The Comet

 
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★ 溫馨的故事，探討孩子面對搬家時的壓力與不安
★ 發揮想像力與創造力，留住生活中最美好的回憶
 
　　奈拉住在一個每天都可以聽到海浪、看見星星的地方，某次她甚至和爸爸一起看見了彗星！但爸爸換了新工作，他們必須搬家到一個大城市，美好的一切都消失了……爸爸每天都得工作，沒時間說故事，到處只看到滿滿人群，沒有海浪，星星也全都不見了。直到某天，奈拉看見了一顆彗星劃過天際，墜落到城市街道上，然後開始發出強烈的光芒！奈拉朝彗星奔跑，在那裡神奇的事發生了，她彷彿找到了回家的路……
 
　　The Comet 描述人們面對搬家時的不安與壓力，以及這個經驗如何影響我們的人際關係與歸屬感。但只要透過想像力與創造力，最終，我們還是能留住生活中所有美好的回憶。本書畫風細膩，栩栩如生的繪圖使閱讀變得生動活潑，讀者們可以在精緻的繪圖裡，尋找小小的細節與感動，也能透過這個溫馨的故事，感受愛與被愛的力量。

　　When Nyla is forced to leave her home in the country to start life again in the city, all she can think about is everything she misses from before. So when a comet comes crashing through the city streets and starts growing into a forest, Nyla can’t resist a chance to head somewhere that feels closer to what she had before ... but what starts as an escape could be just the thing to make her finally feel at home.

　　A picture book touching on the stress and pain of moving house and how this effects our relationships and sense of belonging, but also how it can open us up to new experiences – seeing that although we might have to leave places and people we love behind; they never really leave us. We’ll always have them in our memories and in the ability to make new ones.

Joe Todd-Stanton grew up in Brighton and was taught to draw by his mother, who is also an illustrator. He studied at UWE Bristol, receiving a first class degree in Illustration.
His work has been highly praised and his book The Secret of Black Rock was longlisted for The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2018 and won a 2018 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.