Sidewalk Flowers

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　　匆匆路過，便會錯過，磁磚縫隙裡、電線桿下、櫥窗角落、階梯旁的野花。
　　跟著小女孩的腳步，漫步人行道，
　　一朵朵收集，一朵朵分送，一抹抹拾回遺落的色彩。

　　透過孩子好奇的雙眼，重拾最純粹的善意，看見觸手可及的美麗。
　　沉靜、優雅、動人，值得細細品味，值得一讀再讀。

　　女孩和爸爸上街，視線不停流轉，眼光時而落在壯漢手臂上的刺青，時而看進車內的女子。爸爸接起電話，給了小女孩契機，發現電線杆旁的一叢小黃花。灰暗的街景中，女孩的紅色斗篷閃爍著，她處處留心，在看似不起眼的角落，發現繽紛美麗的小花。每發現一叢花，城市就多染上一抹顏色。回家路上，她把花一朵一朵送出，給死去的小麻雀、午睡的人、小狗……

本書特色
✿ 看大獎詩人強亞諾羅森（JonArno Lawson）不用一個字，創作出純粹、動人的故事。看大獎畫家席尼史密斯以流暢水墨線條與色彩配置，精心呈現日常之美，靈活運用畫格、單頁、跨頁圖，視角豐富，節奏舒緩，邀請讀者放慢腳步、空出雙眼、復甦感官，發現俯拾即是詩。
✿ 以匆促、忙碌、冷靜的大人，對比細膩、敏銳、溫柔的孩子，跟著紅帽女孩漫遊城市街景，透過孩子的視角，看見真實的美麗。
✿ 以圖為「文」，以色彩為「字」的無字繪本，提供絕佳詮釋空間，每翻一次，皆能發現不同細節，讓孩子盡情發揮觀察力與想像力。

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　　「我會把這本書送給任何一個正坐著喝咖啡的人。」 ──《紐約時報》（New York Times）
　　「有些事情看似是遊戲，卻很神聖。」──《出版人週刊》（Publishers Weekly）
　　「深刻的無字繪本……甜蜜歌頌著日常生活的美好。」──《科克斯書評》（Kirkus Review）
　　「改變視角，便會發現日常生活中的微小幸福。一本安靜、優雅的書。」──《書單雜誌》（Booklist）
 
 　　——中文書介摘錄自《路邊的小花（二版）》，格林文化出版

Winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Children’s Illustrated Book

A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year

In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter.

＂Written＂ by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, Sidewalk Flowers is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures.

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7

Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

作者簡介

　　JonArno Lawson is a three-time winner of the Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Children’s Poetry, and the author of numerous books for children and adults, including Enjoy It While It Hurts, Down in the Bottom of the Bottom of the Box, and Think Again. He lives in Toronto with his wife and three children.

　　 Sydney Smith was born in rural Nova Scotia, Canada, and has been drawing since an early age. Since graduating from NSCAD University, he has illustrated multiple children’s books and he has received awards for his illustrations, including the Lillian Shepard Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration. He now lives in Toronto and works in a shared studio space in Chinatown where he eats too many bahn mi sandwiches and goes to the library or Art Gallery of Ontario on his breaks.