凱迪克榮譽獎插畫家 Molly Bang 繼暢銷書《當蘇菲生氣時...》後,在續作中提出了這個問題:
什麼會讓你的感覺受傷?當你受傷時,你會怎麼辦?
每個人的感覺都會受傷,這在童年時期尤其痛苦。
在故事中,蘇菲因為被其他孩子嘲笑並指責她「錯了」而感到受傷。
她的臉變得發燙,淚水奪眶而出。接著,她開始懷疑自己,也懷疑自己所做的選擇是否有價值。
爭議的焦點在於蘇菲畫的一幅她最愛的樹——那是一幅色彩鮮豔、充滿情感的作品。
蘇菲很喜歡它,但她的畫跟其他同學的完全不同。
「天空才不是橘色的!樹也不是藍色的!你畫錯了!」同學們這麼對她說。
除了書中隱含的藝術教育,讀者也有機會比較蘇菲班上所有同學的作品。
最後,學生們學到了看待世界——以及看待彼此——有很多不同的方式。
這是一個簡單的故事,處理了常見的「感受受傷」問題,並溫柔地引導我們變得更加善良。
In a sequel to her bestselling When Sophie Gets Angry..., Caldecott Honor Illustrator Molly Bang asks: What hurts your feelings, and what do you do about it?
Everyone's feelings get hurt, and it's especially painful in childhood. In this story, Bang's popular character Sophie is hurt when the other children laugh at her and tell her she's wrong. Sophie's face gets hot, and tears begin to flow. Then she questions herself and the value of the choices she's made.
At issue is Sophie's colorful, expressive painting of her favorite tree. Sophie loves it, but her picture is different from the paintings done by the other students. "The sky isn't orange! Trees aren't blue! Your picture is wrong!" they tell her.
In addition to the book's subtle art lesson (imagine the skies of Vincent van Gogh, for example), readers have the opportunity to compare and contrast all the paintings done in Sophie's class. In the end, the students learn there are many different ways to interpret the world -- and each other. Here is a simple story that tackles the common issue of hurt feelings as it gently helps us to be more kind.(for school only)



