Do You Remember?

 
　　英國凱特格林威大獎得主席尼．史密斯（Sydney Smith）以一位小男孩的回憶為主軸，出版第二本自寫自畫的繪本《你還記得嗎》（Do you Remember）。
 
　　深夜，關上燈的房間裡，一對母子躺在彼此的身旁，從一句「你還記得嗎？」把時間拉回到某個溫暖愜意的午後，愉悅的野餐時光，小男孩第一次騎上腳踏車的鮮明回憶……另一句「你還記得嗎？」讓時間跳轉到某個暴雨的夜晚，黑漆漆的屋內正在漏水，母親仰賴油燈的微光，尋找著男孩的身影……再一句「你還記得嗎？」男孩和母親揮別舊家和熟悉的身影，母親開車載著男孩和打包好的物品，穿越了整座城市……每個停格的瞬間，繪出隱晦的線索。
 
　　如今男孩與母親躺在這個房間內，彼此依靠，他們知道，這將是銜接過去與未來，回憶中另一個重要的時刻。
 
　　擅長用定格畫面捕捉角色內心狀態的席尼．史密斯，前作另有《城市裡的小訪客》（Small in the City）、《我說話像河流》（I Talk Like a River）、《我家在海邊》（Town Is by the Sea），每一本作品的畫面和張力，都深刻地烙印在讀者心底，佳評如潮，屢獲美國《紐約時報》、《柯克思書評》年度最佳繪本……等眾多獎項肯定。（文／博客來編譯）

From the author/artist of the multiple award-winning of Small in the City comes an innovative and moving look at memories, filtered through the mind of a child.

Can you hear the morning wind in the trees?
Can you feel the snowflakes landing on your wrist?
Can you taste the sweetness of the warm berries?
Can you hear the Spring peepers singing from the frog pond?

Using a series of descriptions and the luscious pictures that accompany them, a boy describes the memories that are so meaningful to him as he is about to move into a new home. With an audacious structure and brief, self-contained episodes, Sydney Smith takes us into the mind of the boy as he processes the complex emotions that he experiences as he contemplates his new surroundings.

Sydney Smith is the author and illustrator of Small in the City, which received eight starred reviews and a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators. Other books he has illustrated include The White Catand the Monk by Jo Ellen Bogart; Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson; and Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz, which was awarded the 2018 Kate Greenaway Medal. His accolades include two Governor General’s Awards for Illustrated Children’s Books and four New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year citations. His book I Talk Like a River, written by Jordan Scott, has received five starred reviews. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.