《Girl at the Front of the Class》 是一本以細膩視角描繪友誼、同理心與難民議題的繪本,由《The Boy at the Back of the Class》暢銷作家 Onjali Q. Raúf 與插畫家 Pippa Curnick 合作完成。
故事由一位小學生敘述:班上來了一位新同學——她的眼睛像老虎般金黃明亮,皮膚像牛奶一樣白皙,頭髮閃得像鏡子一樣。然而,這位新同學從不在操場上玩耍,也不在沙坑裡蓋城堡,甚至連故事時間都不喜歡參加。
大人們告訴主角,這個女孩很傷心,因為她不得不離開自己的家園、家人、學校、玩具、書本和所有的朋友。
於是,主角決定用自己的方式讓她開心起來——一個簡單卻真誠的計畫,想幫助她在陌生的地方找到一點熟悉的溫暖。
這個故事溫柔地讓孩子理解被迫離鄉的難民經歷,也展現了小小的善意與友誼如何能成為治癒人心的力量。
There's a new girl in my class. She has eyes as wide and as golden as a tiger's, skin as pale as a glass of milk, and hair as shiny as a mirror. I'd like to be her friend. But she never plays with me in the playground or makes sandcastles in the sandpit. She's doesn't even like Story Time.
The cleverest people I know say that the new girl is sad because she had to leave her home, her family, her school, her toys, her books and all her friends too.
But I've got an idea! There is something I can do to make her feel better when she's missing everything she's left behind ...