【創意挖洞設計】小老鼠的恐懼大書 Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears

　　你最害怕的東西是什麼？也許一看到長著八隻長腳爬來爬去的東西，你就會怕到發抖、驚聲尖叫？也許每到上床睡覺的時刻，你就覺得聽到黑暗中傳來怪聲，嚇得把頭緊緊蒙進被子裡？

　 　本書是知名插畫家艾蜜莉．葛拉菲特（Emily Gravett），榮獲英國凱特格林威大獎的作品，以絕妙巧思，描繪恐懼最生動的樣貌。封面的挖洞設計；頁面的鋸齒狀邊緣、報紙和地圖拉頁⋯⋯設計上的用 心安排，讓每次翻頁都充滿驚喜，為故事增添獨特魅力。此外，每頁的標題也相當有趣，「怕蟲」（entomophobia）、「怕水」 （hydrophobia）、「怕噪音」」（ligyrophobia）⋯⋯每種恐懼都有對應的專有名詞，讓閱讀更添知識上的趣味。

　　 故事中，小老鼠告訴我們各種牠害怕的東西，可是你知道，這隻看起來什麼都害怕的小老鼠，竟然也會成為別人害怕的對象嗎？每個人都有害怕的東西，這本書不只 是小老鼠的恐懼之書，也可以是你的恐懼之書。作者在每頁寫下貼心留言，邀請讀者寫下害怕的事物。在這本書中，小老鼠就是你的最佳傾吐對象，可以放心和牠分 享你內心最深的恐懼。恐懼一點也不丟臉，更不是膽小的表現，承認並面對自己的感受，就是克服恐懼的第一步。閱讀小老鼠的恐懼之書，讓歡笑為你趕走恐懼，找到面對害怕的力量。

        Spiders: Little Mouse is afraid of them (arachnophobia).

        Shadows: Little Mouse is afraid of those (sciaphobia).

        In fact, Little Mouse is afraid of everything. Join her as she faces her fears and records them in her journal - and discovers that even the biggest people are afraid of some things.

Emily Gravett is the author and illustrator of many children’s books, including Matilda’s Cat, Again!, Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal), Meerkat Mail, Tidy, and Old Hat. Her first book, Wolves, was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Illustration. Her second book, Orange Pear Apple Bear, was a Quills Award finalist, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, and on the shortlist for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Emily lives in Brighton, England, with her partner, their daughter, and the family dog. Visit her at EmilyGravett.com.