Each Kindness

　　蔻伊其實並不知道，自己為什麼會拒絕跟新同學瑪雅做朋友。每次瑪雅詢問能否跟蔻伊及其他女孩們一起玩，得到的答覆都是否定的。於是瑪雅只能自己玩。然後有一天，她離開了。

　　當蔻伊的老師在課堂上教導大家，一件善良的小事也能改變世界，蔻伊才驚覺自己錯過了這樣的機會。假如她曾對瑪雅表現一點善意並敞開心胸接納友誼，該有多好？

　　曾獲紐伯瑞獎的作家賈桂琳．伍德生和曾獲凱迪克獎的畫家E.B.路易斯創作了這本美麗又感傷的圖畫書，書中強而有力的訊息將會長留在讀者的心中。

本書特色

　　林格倫兒童文學獎得主賈桂琳．伍德生╳凱迪克榮譽大獎得主E.B.路易斯
　　亞馬遜網站平均五顆星熱烈評價，關於善良最好的詮釋

◇知名兒童文學作家之筆，細細閱讀、仔細品嘗文學的韻味
　　榮獲各大獎項，並擔任美國2018-19青少年文學大使的知名作家──賈桂琳．伍德生，用善言的筆、充滿力量的文字，寫下這個發人深省的故事。她的故事中常常可以見到社會、經濟、生理、性別到種族等不同的議題，而故事中的主角總是能夠跨越藩籬，創造出撼動人心的故事。

◇強烈的圖像、光線與視角，傳達濃烈的信息
　　畫家E.B.路易斯用水彩渲染、堆疊，繪製出存在感強烈的圖像，並在書中多處以特殊的視角著眼，每個人物的眼神、姿態、動作栩栩如生，人物的細微表情彷彿在訴說著文字以外的故事，把故事的力道更加強；此外，畫面中的光線變化與明暗設計也非常巧妙，運用陰影呈現光影變化，在略為沉重的故事與畫面中留有一道光線，給予讀者明亮而帶有希望的視覺感受，整體氛圍營造及渲染十分成功。

◇獨特的切入角度與議題
　　作為反霸凌題材的圖畫書，這本書以霸凌者的角度著眼，以中立客觀的姿態訴說整個故事──不帶有任何偏見或立場，也不帶有任何教訓或批判的意圖。故事說完，本書留下許多給讀者思考的空間，究竟什麼是對、什麼是錯？相信這也會是一本值得親師與孩子共同閱讀、思考與討論的圖畫書。

得獎紀錄
★ 2013珍．亞當斯童書獎(2013 Jane Addams Peace Award)
★ 2013美國夏洛特‧佐羅托童書獎(2013 Charlotte Zolotow Award)
★ 科瑞塔．史考特‧金恩圖書獎(Coretta Scott King Honor Book)
★ 2012美國學校圖書館學報最佳選書
★ 2014美國紅苜蓿繪本獎入圍（Red Clover Award）

讀者好評
　　「這是我見過關於善良最好的童書之一。我把它作為2 - 6年級的讀物，每次朗讀時學生都沉默。在閱讀故事的同時，看著他們的臉是令人痛心的。他們想要一個快樂的結局，但是這本書並沒有被幸福的粉紅泡泡圍繞、包裝，就像現實生活中也沒有。但最終會發生一些非常好的事情。」──亞馬遜讀者五顆星評價

　　「我為我四年級的學生說這個故事……它有一個令人傷心的結局，撼動了他們。因為他們已經習慣結局總是『……他們過著幸福快樂的生活！』但這次不是！欺負和傷害，有時候是永遠無法被彌補的。」──亞馬遜讀者五顆星評價
 
　　——中文書介摘錄自《每一件善良的事情》，維京出版

Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

WINNER OF A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR AND THE JANE ADDAMS PEACE AWARD

Each kindness makes the world a little better

This unforgettable book is written and illustrated by the award-winning team that created The Other Side and the Caldecott Honor winner Coming On Home Soon. With its powerful anti-bullying message and striking art, it will resonate with readers long after they've put it down.

Chloe and her friends won't play with the new girl, Maya. Every time Maya tries to join Chloe and her friends, they reject her. Eventually Maya stops coming to school. When Chloe's teacher gives a lesson about how even small acts of kindness can change the world, Chloe is stung by the lost opportunity for friendship, and thinks about how much better it could have been if she'd shown a little kindness toward Maya.

Jacqueline Woodson (www.jacquelinewoodson.com) is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and she received the 2018 Children’s Literature Legacy Award. She is the 2014 National Book Award Winner for her New York Times bestselling memoir BROWN GIRL DREAMING, which was also a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor Award, the NAACP Image Award and the Sibert Honor Award. Woodson was recently named the Young People’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. Her recent adult book, Another Brooklyn, was a National Book Award finalist. Born on February 12th in Columbus, Ohio, Jacqueline Woodson grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York and graduated from college with a B.A. in English. She is the author of more than two dozen award-winning books for young adults, middle graders and children; among her many accolades, she is a four-time Newbery Honor winner, a four-time National Book Award finalist, and a two-time Coretta Scott King Award winner. Her books include THE OTHER SIDE, EACH KINDNESS, Caldecott Honor Book COMING ON HOME SOON; Newbery Honor winners FEATHERS, SHOW WAY, and AFTER TUPAC AND D FOSTER, and MIRACLE’S BOYS--which received the LA Times Book Prize and the Coretta Scott King Award and was adapted into a miniseries directed by Spike Lee. Jacqueline is also the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement for her contributions to young adult literature, the winner of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, and was the 2013 United States nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

E. B. Lewis has illustrated more than fifty picture books, including Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner Talkin’ About Bessie (by Nikki Grimes) and Caldecott Honor winner Coming On Home Soon (by Jacqueline Woodson). He taught art in public schools for twelve years, and currently teaches at the University of Arts in Philadelphia. He lives in Folsom, New Jersey.