Little Tree -- by Chris Raschka

喜歡圖畫書的朋友一定對Chris Raschka的"Hello,Goodbye Window"

(哈囉,再見的窗口)印象深刻!

年初秀珠在讀書會跟大家分享Chris Raschka的作品時,我最喜歡的是這本"Little Tree",這本書的畫風和他其他的作品大不相同,充滿了童趣的畫非常吸引我,和孩子一起讀了這本書後,覺得這個故事非常可愛,是一本非常適合讓孩子做英語朗讀的書喔!故事中用了很多"little"讀起來超可愛的!

一棵小小的樹長在小小的森林裡小小的山丘上,
小樹有一個小小的夢想,希望能到很遠的地方,
變成一個小小家庭中的小小的聖誕樹......
有一天來了一輛小小的卡車,發現了小樹,
小小的卡車把小樹帶到小小的城市的小小的街上,
小樹在小小的街上和其它的樹一起站在小小的人行道旁,
終於來了一個有小男孩.小女孩和爸爸媽媽的小家庭,
他們非常喜歡小樹,把小樹帶回他們在小小的街上的小小的公寓的小小的家中,
小男孩和小女孩把小樹裝飾成一棵美麗的聖誕樹,
小樹知道這個小小的地方就是在生命中等待他的最特別的地方,
小樹的小小的夢想實現了......

書的開始是E.E.Cummings的詩,我非常喜歡!
litte tree
litte silent Christmas tree
you are so little
you are more like a flower

who found you in the green forest
and were you very sorry to come away?
See i will comfort you
because you smell so sweetly

i will kiss your cool bark
and hug you safe and tight
just as your mother would,
only don't be afraid

look the spangles
that sleep all the year in a dark box
dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine,
the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,

put up your little arms
and i'll give them all to you to hold
every finger shall have its ring
and there won't be a single place dark or unhappy

then when you're quite dressed
you'll stand in the window for everyone to see
and how they'll stare!
oh but you'll be very proud

and my little sister and i will take hands
and looking up at our beautiful tree
we'll dance and sing
"Noel Noel"

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Chris Raschka

E.E.Cummings