Milo Imagines The World

 
　　★ 凱迪克大獎繪本《市場街最後一站》黃金搭檔再度聯手
 
　　米羅和姊姊一起坐地鐵去探望父母，為了打發時間，米羅開始觀察周遭的乘客，想像他們的生活。這裡有一個鬍鬚男正在玩填字遊戲，米羅想像他在一個養滿了寵物的雜亂房間裡玩紙牌。那邊有一個穿著婚紗的女人，米羅想像她身處在一個盛大教堂婚禮的場景。還有那個穿著講究的男孩，米羅覺得他一定住在城堡裡，回家時還得經過吊橋，才能回到城堡，而且甚至還擁有自己的馬車與管家！
 
　　不過米羅沒想到的是，男孩與米羅在同一站下車，循著同一條路，走到了一個和他完全相同的目的地——監獄。米羅發現僅看外表，其實無法真正認識一個人……
 
　　《市場街最後一站》（Last Stop on Market Street）是第一本同時榮獲「紐伯瑞文學獎金獎」、「凱迪克銀牌獎」雙重肯定的童書，背後的黃金搭檔—作者馬特．德拉佩尼亞 （Matt de la Pena）和繪者克里斯汀．羅賓遜（Christian Robinson）於本書再度合作。克里斯汀．羅賓遜說，米羅的故事就是他的故事，「跟米羅一樣，我的父母在監獄裡，小時候我對這件事感到羞恥，直到不久之前我還羞於談論這件事，直到最近，我知道我的故事並不那麼獨特，我想讓那些與我有相同經歷的孩子知道他們並不孤單，他們的經歷很重要。」
 
　　作者馬特．德拉佩尼亞說：「我們對許多事做了假設，但真實世界遠遠要複雜許多。」透過這本書充滿詩意的文字以及洋溢著希望的圖像，讀者將試著從米羅的角度看世界，之後再跟著米羅一起，學習用不同的方式，重新檢視周遭的人們。

　　Milo Imagines the World is a warm and richly satisfying story from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling picture book duo, about a little boy with a big imagination who learns that you can't know anyone just by looking at them. Set in a bustling city, and full of a family love that binds even in difficult circumstances.

　　Milo is on a train journey through the city with his older sister, looking at the faces of the other passengers and drawing pictures of their lives. The whiskered man with a crossword puzzle he imagines playing solitaire in a cluttered flat full of pets. The little boy in bright white trainers he imagines living in a castle with a moat and a butler. But when the little boy gets off at the same stop and joins the same queue as him, Milo realises that you can't judge by appearances and that we are all more alike than we are different: both boys are visiting their mothers in prison.

　　Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson once again deliver a hugely powerful and enjoyable picture book, full of rich details both to look at and to talk about. Anyone who has ever travelled on public transport will relate to Milo's journey.