夢境般的寧靜中，悄悄地追尋著貓頭鷹的行蹤。這是怎麼樣的一段冒險？他們能否找到嚮往已久的貓頭鷹？


Late one winter night a little girl and her father go owlinng. The trees stand still as statues and the world is silent as a dream. Whoo-whoo-whoo, the father calls to the mysterious nighttime bird.

But there is no answer. Wordlessly the two companions walk along, for when you go owling you don’t need  words. You don’t need anything but hope. Sometimes there isn’t an owl, but sometimes there is.



書籍特色：

本書的作者，以詩般的書寫體，用心的斷句，讓讀者輕輕的吟誦。搭配繪者以廣角大視野的表現方式，將冬天靜謐冷沁的感覺，真實地呈現出來，更把父女相互依存及傳承的感覺表現無遺。


作者簡介：

JaneYolen是眾所公認的傑出文學作家，她的童書和小說著作已超過三百本，其中包括贏得「美國凱迪克大獎」 (The Caldecott Medal)的繪本《月下看貓頭鷹Owl Moon》，和《恐龍怎麼做How Do Dinosaurs series》繪本系列。《新聞週刊》(Newsweek) 雜誌將Jane Yolen封為美國文壇的漢斯‧克里斯蒂安‧安徒生童話大師(the American Hans Christian Andersen)。她冬季在美國麻州居住；夏季則居住在蘇格蘭，而她蘇格蘭的家就恰巧在J. M. Barrie出生地附近。

John Schoenherr (1935-2010）是美國插畫家。他曾以《月下看貓頭鷹Owl Moon》贏得了1988年美國凱迪克獎，這個父親與女兒的故事中，Schoenherr僅以圖畫透露出孩子的性別。


Born and raised in New York City, Jane Yolen now lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts. She attended Smith College and received her master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts. The distinguished author of more than 170 books, Jane Yolen is a person of many talents. When she is not writing, Yolen composes songs, is a professional storyteller on the stage, and is the busy wife of a university professor, the mother of three grown children, and a grandmother.
Active in several organizations, Yolen has been on the Board of Directors of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America from 1986 to 1988, is on the editorial board of several magazines, and was a founding member of the Western New England Storytellers Guild, the Western Massachusetts Illustrators Guild, and the Bay State Writers Guild. For twenty years, she ran a monthly writer's workshop for new children's book authors. In 1980, when Yolen was awarded an honorary Doctor of Law degree by Our Lady of the Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts, the citation recognized that "throughout her writing career she has remained true to her primary source of inspiration--folk culture." Folklore is the "perfect second skin," writes Yolen. "From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world." Folklore, she believes, is the universal human language, a language that children instinctively feel in their hearts.

All of Yolen's stories and poems are somehow rooted in her sense of family and self. The Emperor and the Kite, which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1983 for its intricate papercut illustrations by Ed Young, was based on Yolen's relationship with her late father, who was an international kite-flying champion. Owl Moon, winner of the 1988 Caldecott Medal for John Schoenherr's exquisite watercolors, was inspired by her husband's interest in birding.

Yolen's graceful rhythms and outrageous rhymes have been gathered in numerous collections. She has earned many awards over the years: the Regina Medal, the Kerlan Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Society of Children's Book Writers Award, the Mythopoetic Society's Aslan Award, the Christopher Medal, the Boy's Club Jr. Book Award, the Garden State Children's Book Award, the Daedalus Award, a number of Parents' Choice Magazine Awards, and many more. Her books and stories have been translated into Japanese, French, Spanish, Chinese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Afrikaans, !Xhosa, Portuguese, and Braille.

With a versatility that has led her to be called "America's Hans Christian Andersen," Yolen, the child of two writers, is a gifted and natural storyteller. Perhaps the best explanation for her outstanding accomplishments comes from Jane Yolen herself: "I don't care whether the story is real or fantastical. I tell the story that needs to be told."

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