向壞心情說再見 Sweep

 
　　壞心情纏住艾德了！
　　逼迫他把城市掃得一團亂，
　　他該怎麼向壞心情說再見呢？
 
　　艾德是個好孩子，但艾德心情不好的時候，就不是了。
　　壞心情起初只是小小的，像茶杯裡的小風波……所以艾德不理它。
　　很快的，它變大了，像氣沖沖的風暴橫掃過整個城市。
　　艾德的壞心情認為太好了！
　　可是，艾德其實開始後悔了，
　　起初要是像茶杯裡的風波早早吹散就好了……
　　艾德該如何向壞心情說再見呢？
 
本書特色
　　★ 文字富有詩意與想像，圖畫極具傳達力，以具體的掃除落葉，表現抽象情緒的影響，讓孩子能用「感受」去閱讀，學習壞心情來臨時，試著停下來想一想。
 
得獎紀錄
 
　　★ 提名英國凱特格林威獎
　　★ 入選美國紐約插畫家協會繪本原畫展
 
媒體書評
 
　　路易絲和茱莉亞透過輕描淡寫和幽默的話語，抵銷了戲劇性的轉折，帶領讀者度過心情的轉換。巧妙、優雅的情緒隱喻。──科克斯書評
 
　　富有想像力、異想天開的插圖，說明了不良情緒可能產生的巨大影響。──書單雜誌
 
　　在這本富有創意且迷人的圖畫書中，路易絲完美的展現她的能力，幫助孩子們了解不良情緒，和控制情緒的能力。──學校圖書館期刊
 
　　——中文書介摘錄自《再見壞心情》，台灣東方 

　　NOMINATED FOR THE KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL 2019

　　An uplifting story about confronting big emotions from the author of The Night Box, stunningly illustrated by Júlia Sardà.

　　Ed's bad mood begins as something really small, hardly a thing at all.
　　But before long it grows, gathers pace, and spreads through the whole town.
　　Can Ed sweep his troubles away?

　　A wonderful bedtime story for children aged 3 years and up, perfect for helping children learn to recognise and deal with big emotions.

　　Louise Greig is an award-winning poet and a children's picture book author with a unique, lyrical voice. Her childhood was filled with animals, the poems of Robert Louis Stevenson and picture books by iconic children’s writers such as Margaret Wise Brown, Charlotte Zolotow, Ruth Krauss, Maurice Sendak, Astrid Lindgren and Tove Jansson. Her debut picture book for Egmont, The Night Box, has been translated into 10 languages and has been nominated for the 2018 Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Association of Illustrators Awards (AOI) and the Teach Primary Book Awards. Louise lives in Aberdeen and when not writing is a director of a dog rescue and re-homing organisation. The wild solitude of Scotland and the beauty of nature remain strong influences in her life.

　　Júlia Sardà is an illustrator from Barcelona. After her studies, Júlia started working as colorist in a studio which made the editorial merchandising for Disney/Pixar and then moved on to freelancing two years later. Ranging from concept art for video games, to children’s illustration, Júlia has had the chance to illustrate some everlasting classics such as: Alice in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.