Hey, Water!

　　嘿，水！ 我認識你！ 到處都可以看得見你！

　　小女孩探索周圍環境，看到到處都是水。 但她發現：水並不總是看起來一樣，它呈現出許多不同的形狀，帶給人們不同的感覺。 水可以是湖泊，可以是蒸汽，可以是淚水，也可以是雪人。

　　當小女孩在自然界、天氣、家中，甚至在她自己的身體內發現水時，水變得更加生動，她在水中找到興奮和快樂。

　　屢獲殊榮的作家/插畫家安托瓦內特．波蒂斯（Antoinette Portis），最新作品是本引人入勝的繪本，為讀者提供一個活潑的視野，讓我們在水循環、節約用水等方面，產生新的認識與回溯。

　　從畫風來看，簡單的插圖用刷子，墨水和數字顏色渲染，很快就吸引孩子的目光，繼續閱讀，探索水的奧妙。若從知識性切入，孩子又像是經由有趣的猜謎遊戲，了解到各種形式的水是什麼、水在哪裡。本書更探討了在家庭，院子和社區中，找到水的方式，還描述了溪流、河流、海洋、露珠、雲、霧和冰山。

　　透過簡單的水介紹，安托瓦內特．波蒂斯（Antoinette Portis）解決了一個棘手的認知任務。她用鮮明動人的插畫、淺顯的文字，帶領孩子識別一個偽裝成不同狀態的元素，讀者更可輕鬆愉快地學習原來同一個元素可以以幾種不同的形式存在。（文／博客來編譯）

Splash! A spunky little girl plays a spirited game of hide-and-seek with water, in this gorgeously illustrated informational picture book for the very young. Now in paperback.

Hey, water! I know you! You’re all around.

Join a young girl as she explores her surroundings and sees that water is everywhere. But water doesn’t always look the same, it doesn’t always feel the same, and it shows up in lots of different shapes. Water can be a lake, it can be steam, it can be a tear, or it can even be a snowman.

As the girl discovers water in nature, in weather, in her home, and even inside her own body, water comes to life, and kids will find excitement and joy in water and its many forms.

This paperback edition of the latest work from award-winning author/illustrator Antoinette Portis is an engaging, aesthetically pleasing nonfiction picture book, complete with accessible backmatter on the water cycle, water conservation, and more.

 

Antoinette Portis is a decorated picture book author/illustrator. Her picture books have garnered wide acclaim and many starred review, including ALA Notable Books Wait and Now. She was awarded a Geisel Honor for Not a Box, which was also a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. A former creative director at Disney, she lives in Southern California.