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各具特色，不可取代──2024繪本職人最愛繪本╳10（英文篇）

文／賴嘉綾2025年02月04日
本次年度選書，依舊循著「無目的閱讀」為出發點，以「不要錯過」為主軸，添加幽默為閱讀調味，讓閱讀有如浮泳，建議讀者用最放鬆的姿勢閱讀，必定有益身心健康。在閱讀繪本時深深感受某些生活哲理因為以圖文抒發而衍生出最容易理解的應用方式。本年度選書因為各具特色，不可取代，所以順 more

內容簡介

Amazon Best Children’s Book of the Year winner for ages 6 to 8
Most Anticipated Books of 2024 List, Kirkus Reviews
Most Anticipated Kids Books List - February, Barnes & Noble
Kids Indie Next Pick March/April 2024
2025 Capitol Choices

A hilariously quirky monster tale about appreciating beauty--in all its weird and wonderful forms!-- by the creator of the iconic Olivia books and bestselling humorist David Sedaris.

★＂Disgustingly hilarious....Adult readers will recognize hints of Maurice Sendak and William Steig and maybe even a smattering of Tim Burton in this remarkable outsider tale....Consider this little monstrosity a much-needed corrective to smarmy platitudes.＂ --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

＂[..] Demonstrates an appealing, Olivia-esque joie de vivre.＂ --The New York Times

In this beautifully gross picture book, Anna Van Ogre’s lovely monster face turns into that of a sickeningly adorable, rosy-cheeked little girl--and it’s not switching back! Can she find a way to stop looking like an ugly human and regain her gorgeous monstrosity of a face?

In this incredible story about beauty standards, owning your uniquessness, and developing self-esteem, nationally acclaimed comedian and perpetual bestelling author David Sedaris and renowned creator of the Olivia picture boook series Ian Falconer come together to ponder the eternally relevant question: is true beauty really on the inside?

Sedaris and Falconer make a spectacular splash with this tale of a monster turned ugly--stuck with a human face!

作者簡介

David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays such as Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Sedaris’s pieces appear regularly in the New Yorker and have twice been included in The Best American Essays. There are more than ten million copies of his books in print, and they have been translated into 25 languages. www.davidsedarisbooks.com

Ian Falconer is an author and illustrator of children’s books and a designer of sets and costumes for the theater. He has created 30 covers for the New Yorker as well as other publications.