Island Storm (精裝版)
Island Storm (精裝版)
A Kirkus Prize Finalist
A New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year
Can you tell when a storm is coming? Can you feel the wind coming and growing? Do you hear the branches bouncing together, hear the whispers of the wind through the leaves?
Join in the journey as two siblings bear witness to the steady start, thrilling apex, and gentle end of this island storm. They’ll shelter soon, but first they want to feel it all.
Sydney Smith is the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international distinction given to authors and illustrators of children’s books, and his illustrations are fantastically textured and visually spectacular. Paired with Brian Floca’s eloquent, rhythmic text, Island Storm is a multi-sensory experience that will amaze and delight readers. Children who fear thunder can take comfort in seeing it captured in the pages, while those who relish watching the sky crack open can enjoy battling this storm from the comfort of their homes.
A Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended Title
An NPR "Books We Love" Selection
A Horn Book Fanfare Title
Named a Best Book of the Year by Shelf Awareness, Publishers Weekly, the Boston Globe, Quill & Quire, and more!
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
One of Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids
島上的風呼呼的吹,一場暴風雨即將來襲,
孩子們自由奔馳的好奇心,蠢蠢欲動…
兄妹倆穿上了鞋、獨自離開家門,
迫不及待地前往海邊,探尋暴風雨的蹤跡,
極具張力的冒險故事,就此展開。
國際安徒生大獎得主席尼.史密斯(Sydney Smith),暨凱迪克金獎得主弗洛卡(Brian Floca)強強聯手,展現暴風雨來襲前的陰鬱之美,孩童奔跑時的急促節拍。跟隨書中小主角的視角與步伐,讀者感受到大自然多感官層次的變化,光影變化及流動的畫面隱含了巨大的張力,乘載了故事中人物的情感,同時也召喚起讀者生命經驗中塵封已久的回憶與悸動。
牽起我的手,在風暴來臨前,我們一同去看海。風雨就要來了嗎?在熟悉的小島上,你也感覺到風力漸漸增強,聽見樹枝相互碰撞的聲響?站在海邊的石頭上,一同望著猛力衝擊岩石的浪花濺起、飛散,水珠落在我們的臉上。該回家了嗎?天色漸暗,你拉著我,我拉著你,兄妹倆自由奔馳的好奇心,仍未停歇。我們走過岸邊的碉堡、冷清的街道……轟!雷雨交加,快跑!你拉著我,我拉著你,穿越林間黑暗冰冷的風雨,奔向家的方向。媽媽正拿著手電筒,在前方等著我們,給了我們一個擁抱,家是最舒適溫暖、安全的地方。翌日,小島又恢復成熟悉又平靜的樣子,而兄妹倆的童年風景,悄然喚醒讀者遺忘許久的成長經驗,在心中迴盪不停息。