這是諾貝爾和平獎得主馬拉拉，用自身故事創作出的第一本圖畫書。書中講述她從小就希望能擁有魔法鉛筆，她想用魔法鉛筆畫出更好的世界，她要擦掉飢餓與戰爭，畫出男女平等的畫面。馬拉拉還說她相信魔法，她在她的文字與工作中找到了魔法。馬拉拉的故事告訴了讀者，每個人都擁有自己的魔法，只要堅定信念努力尋找，總有一天就能讓自己的聲音被聽見。
As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil that she could use to redraw reality. She would use it for good; to give gifts to her family, to erase the smell from the rubbish dump near her house. (And to sleep an extra hour in the morning.)
As she grew older, Malala wished for bigger and bigger things. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil, Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true.
This beautifully illustrated picture book tells Malala's story, in her own words, for a younger audience and shows them the worldview that allowed her to hold on to hope and to make her voice heard even in the most difficult of times.
在台灣，不管男生女生都能去上學，但生在巴基斯坦的女孩就沒那麼幸運了，因為貧困的生活，許多女孩沒辦法去上學，只能夠四處賺錢養家，2009年，塔利班政權甚至頒布禁令禁止女孩去上學，從此女孩們連上學的機會都沒有了。
馬拉拉(Malala Yousafzai)從小就幻想想要一隻魔法筆，幫她實現各種夢想。長大後，馬拉拉透過她的文字，勇敢地替家鄉的女孩們發聲，也實現她想要改變現實的夢想。17歲得到世界和平諾貝爾獎的馬拉拉在繪本最後說了一句 “一個小孩、一位老師、一本書和一隻筆，可以改變世界” 不管我們多麼渺小，改變世界，就由你我開始吧！
By Tanya 彈雅說故事
