輸了也沒關係：完美小女巫萊拉好挫折 Leila, the Perfect Witch (The World of Gustavo)

 
　　Leila是一個厲害的小女巫，不管做什麼都很厲害。她不只飛得快、魔法超群、還會變形術，更曾贏過魔藥、草藥學和煉金術比賽的冠軍。Leila準備參加烘焙大賽，她是大賽裡最年輕的參賽者，而且她超想贏得這場烘焙比賽！
 
　　但即使Leila有最棒的食譜，她在廚房裡簡直就是一個災難。幸運的是，Leila有三位好姊妹，她們很樂意與Leila分享烘焙的小技巧，更重要的是，她們讓Leila知道，輸贏不重要，最重要的是享受製作糕點的樂趣。
 
　　一位小女巫、背後有一個大力支持她的家庭，再加上一點幽默的元素，製造出一個溫馨又可愛的故事，更傳達一個溫暖的訊息—沒有人能擅長所有事，即使是最強大的小女巫也一樣。當你把輸贏放一旁，投入某件事，更能真正享受樂趣。


　　Leila is spellbindingly good at everything ... until she discovers that baking is no piece of cake!

　　New from the author of the New York Times#1 bestseller Gustavo, the Shy Ghost!

　　Leila Wayward is an extraordinary little witch who excels at everything she does. She's the fastest flier, the most cunning conjurer and the sneakiest shape-shifter. She is also the youngest in a long line of master bakers, so Leila's big dream is to win the most infamous culinary competition around: The Magnificent Witchy Cake-Off! But even with the most bewitching of recipes, Leila realizes a terrible truth: she’s a disaster in the kitchen! Luckily, Leila has three magical sisters who are always there for her. Can they remind her to have some fun along the way?

　　Set in Mexico, this vibrant story – brimming over with delicious sweet treats – is a celebration of sisterhood, taking part, and the simple joy of making (and eating!) food together.

Review
　　If you loved Elizabeth Day’s self-help bible and podcast How to Fail, especially aimed at helping those girls paralysed by perfectionism, well, this is its pre-school fictional equivalent, with added magic spells and pointy hats. […] Leila Wayward is a brilliant little witch who seems good at everything […] the counter to Jill Murphy’s clumsy if charismatic Worst Witch and the ever accident-prone Meg in Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski’s Meg and Mog classics. -- Alex O'Connell ― Times

　　a vibrantly illustrated book ― ‘Spooky reads For Halloween’, Irish Independent

　　A fun and colourful reminder that no one can be the best at everything, even powerful little witches. -- Charlotte Eyre ― The Bookseller

　　Take one little witch, a supportive family, a froggy friend, a bowlful of whimsy, lashings of visual humour, spoon in a visitor from another picture book, mix them all together and the result is a very sweet, satisfying story with an agreeable message. ― The Red Reading Hub

　　Leila, the Perfect Witch is a charming story ― Armadillo Magazine

Flavia Z. Drago was born and raised in Mexico City. As a child, she wanted to be a mermaid. When that didn’t happen, she began her career as a graphic designer and a children’s book illustrator. She has an MA in Children's Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art and was shortlisted for the 2018 Sebastian Walker Award. She is theauthor-illustrator of Gustavo, the Shy Ghost and the "Monsters Play..." board book series.She loves colour, textures and shapes, and enjoys creating them with different materials and a bit of digital sorcery. Find her online at flaviazdrago.com, on Twitter as @Diafla and on Instagram as @flavia_zdrago.