The Velveteen Rabbit

　　★歐美兒童文學榜最受歡迎故事《絨毛兔》100周年經典紀念版
　　★《麥基先生請假的那一天》凱迪克金獎得主Erin Stead全新繪圖
 

 
　　一旦成為真實，就是永恆。
 
　　絨毛兔曾是個全新的玩具，現在成了托兒所破舊的廢棄物。它渴望得到小男孩真正的愛，就能成為「真正」的兔子。仙女施展魔法，絨毛兔能否實現他的心願呢？
 
　　這本由英裔美籍作者瑪格利．威廉斯（Margery Williams）於1922年完成的經典故事，是她首部兒童文學作品，至今仍是歐美最受歡迎的經典故事。Margery Williams希望透過《絨毛兔》裡小男孩與絨毛兔的情誼，讓閱讀故事的大小讀者都能感受到愛，以及堅定的愛帶來的改變與救贖。
 
　　此次特別邀請知名童書插畫家艾琳．史戴（Erin Stead）以細緻溫暖的筆觸，賦予這部擁有100年歷史作品全新風貌。艾琳．史戴曾透露《絨毛兔》深深影響了她的職涯。這部《絨毛兔》典藏奢華版本不僅適合自珍品味，也是新生兒賀禮、生日等各場合最佳獻禮。　

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Velveteen Rabbit with a stunning new edition of the timeless classic, with illustrations by Erin Stead, Caldecott Medal winner of A Sick Day for Amos McGee.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR

A cherished, 100-year-old classic gets a fresh and breathtaking new look with brilliant art by Caldecott Medal winner Erin Stead, who has cited this story as an influence on her acclaimed career.

With the full, original story from the 1922 classic, this deluxe, collectable new edition of The Velveteen Rabbit will be the go-to gift for baby showers, birthdays, weddings, and holidays throughout the year.

At first a brand-new toy, now a threadbare and discarded nursery relic, the velveteen rabbit is saved from peril by a magic fairy who whisks him away to the idyllic world of Rabbitland. There, he becomes ＂Real,＂ a cherished childhood companion who will be loved for eternity. Treasured for generations, and given new life from one of today’s most exciting children’s book creators, here is a timeless tale about the magic of boundless love.

瑪格利．威廉斯（Margery Williams）
 
　　1881年生於英國，九歲隨父母移民美國，1902年出版第一本成人小說，寫作範疇涵蓋小說、教育和遊記。《絨毛兔》是她初次為孩子寫書，她說：「為小孩寫故事很容易，要寫出小孩真正喜歡的故事卻很難。」Margery Williams1944年過世前，留下三十多個兒童文學作品，《絨毛兔》最為人稱道。
 
繪者介紹
艾琳．史戴（Erin E. Stead）
　
　　美國童書插畫家，畢業於美國馬里蘭藝術學院，後又到紐約視覺藝術學院深造，曾在哈潑柯林斯出版社童書部（HarperCollins Children's Books）擔任創意總監助理。擅長以木版拓印及鉛筆進行創作。她第一本作品《麥基先生請假的那一天》（A Sick Day for Amos McGee）曾獲凱迪克大獎金牌獎、紐約時報最佳插畫童書、出版人周刊最佳童書等多項殊榮。繪畫作品《然後，春天就來了》（And Then It’s Spring）曾獲得2012 年美國波士頓環球報號角書獎。

MARGERY WILLIAMS was born in London in 1881 and first came to the United States at the age of nine. For the rest of her life, she lived alternately in England and America. Her first novel was published when she was twenty-one, but she turned to writing for children in 1922 with the publication by Doubleday of The Velveteen Rabbit, the first and best-known of her thirty books for young people. Toward the end of her life, she lived in Greenwich Village, New York. She died there in 1944.

ERIN STEAD is the illustrator of nine highly-acclaimed picture books: the Caldecott Medal-winning A Sick Day for Amos McGee; the New York Timesbestseller The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine; Tony; And Then It’s Spring; Bear Has a Story to Tell; Lenny & Lucy; If You Want to See a Whale; The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles; and Music for Mr. Moon. She lives in Michigan with her husband, author/illustrator Philip Stead. Visit Erin online at erinstead.com.