Meerkat Mail

　　英國凱特格林威大獎得主  艾蜜莉．葛拉菲特作品
　　七封實體明信片黏貼於書頁中
　　創意巧思為讀者讀來驚喜閱讀體驗

　　狐獴Sunny和他的一大群家人住在沙漠中，不管工作、玩耍、學習、睡覺，他們總是呆在一起，有一天Sunny再也受不了，決定外出旅行，尋找一個他夢想中最適合居住的地方。

　 　每到一個新的地方，Sunny都不忘寫明信片給家人，分享他的所見所聞，最讓人驚喜的是，故事中共有七張明信片直接浮貼在書頁中，並以手寫的字跡呈現明 信片內容，精心的設計讓人彷彿實際收到明信片一般，讀來開心又親切。一路上，Sunny跑去拜訪住在沼澤的親戚，也在農場過了一晚，還去了馬達加斯加拜訪 叔叔阿姨，可是不管去哪，Sunny覺得自己好像都不太能適應那裡的生活，甚至開始想念起炎熱的沙漠。而且，在他的旅行途中，他總覺得有個鬼鬼祟祟的影子 跟著他⋯⋯到底是誰？

　　讀完精采的故事，也別忘了看看書的最開頭和最後方，認識一下Sunny龐大的家族成員，還有讀一讀特別做成報紙形式，關於Sunny歷險的報導。看完這本書，還可以學到關於狐獴的居住環境、喜愛吃的食物等各種有趣小知識喔！

　　Sunny the meerkat lives with his enormous family in the Kalahari desert. They are all very close . . . so close, in fact, that one day Sunny decides it's just too crowded and packs his bags. He's off to visit his mongoose cousins. But from the watery world of the Marsh Mongoose to the nocturnal lifestyle of the Malagasy Mongoose, Sunny just doesn't fit in. And who's that shadowy figure who seems to be following him around?

　　There’s so much to enjoy, from the newspaper cuttings on the endpapers to the wittily accurate information about each mongoose species Sunny visits on his journey. With seven giant glossy postcards attached to the pages, this beautiful book is rich with comic detail and will keep any meerkat fan entertained for hours.

　　Meerkat Mail is a brilliant picture book from Emily Gravett, the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. It has wonderfully detailed, witty artwork and a giant, glossy postcard flap to lift on every spread. Perfect for meerkat fans!

Emily Gravett

　　Emily Gravett was born in Brighton. She left school with few qualifications and spent 8 years living on the road (in a variety of vehicles including a truck, caravan and RAF petrol bus called Toby Diesel) before settling back in Brighton and getting a place on the BA(Hons) Illustration course at Brighton University.

　　Her first picture book WOLVES was published in August 2005 to great acclaim, winning the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and a clutch of other awards it marked the beginning of a stellar career creating extraordinary books for children.

　　Emily has also won the Best Emerging Illustrator Award at the Booktrust Early Years Awards for MONKEY AND ME and the bronze award in the 6-8 age category at the Nestle Children’s Book Prize for LITTLE MOUSE’S BIG BOOK OF FEARS. In 2008 Emily was awarded the rare honour of a second CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for LITTLE MOUSE’S BIG BOOK OF FEARS.

　　Emily lives in Brighton with her family and their two dogs, Otto and Edith.