後面記載了女子棒球的歷史。
9.19.2009
9.18.2009
9.17.2009
Baseball Treasures, by Stephen Wong
作者是華裔,從事商業,但對棒球歷史特別感興趣,如數家珍。
除了這本,還有:
Baseball: Inside the World's Finest Private Collections.
由Smithsonian出版。
Labels:
2007,
baseball,
Smithsonian,
Stephen Wong,
Susan Einstein
Dear Ichiro, by Jean Davies Okimoto, illustrated by Doug Keith
是本非常題材非常特殊的圖畫書。我喜歡!
Labels:
2002,
baseball,
Doug Keith,
Friendship,
Ichiro,
Jean Davies Okimoto
We Are the Ship, The Story of Negro league Baseball
這算是一本Negro League的記錄,史上最快的投手、難忘的戰役,一一呈現。
也是2008 The New York Times Best illustrated Children's Books 之一。
Labels:
2008,
Kadir Nelson,
Negro league
9.16.2009
Casey BACK at Bat, by Dan Gutman, painted by Steve johnson and Lou Fancher
這流傳已久的棒球詩,有了不同的角度閱讀。
用
Labels:
2007,
baseball,
Dan Gutman,
Lou Fancher,
Steve Johnson
9.15.2009
Casey At the Bat, by CHristopher Bing
全書以舊報紙風格繪製,仿古發黃的書頁,加上背景如報紙的鉛字排版,和以線調為主的畫面,是少見的精工。
Labels:
2000,
baseball,
Caldecott honor,
Casey,
Christopher Bing,
poem
The Bat Boy & His Violin, by Gavin Curtis, illustrated by E.B.Lewis
9.13.2009
The Tale of PALE MALE, a true story, by Jeanette Winter
歌手Steve Earl 2007年專輯Washington Square Serenade 中Down Here Below是另一種表現。
Labels:
2007,
Jeanette Winter,
Pale Male,
Steve Earle
9.12.2009
City Hawk, The story of Pale Male, by Maghan McCarthy
Labels:
2007,
Magheb McCarthy,
Marie Winn,
Pale Male
9.11.2009
Millie's Marvelous Hat, by Satoshi Kitamura
Satoshi Kitamura(北村悟)是位住在英國的日本圖畫書作家。感覺很久沒看到他的新作品,同時,他的出版社,英國的Andersen Press也稍稍沈靜。雖然這本的色調比起以前的,稍淡,但是他們的顏色真的特別漂亮。
Labels:
2009,
Hat,
imagination,
Satoshi Kitamura,
secret
The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss,
Mary's Secret, by David McKee
Mary的媽媽某天發現塞車時,車子不動,可以讓別人推動,可以省下油錢,她藉由這樣的方式存錢幫Mary買了新鞋子,這個祕密到學校,馬上變成一個"不能和別人說唷..."的公開祕密。
Labels:
1999,
David Mckee,
school,
secret,
shoes
Secret Place, by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Ted Rand
"...
Wild things need quiet
We do, too"
男孩發現這樣的地方,但是要為牠們保留,因為大家都需要一個屬於自己的地方。男孩不會告訴你的,他只會說在離高速公路很近的地方,市中心,有個祕密的地方。
Labels:
1996,
Eve Bunting,
secret,
Ted Rand,
wildlife
9.10.2009
My parents Think I'm Sleeping, by Jack Prelutsky, pictures by Yossi Abolafia
My Parents think I'm sleeping,
but I'm positively not,
for beneath my pile fo covers
I am doing quite a lot.
I am reading poems and stories
(I have got my flashing lit),
i am playing with the pieces
of my model rocket kit.
...
Labels:
1985,
bedtime,
Jack Prelutsky,
Poetry,
secret,
Yossi Abolafia
8.14.2009
A River of Words, by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
這是今年的Caldecott Honored,以醫生詩人William Carol Williams(1883-1963)為主角。他在行醫之餘,寫下以生活為題的詩,改變了英詩的結構,不計聲韻、胼棄格式,用自然、輕鬆的方式寫下自己的感受。
繪者Melissa Sweet也運用了現代拼貼的方式回應,因為闡述這樣認真面對自己的人,不應該用既有的格式;她詢訪圖書館,WCW出生和生活的小城:Rutherford, NJ,找到他的舊居,拍照、記錄,開始作畫,但是作品無法呼應WCW的詩的力道,讓她非常苦惱,直到在一堆要丟棄的舊書中,用了書的蝴蝶頁作為底布,塗上顏料、又貼上另一張封面時,她才滿意用這樣的拼貼呈現WCW的不同。
他的詩同時也影響了好朋友Charles Demuth的同名畫,The Great Figure 5 in Gold。這也是Melissa Sweet七歲時在MMA看到的畫,直到她接手這個插畫的工作才知道她那天所買的紀念明信片與WCW有關。所以她直呼這本書其實是給她的禮物。
8.11.2009
Old MacDonald Had an Apartment House, by Judi Barrett, Illustrated by Ron Barrett
這幅American Gothi由來是Grant Wood 看到精緻的Gothi style窗戶裝在美式農舍上,但是他需要前景的人物,所以邀請他的牙醫和他自己的妹妹來當主角和女兒。這幅畫現在在芝加哥藝術學院美術館。Grant Wood是美國大蕭條時代的代表,畫評認為觀賞者看到畫中盛收的農場和寬廣的中西部減緩人們對生活的不安。
書中的一對夫婦(不像原畫中是父女),負責看管一幢公寓,住在一個看不見陽光的連蕃茄都種不好的房間,於是他就砍樹,隨著房客搬出,他就開始種紅蘿蔔、黃瓜、各種蔬菜。因為蔬菜比房客好照顧多了,又不會欠房租,破壞房子。最後那裡變成一個fruit and vegetable 公寓。還提供新鮮牛奶和雞蛋。
這是作者Judi Barrett的第一本書,與繪者Ron Barrett當年是一對夫婦。
他們還合作了:
Animals Should Definitely not wear clothing.
Pickles to Pittsburgh
最著名的應該是:Cloudy With a chance of Meatballs
Labels:
1969,
Judi Barrett,
Ron Barrett
8.08.2009
Louie!, by Will Hillenbtand
Will Hillenbrand的畫非常漂亮,尤其大開頁都像獨立的一幅畫,用大量的中間色彩突顯Madeline式的綠、黃、藍、紅,這是少數寫圖畫書的圖畫書。當然也得像Dr. Seuss、L.B.這等級的大師才會有後人為其做傳。故事其實非常感人,如果作為對Madeline的創作背景說明似乎比獨立一本創作要好,因為如果不熟悉Madeline的讀者,讀後的共鳴可能只是普通,故事走得太快了而且有部份時空錯放,只因為要小讀者好讀一點!因為我已經熟讀原來的傳記,所以看這本時讀來有點錯愕。
8.07.2009
The Composer Is Dead, by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Carson Ellis, Music by Nathaniel Stookey
是個搞笑的怪咖。他用的是筆名,而且真人出現還往往被懷疑是替身,簽名也是鋼印加上筆寫的日期,他常常真真假假地扮神祕,尤其在網站上可以看到他總是用"不宜進入"、"離他遠一點"之類的嚇阻用語,但是書迷是不會理會這些的。
今年的作品The Composer Is Dead,承襲他一貫的神祕風格,一開始就有命案,所以他從各種樂器開始調查,這樣所以的樂器、位置、角色一一呈現。
音樂與文字的配合很特別,加上他獨特的口白音質,在整年度的圖畫書市場中凸顯有聲書的潛力無窮。
所有以Lemony Snicket為名出版的書,不論銷售率好與否,這個團隊對書的創意絕對值得致敬!
8.02.2009
If You Hopped Like A Frog, by David M.Schwartz, illustrated by James Warhola
如果像跳蚤那麼會跳高的話,你可以一跳就到自由女神上。最驚人的是:如果你出生後的九個月長得像在媽媽肚子裡的九個月那麼快的話,那麼,你就比250萬隻大象還重。
Labels:
1999,
David M.Schwartz,
frog,
James Warhola
好熱的青蛙
岩村和朗先生的"あつい あつい",這是他另一以青蛙為主角的系列。
主角是名叫カルちゃん(女生)和エルくん(男生)的兩隻小青蛙。兩隻跳來跳去,到處都熱的青蛙,直到下雨,才涼了下來。
青蛙在日文寫做カエル讀音是ka-e-ru,與"帰る"同音,有回家的意思。所以送人家"蛙"是好意。岩村先生也在訪問中說了他小時候,躲空襲,不知道爸爸媽媽會不會回來的恐懼,他希望小朋友們都不要有這樣的日子。
父親也提過:他小時候的日語課本,文與圖的比例約是平分的,還記得一篇青蛙的對話,講一隻傲慢的青蛙,不相信另一隻青蛙說的牛有多大,就一直將自己吹大,再大、再大,最後自己爆破了。
青蛙用來說故事,有好多含意:有時候是自大,有時是沒見過世面,有時候又寓含歸來的意思,我們喜歡的Frog and Toad講的是友誼,但是愛思考的小青蛙,就用大大的眼睛+圓圓的腦袋,好奇地想事情。就科學知識上的青蛙,有最會跳的本事,因為以身體的比例來說,青蛙可以跳遠的距離對身體而言很大很大,約20倍。
6.14.2009
The Giraffe That Walked to Paris, by Nancy Milton, illustrated by Roger Roth
6.13.2009
How to map!
6.08.2009
Curious Garden 開放囉!
這段荒廢的鐵軌建於1934年位於曼哈頓西邊,這原來想取代造成多起事故的平面鐵道,但是運送系統漸漸被卡車和其他公路取代,所以沒多久就荒廢了,到1970年完全關閉。經過規劃修復後成為公園,2009年6月即將對公眾開放。
在建造期間,非常險峻,因為這段鐵路高出地面30呎,雖然非常堅固,但是風大,經過下雪的季節,其實最辛苦的據說是夏季的熱浪,但是也有消遣:他們可以從上看到許多明星拍片、剪頭髮、試衣服,因為這裡是紐約最新的時尚中心。鐵道下很多倉庫已經轉形成商店,個性小店與名牌爭奇鬥艷,但經過這場重生,meatpacking district改頭換面,正式步上世界時尚中心。
那天到Bryant Elementary School時剛好看到牆上貼著,不過我恰好錯失那天。
Labels:
2009,
environment,
NYC,
Peter Brown
Terrible Things 後記
這本'這恐怖'的書其實在獻給某人之後,Eve Bunting寫了一段:
...
Standing up for what you know is right is not always easy. Especially if the one you face is bigger and stronger than you. It is easier to look the other way. But if you do, terrible things can happen.
- E.B.
合不就是對現在沈默的人的強心劑。
...
Standing up for what you know is right is not always easy. Especially if the one you face is bigger and stronger than you. It is easier to look the other way. But if you do, terrible things can happen.
- E.B.
合不就是對現在沈默的人的強心劑。
Labels:
Eve Bunting,
Holocaust
6.03.2009
5/12新聞:一位幾乎已被確認是納粹蓋世太保主力殺手的89歲老人,以醫療專機送回德國接受審判。
有關Holocaust的圖畫書:
The Mozart Question, by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Michael Foreman符符
The Cats in Krasinski Square, by Karen Hesse, illustrated by Wendy Watson
The Harmonica, by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Ron mazellan
Music for the End of Time, by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Beth Peck
有關Holocaust的寫作,其實已經非一般寫作了,這樣深沈的題材必須高手才能掌握,但是高手中的高手首推Eve Bunting與Stephen Gammell的Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust ,這本書呼應了Martin Niemoller寫的詩,Eve Bunitng 用小動物來暗喻發生的各種狀況,令讀者不寒而憟。
有關Holocaust的圖畫書:
The Mozart Question, by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Michael Foreman符符
The Cats in Krasinski Square, by Karen Hesse, illustrated by Wendy Watson
The Harmonica, by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Ron mazellan
Music for the End of Time, by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Beth Peck
有關Holocaust的寫作,其實已經非一般寫作了,這樣深沈的題材必須高手才能掌握,但是高手中的高手首推Eve Bunting與Stephen Gammell的Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust ,這本書呼應了Martin Niemoller寫的詩,Eve Bunitng 用小動物來暗喻發生的各種狀況,令讀者不寒而憟。
5.21.2009
Steve Jenkins, more
那天看完書後,一直興起,就想為什麼要自己猜測,不如直接問作者,於是發了一篇e-amil給 Steve Jenkins,如下:
Dear Mr. Jenkins,
My picture-book sharing circle started with your books this morning.
The topic was brought up because our book club talked about David Wisniewsky last week.
We are a group of picture book lovers and readers, gather some college teachers, moms, English tutors, and book shop owner at the SilexBooks <http://www.silexbooks.com.tw/silexbooks/ > in Taipei.
I have few questions:
* Do you make certain kind of the paper by yourself? The wings of
dragonfly confused us.(Prehistoric Actual Size)
* How do you find your material (I mean paper)?
* Do you use X-acto knifes?
There's a paper culture museum <http://www.suhopaper.org.tw/english/default.htm > in Taipei. The owner also runs a store with great collection of paper next to the museum. Visitors can make their own sheet of paper by using ready-made paper pulp in museum. If you are interested in this. I can take pictures for you.
Last, your books are amazing. Do you keep all the original manuscripts? Is there any exhibition?
Best regards,
Charlene Lai
幾天之後(5/20)收到他的回信,太棒啦!
Hi Charlene,
I'm glad you're sharing the books -- thanks!
Here are a few answers:
Those dragonfly wings are actually maple tree seeds. I'm not sure if those trees grow where you are. I don't usually use things that aren't paper, but in the US every kid is familiar with maple tree seeds -- they call them 'helicopter seeds', because if they are dropped from a height they spin around as they fall. It's sort of a visual joke...
I use mostly handmade papers, many of which come from Asia. I do make a few paste papers - basically painting the surface of the paper.
Most of my paper comes from a single art store in New York City. They have a big handmade paper section, and I travel there twice a year or so to shop for paper (New York Central).
I do use X-acto knives. The only time I don't is when I want a rough edge, and tear the paper. It takes several hundred knife blades to illustrate a book, because the blade's points snap off and I have to replace them so they cut cleanly.
If you know of a good art supply store that sells paper (on the internet) in Taipei, let me know, and I'll check them out. I'd love to see the pictures of the museum store.
I keep most of the original art. Perhaps someday there will be an big exhibit... There is an exhibit that includes some of my work in Korea right now -- that's the only one I know of.
Thanks for writing,
Steve Jenkins
他回答了那隻蜻蜓的翅膀是楓葉樹種籽,果然,如大家所料,是紙之外的材質。其他的等我到樹火紙博物館回來再整理。
Dear Mr. Jenkins,
My picture-book sharing circle started with your books this morning.
The topic was brought up because our book club talked about David Wisniewsky last week.
We are a group of picture book lovers and readers, gather some college teachers, moms, English tutors, and book shop owner at the SilexBooks <http://www.silexbooks.com.tw/
I have few questions:
* Do you make certain kind of the paper by yourself? The wings of
dragonfly confused us.(Prehistoric Actual Size)
* How do you find your material (I mean paper)?
* Do you use X-acto knifes?
There's a paper culture museum <http://www.suhopaper.org.tw/
Last, your books are amazing. Do you keep all the original manuscripts? Is there any exhibition?
Best regards,
Charlene Lai
幾天之後(5/20)收到他的回信,太棒啦!
Hi Charlene,
I'm glad you're sharing the books -- thanks!
Here are a few answers:
Those dragonfly wings are actually maple tree seeds. I'm not sure if those trees grow where you are. I don't usually use things that aren't paper, but in the US every kid is familiar with maple tree seeds -- they call them 'helicopter seeds', because if they are dropped from a height they spin around as they fall. It's sort of a visual joke...
I use mostly handmade papers, many of which come from Asia. I do make a few paste papers - basically painting the surface of the paper.
Most of my paper comes from a single art store in New York City. They have a big handmade paper section, and I travel there twice a year or so to shop for paper (New York Central).
I do use X-acto knives. The only time I don't is when I want a rough edge, and tear the paper. It takes several hundred knife blades to illustrate a book, because the blade's points snap off and I have to replace them so they cut cleanly.
If you know of a good art supply store that sells paper (on the internet) in Taipei, let me know, and I'll check them out. I'd love to see the pictures of the museum store.
I keep most of the original art. Perhaps someday there will be an big exhibit... There is an exhibit that includes some of my work in Korea right now -- that's the only one I know of.
Thanks for writing,
Steve Jenkins
他回答了那隻蜻蜓的翅膀是楓葉樹種籽,果然,如大家所料,是紙之外的材質。其他的等我到樹火紙博物館回來再整理。
5.18.2009
Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
這也是一位用剪紙做圖的童書創作者,Nancy Elizabeth Wallace 的書,著重在知性的如回收、蜂蜜採成、蘋果豐收、節日、藝術作品的賞析;其他在網站看到的還有蝴蝶、種子、拼布,共有20本,還有DVD,每一本都有特殊主題。
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