Before Morning

　　只要說出口就能實現！小女孩童真的祈禱，讓城市有了一場改變所有人生活的溫馨奇蹟。

　　生活很忙碌，總是充斥著各式各樣活動。在城市中，一大清早有一個小女孩的父母正準備出發前往機場工作，孩子悄聲祈禱，希望能降下一場雪，改變城市的面貌以及緊湊的生活步調。

　　雪真的來了！小女孩的父母到了機場，但機場裡所有人都因為這場雪動彈不得，哪兒都去不了。小女孩的父母搭上剷雪車回家，一家人在家度過了不匆忙、溫馨的一天。

　　以八頁精緻的插圖作為開場，《Before Morning》用詩歌般的文字以及充滿藝術氣息的插畫，提醒我們只要說出來，願望就有實現的一天。

There are planes to fly and buses to catch, but a child uses the power of words, in the form of an invocation, to persuade fate to bring her family a snow day -- a day slow and unhurried enough to spend at home together.

In a spare text that reads as pure song and illustrations of astonishingly beautiful scratchboard art, Sidman and Krommes remind us that sometimes, if spoken from the heart, wishes really can come true.

作者簡介

　　The Newbery Honor winner Joyce Sidman is today's foremost nature poet for children. Accolades for her books include two Caldecott Honors, a Lee Bennet Hopkins Award, winner of the Claudia Lews Award, and many stars and best of lists. For her award-winning body of work, she won the Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit www.joycesidman.com

　　Beth Krommes is the Caldecott Winning illustrator of The House in the Night and other beautifully illustrated, much-acclaimed picture books like Swirl by Swirl, and Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow. She lives in Peterborough, NH. Visit www.bethkrommes.com.