BECAUSE AMELIA SMILED
因為小愛笑了
內容介紹
小愛和爸爸媽媽一起，笑著跑過下雨的街道。
因為看到了這開心的一家，希金斯太太也笑了。她想起自己遠在他國的孫子萊恩，烤起了餅乾。
萊恩吃到奶奶烤制的餅乾，他決定將這美味分享給他班裡的同學，與此同時教他們一首關於餅乾的歌。
因為學到了這首歌，他的學生森莎希雅決定成為一名舞蹈老師，而她的侄子將她的舞蹈視頻放到網上。
英國的一家芭蕾舞學校在網上看到了這段視頻，他們將視頻增加了一些元素，在以色列演出。
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熱情與快樂持續傳遞，兜兜轉轉回到了最初的城市，養鴿子的老人將鴿子放飛到空中，正仰望天空的小愛看到鴿子的翅膀劃過天際。
她笑了起來。
你永遠不會知道自己的一個微小的行為會帶來怎樣的變化，正如同蝴蝶振翅掀起風暴。因此不妨給世界一個微笑，也許在地球另一邊，會有更多幸福由此而生。
作者介紹
David Ezra Stein是一位獲獎兒童作家兼插畫家。他出生于紐約布魯克林。他從小熱愛讀書，這種對閱讀的熱愛發展成了對講故事、寫作的熱愛。
David Ezra Stein的作品Interrupting Chicken獲得了2011年卡爾德科特獎以及許多州獎項。他的圖畫書Leaves獲得了埃茲拉·傑克·濟慈獎，是出版商週刊年度最佳圖書，是《柯克斯評論》編輯的選擇，也是學校圖書館雜誌的最佳圖書。Pouch! (Putnam) 是2010年夏洛特·佐洛托的榮譽書。他的書被翻譯成中文、韓文、日文、西班牙文、加泰羅尼亞文、荷蘭文、法文和芬蘭文。
書評
Review
David Ezra Stein’s crayon art is playful and vivid.
—The New York Times
A playfully profound picture book that does its part in passing on good feelings.
—Kirkus Reviews
Realistic, heavily colored, and intensely detailed, the illustrations invite children to look closely and see the way people across the globe are connected: the smiles, the pets, the music. Certainly there’s a lot to discuss here, and some adults may want kids to make connections with their own actions, but this is also just a lovely way to look at life.
—Booklist
A series of kindly acts comes full circle in this heartwarming, yet never saccharine story from Stein. . . . Stein’s spreads are dense with colored pencil and crayon lines and crammed with visual information. . . . Night and day, light and shadow, groups of old and young people spending time together: it’s a satisfying portrait of the feast of life. Even youngest children will grasp the idea that good deeds and positivity beget more of the same.
—Publishers Weekly
Dynamic blends of crayon and watercolor create an impressionistic scene that still conveys eye-catching detail. The visual elements will capture readers’ attention, and the story offers valuable opportunities for discussion of how one person’s actions can influence events far beyond their own surroundings.
—School Library Journal
Salutary good humor and a series of related events are both reliable picture book patterns; their up-to-date transmission here, however, is particularly effective, as are Stein’s cheerfully energetic illustrations in pencil, water-soluble crayon, and watercolor. His main characters are scruffy and fascinatingly individual, his settings are exuberant with color and light, and both are sure to elicit smiles in any kind of weather.
—The Horn Book
Will nicely suit parents who hope to impart the value of pay-it-forward kindness to their children.
—Wall Street Journal
Teems with cheer and vigor, the illustrations bursting to the sides of each spread and rushing with color all around.
—Kirkus Reviews Children's blog
This book made me smile, it even made me get all misty-eyed from happiness, it darn well made me glad to be alive, and it made me want to stand on the corner and hand a copy to everyone I see.
—Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast