Negative Cat

　　二度榮獲美國凱迪克大獎　蘇菲．布雷克爾（Sophie Blackall）最新力作
　　對凡事都提不起勁的消極貓，遇見知音小男孩將迸出什麼火花？
 
　　小男孩花了 427 天，終於成功說服家人讓他養貓，於是他開心地從收容所領養了一隻貓。但這隻名叫麥克斯的貓跟其他的貓不太一樣，他對玩具老鼠興趣缺缺，對手工編織毛衣毫不眷戀，大部分時間都面朝牆壁。全家抱怨連連，想放棄麥克斯，但小男孩愛上消極的麥克斯，不惜任何代價都要留住麥克斯。為了麥克斯，他甚至願意嘗試最害怕的事情「練習閱讀」，沒想到，這卻為事情帶來意想不到的轉機！
 
　　「為動物朗讀，對閱讀的孩子和傾聽的動物都有好處，這是書中隱藏的寶藏。」──《出版者周刊》好評推薦
 
　　「一個幽默的故事，每個人都得償所願——即使是一隻消極的貓！」──美國書評雜誌《科克斯書評》好評推薦

　　Two-time Caldecott winner Sophie Blackall spins a winning tale about Max, a feline whose behavior doesn't win any raves, except from the boy who believes in him and finds a way to turn a negative into a positive.

　　a boy is FINALLY allowed to get a cat, he has no doubts about which one to bring home from the shelter. But Max the cat isn’t quite what the family expected. He shuns the toy mouse, couldn’t care less about the hand-knitted sweater, and spends most of his time facing the wall. One by one, the family gives up on Max, but the boy loves his negative cat so much, he’ll do anything to keep him. Even the thing he dreads most: practicing his reading. Which, as it turns out, makes everything positive!
 

Sophie Blackall is the two-time Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator of numerous picture books, including The Baby Tree, Hello Lighthouse, Finding Winnie (by Lindsay Mattick), A Voyage in the Clouds (by Matthew Olshan), Pecan Pie Baby (by Jacqueline Woodson), Big Red Lollipop (by Rukhsana Khan), and the Ivy and Bean series (by Annie Barrows). Her many honors include a BCCB Blue Ribbon, Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award, Society of Illustrators Founders Award, and Charlotte Zolotow Honor. Her art has also been part of the NYC MTA’s Arts for Transit program. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.