The Alphabet Tree

　　從前從前有一棵字母樹，這棵樹的樹葉上住了許多字母，他們每天快樂地享受和煦的陽光與清爽的微風。有一天，一陣強風吹過，好多字母都被吹跑了，剩下的字母對這恐怖的災難害怕極了。聰明的小蟲想出了一個好方法，如果這些字母可以聯合起來拼成一個個字，那麼力量就會變大，也就不用擔心狂風過境了！而既然字母可以組成單字，那麼為何不組成句子呢…。

　　Leo Lionni在這個可愛的故事中，和讀者分享了「玩」英文字句的樂趣。書中還特別收錄了其他好玩的英文文字遊戲，很適合正在學英文的小讀者喔！

When a fierce wind threatens to blow all the little letters out of the alphabet tree, they must band together in words--and then sentences--to create a message that''s even stronger than the wind: peace on earth. With their newfound knowledge, there''s nothing the letters can''t do in this gentle parable about the power of the written word.

Leo Lionni, an internationally known designer, illustrator, and graphic artist, was born in Holland and lived in Italy until he came to the United States in 1939. He was the recipient of the 1984 American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was honored posthumously in 2007 with the Society of Illustrators’ Lifetime Achievement Award. His picture books are distinguished by their enduring moral themes, graphic simplicity and brilliant use of collage, and include four Caldecott Honor Books: Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. Hailed as ＂a master of the simple fable＂ by the Chicago Tribune, he died in 1999 at the age of 89.