Can Bears Ski?

　　取材自聽障詩人Raymond Antrobus親身經歷，讓大小讀者對聽障者有多一點的了解和同理
 
　　小熊可以「感覺」到周遭的世界。當爸爸早上叫醒他時，他可以感覺到床在搖動；當老師踩踩地板要他注意時，他感覺到地板的震動；但總是有一點不對勁，例如有時當朋友在說笑話時，他不確定他聽得懂，或是他不知道為什麼大家老是問他「熊會滑雪嗎？」（Can bears ski?）。
 
　　於是有天，爸爸帶小熊去看「聽-力-師」，小熊才發現原來自己聽力一直有問題。戴上助聽器之後，小熊的世界突然響亮了起來，甚至有點太響亮了！小熊聽懂了大家一直問他的問題原來是「你聽得到嗎？」（Can you hear me?）現在開始，小熊的世界充滿了新鮮的事，他需要一點時間適應，但在爸爸的幫助之下，一切都會沒問題！
 
　　《Can Bears Ski?》取材自作者——2019年獲泰德．休斯獎（Ted Hughes Award）的聽障詩人Raymond Antrobus的親身經歷，繪者則是半失聰的英國插畫家波莉．鄧巴（Polly Dunbar）。Antrobus希望能透過這本書，讓那些對聽障不了解或有負面想法的人，對聽障者可以有多一點的了解和同理。

　　The debut children's book from Ted Hughes award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus that tracks a father-and-son journey into the discovery and management of deafness.

　　This new paperback edition includes an illustrated BSL alphabet.

　　Boy Bear cannot hear Dad Bear coming to wake him up in the morning but he can feel the floor vibrate with his heavy footsteps. He can only grasp little bits of what his teacher says to him at school. He cannot catch what his friends are laughing at. And, all the time, Boy Bear keeps hearing the question, “Can Bears ski?” What does it mean? With the support of Dad Bear, Boy Bear visits an audiologist and, eventually, he gets hearing aids. Suddenly, he understands the question everyone has been asking him: "CAN YOU HEAR ME?"

　　Raymond Antrobus, the award-winning poet of The Perseverance, draws on his own experience to show how isolating it can be for a deaf child in a hearing world. But through his lyrical and moving words, matched with Polly's stunning imagery, he also shows how many ways there are to communicate love. With a solid network, Boy Bear will find his place in the world.