不可思議國的小荳荳

by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, 黑柳徹子, 洪俞君 (Translator)

涼風輕吹的海邊，看不見鳥兒飛，藍藍高高的天空，沒有風箏飄飄飄……
街上，聽不見小孩的笑聲，球場上，看不見小孩的歡呼……
槍，掛在八歲兒童肩上，疼痛，從來沒有離開女孩記憶……
可是，問他們將來的志願，他們都意志堅定大喊：我要當法官、我要當女飛行員、我要當醫生、物理學家、律師……
世界上最貧窮的國家，卻能夠開採最閃亮鑽石，內戰發生最慘烈的地方，還是沒有打倒遠大的志向。
不可思議國，你未曾想像竟有如此讓人心痛的兒童世界。
不可思議國，在絕望和破敗中還能祈禱希望之光的所在。
不可思議國，黑柳阿嬤一篇一篇真感情體驗報告書，讓你幫助別人笑著活下去！！

216 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2005

About the author

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (黒柳 徹子) is an internationally famous Japanese actress, a talk show host, a best-selling author of children book.

She founded the Totto Foundation, named for the eponymous and autobiographical protagonist of her book Totto-chan, The Little Girl at the Window. The Foundation professionally trains deaf actors, implementing Kuroyanagi's vision of bringing theater to the deaf.

In 1984, in recognition of her charitable works, Kuroyanagi was appointed to be a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, being the first person from Asia to hold this position. During the late 1980s and the 1990s, she visited many developing countries in Asia and Africa for charitable works and goodwill missions, helping children who had suffered from disasters and war as well as raising international awareness of the situations of children in poor countries. Kuroyanagi has raised more than $20 million for the UNICEF programmes that she has been involved in, through television fund-raising campaigns. She also used the royalties from her bestselling book, Totto-chan, to contribute to UNICEF.

In 1997, Kuroyanagi published the book Totto-chan's Children, which was based on her experience working for as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador from 1984 to 1996. Kuroyanagi is a director of the Japanese branch of the World Wildlife Fund.

Kuroyanagi has twice brought America's National Theater of the Deaf to Japan, acting with them in sign language.

For her involvement in media and television entertainment, Kuroyanagi won the Japanese Cultural Broadcasting Award, which is the highest television honour in Japan. Since then, she has been voted 14 times as Japan’s favourite television personality, for the show Tetsuko’s Room.[3]

In 2000, Kuroyanagi became the first recipient of the Global Leadership for Children Award, which was established by UNICEF in the 10th anniversary of the 1990 World Summit for Children. In May 2003, Kuroyanagi received Order of the Sacred Treasure in recognition of her two decades of service for the world’s children.