春天真的來了

by Gene Zion, 林真美 (Translator)

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★日本太陽別冊《我最喜歡的繪本》2011海外翻譯最受歡迎繪本之一

★一本滿載春之喜悅的繪本──饒富童心和趣味的故事，色調質樸但明亮溫暖的畫面，生動傳遞人們渴盼、呼喚春天的真切心情，讓孩子更能感受自然的力量與季節的變換。

春天差不多要來了。空氣中透露著淡淡的清香，太陽變得比以前溫暖，月曆也告訴人們春天已經要來了，可是整座城市還是灰濛濛又光禿禿的。

大人們受到陰鬱天氣的影響，個個無精打采、抱怨連連……，這時一個小男孩微笑著說：為什麼要等春天來改變呢？不如我們自己想辦法將街道變成有花有草的樣子！小男孩的提議被大人們欣然接受，第二天早上「市民總動員」，大家呼朋引伴，手上拿著油漆罐、刷子，抬著梯子、鷹架，為每個角落彩繪上象徵春天的花、草、魚、鳥……，於是城市從憂鬱的灰暗轉變成一片愉悅的黃藍綠，四處都展現著明亮清新的「春光」。

但，這就是眾人一直期盼的「春天」嗎？

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1956

About the author

Born on October 5, in 1913, Gene Zion attended the New School of Social Research and the Pratt Institute. In 1948, he married artist Margaret Bloy Graham, who then collaborated with him on all his picture books. When their marriage ended in 1968, Zion also ended his career as an author. Zion is best known for his creation of the rascally dog, Harry, who appears in such books as HARRY THE DIRTY DOG and HARRY BY THE SEA. He died in 1975.

Reviews

[Debby · Rating 3 out of 5]

People want spring to come so they paint everything to look like spring. It rains and washes away the paint, but brings spring to the city.

Bright pictures.