Green

　　得到凱迪克榮譽獎的《綠》是一本跟色彩有關的概念書，作者用一幅幅跨頁圖呈現不同場景、不同物件上的綠色，而每頁一句簡短文字的末尾由於重複出現「綠」字，也自然押了韻，讓讀者在閱讀時立刻把聲音、文字和圖畫連結在一起。除了視覺與聽覺上的回應外，另外還有一種觸覺的感受，作者用壓克力顏料在畫布上塗抹出厚重的肌理，顏料下又透出畫布的紋路，例如「卡其布的綠」那一頁，就彷彿觸摸得到佈滿迷彩效果的卡其布。蘿拉．維卡羅．希格（Laura Vaccaro Seeger）所描繪的形體既清楚又有份量，色澤鮮明，層次豐富，筆觸堆疊間充滿細微的變化，像是濃密的樹葉、雪地、木板、夜空等等，都值得細細觀察。

　　此外，形狀、大小、數量不同的洞分布頁面，很適合幼兒用手指頭探觸，而這些洞更巧妙地銜接起前後跨頁，翻頁之間，不相關的場景便如魔術般互相串聯、突顯，例如海龜吐出的水泡成了青檸（又稱萊姆）皮上的斑點，豌豆變成老虎的眼睛，尺蠖變成掛鉤，螢火蟲成了蘋果、月亮變為太陽⋯⋯，而鑲白邊的長方形洞則把隱藏在畫中的「叢林」與「卡其布」字樣框取出來。到了「全都是綠」的那個跨頁，作者更截取之前的畫面，重新組合成一幅畫，使濃淡不一的綠色並列對照。

得獎記錄
★ 2013年美國凱迪克榮譽獎（2013 Caldecott Honor Book）
★ Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2012
 
＊ 中文書介摘錄自《綠》，維京出版

Die cut pages bring surprise after surprise in this magical new book from the ＂Queen of the concept book＂--an intricate and satisfying homage to green, the color of all creation.

How many kinds of green are there? There’s the lush green of a forest on a late spring day, the fresh, juicy green of a just-cut lime, the incandescent green of a firefly, and the vivid aquamarine of a tropical sea. In her newest book, Caldecott and Geisel Honor Book author Laura Vaccaro Seeger fashions an homage to a single color and, in doing so, creates a book that will delight and, quite possibly astonish you. This title has Common Core connections.

Green is a Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Book of 2012

Green is a 2013 Caldecott Honor Book

Among Laura Vaccaro Seeger’s many distinctive books for children are First the Egg--a Caldecott Honor Book and a Geisel Honor Book; One Boy--a Geisel Honor Book; and Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories--winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book award. Laura lives on Long Island with her husband, Chris, their two sons, Drew and Dylan, and their dog, Copper.