我和家人一起搬到了新的國家,
這裡的一切都是灰濛濛的。
有一天,
媽媽拿起了三顆毛線球,
開始了一場小小的革命……
這是一本巧妙結合「編織」與「歷史」的繪本,帶領讀者以獨特的觀點,認識東歐與南歐從專制走向民主的歷程,並了解自由的可貴。故事中的媽媽認為,要求大家都一樣的體制並不合理,於是她拿起三顆毛線球,發起一場「溫柔革命」。漸漸的,越來越多人加入,讓小小的改變匯聚成巨大的力量,扭轉了人們心中的絕望,讓世界不再是灰濛濛的。最後,城市的面貌變得多采多姿,這個國家也終於迎來民主的春天。
--中文簡介摘錄自小魯文化出版《三球毛線,編織自由》
With three balls of wool and lots of ingenuity, this mother grapples with a difficult reality and sparks real change.
In search of a freer place where every child can go to school, a family moves from Fascist Portugal to Communist Czechoslovakia. Different as this new country is, however, it is far from ideal. In this new, gray world, the lack of freedom is felt in the simplest things, such as the colors one can and cannot wear.