It’s a golden, windy autumn day, and a mother a daughter set out walking among the swirling leaves. As they wend their way, they share little adventures—spying a kitten, seeing the trees zigzag with streaks of color, catching some floating milkweed, watching the setting sun color the clouds. Throughout their walk, the girl keeps urging her mother to “say it” with more and more persistence. What could “it” be? From a sterling picture-book team comes a quiet story that shows the many ways love is expressed in the small moments shared between parent and child.
一个秋高气爽、落英缤纷的日子,一位妈妈带着女儿散步。一路上,她们一起分享了各种有趣的经历:发现了一只小猫;看到了微风吹拂,树影在池塘里泛起一道道斑斓的波纹;抓住了一些飘落在半空中的乳草;欣赏夕阳下的朵朵彩云……小女孩一直在坚持不懈地让妈妈“说呀”,到底要说什么呢?这个经典的图画故事告诉我们,在父母和孩子之间,哪怕只有短短的亲子时光,也有许多表达爱的方式。
《说呀》是夏洛特的一部成熟作品。成熟的作品意味着,书中的每一句话不再仅仅是一句话,而成为长在故事里的一部分,而故事仿佛又是我们生活的一部分。那些稀松平常的话带我们回到与父母在一起的场景,回到孩子与我们在一起的场景,这些场景的共同点就是“爱”。
By Charlotte Zolotow, Hardcover, Simplified Chinese characters, 32 pages, 8"x9.1"