【創意月曆式繪本】兔兔危機 The Rabbit Problem

 
　　1+1 = 288？搞錯了吧！這本書以費波那契數列為發想靈感，假設我們在柵欄中放入一對兔子，而兔子每個月可生下一對新兔子，過了一年後，會出現多少兔子呢？別誤會，這可不是一本數學繪本，而是關於很多很多很多的兔子！
 
　　故事從一隻兔子開始，一月是孤單的月份，她好想找個伴。二月是寒冷的月，一隻兔子變成兩隻囉，要怎麼在寒冬保暖呢？春天來臨的三月，也是兔寶寶月，歡迎新成員加入，該來學習怎麼照顧兩個可愛的寶寶囉。
 
　　這本繪本使用月曆的形式，攤開每個月份，不只有可愛的塗鴉、兔兔記錄下的待辦事項，還有搭配每月主題，實際可翻閱的小冊子或小卡片，比如一月是寂寞兔兔發出的邀請卡。三月是兔寶寶的超音波照、出生證明，還有寶寶的成長紀錄。九月兔子群則是面臨胡蘿蔔太多的問題，本月搭配的則是實用的胡蘿蔔食譜。
 
　　隨著兔子數量一直增加，十一月的農場面臨兔兔多到要滿出來的問題，該怎麼解決兔子的人口成長問題？千萬別錯過最後的驚喜立體頁喔！本書由知名繪本創作者艾蜜莉．葛拉菲特（Emily Gravett）所作，極富巧思的創意，畫面中藏著滿滿的細節彩蛋，絕對讓大小繪本迷都大滿足。（文／博客來外文館）

How does 1+1 = 288? A family of rabbits soon supplies the answer in this funny story Hop along to Fibonacci's Field and follow Lonely and Chalk Rabbit through a year as they try to cope with their fast expanding brood and handle a different seasonal challenge each month, from the cold of February to the wet of April and the heat of July. This extraordinary picture book is packed with gorgeous details and novelty elements including a baby rabbit record book, a carrot recipe book and a surprise pop-up ending.

Emily Gravett is the author and illustrator of many children’s books, including Matilda’s Cat, Again!, Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal), Meerkat Mail, Tidy, and Old Hat. Her first book, Wolves, was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Illustration. Her second book, Orange Pear Apple Bear, was a Quills Award finalist, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, and on the shortlist for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Emily lives in Brighton, England, with her partner, their daughter, and the family dog. Visit her at EmilyGravett.com.