Puss In Boots

　　德國以出版設計書知名的出版社gestalten於2014年首度跨入童書出版創作，首發的童書即以《Puss In Boots》及《Little Red Riding Hood》二本格林兄弟經典童話的拉頁紙雕禮物書向讀者呈現gestalten具現代設計感的經典童書。這些插圖不僅賦予經典現代的敘事外觀，同時在拉頁展開時，光線的投射與影子也呈現出古老的皮影戲效果，將這隻穿著皮靴的貓如何幫助貧窮磨坊主實現財富生活的故事，以少數幾頁的紙雕及故事文字完整呈現。這本折疊書說故事的方式讓故事以重點式的場景呈現，同時具備經典童話、禮物書、以及設計書等多項功能。【文∕博客來外文館】

　　Almost everyone knows the cunning, boot-wearing feline who helps a poor miller achieve a life of riches. In this edition of the brothers Grimm fairytale, the classic story is given an added dimension. Because the book can be completely unfolded, its cut-out illustrations can be projected as shadows onto walls and experienced in an entirely new way. Each page reveals another step in the process by which the sly cat changes the future of his master for the better. All of the key scenes are depicted by an image packed with detail and fantasy—the purchase of the boots, the transformation of the evil magician into a mouse, the happy-end castle wedding of the miller and the princess. These illustrations not only give a contemporary look to the 200-year-old narrative, but they can also be transformed into a dancing play of shadows when held in front of a light. In this way, the cut-outs truly make the story come alive for its young readers.

作者簡介

　　Clementine Sourdais studied at the Mediter- ranean college of art and design in Marseille and the Ecole nationale superiure des beaux-arts in Lyon. She has already brought her signature illustration style to several books that have been published in France: Mes maisons du monde (My Houses in the World), Tout sur le printemps (All about Spring), and Tout sur l’ete (All about Summer). Sourdais also illustrated a similar fold-out of Little Red Riding Hood, which was published by Little Gestalten.