My Dad Is a Tree

 
★ 美國幽默繪本大師強．艾吉（Jon Agee）最新作品
 
　　爸爸發現瑪德琳在模仿樹，他很好奇地問這是什麼遊戲？抵不過瑪德琳的央求下，爸爸也加入了這場遊戲。模仿樹很簡單，只要把手臂當成樹枝，身體當成樹幹，腳當成樹根就可以了。
 
　　可是問題來了，爸爸實在太會模仿樹了，所以小貓頭鷹停在爸爸的肩膀上睡著了，知更鳥在爸爸的頭上做了窩，松鼠在口袋裡藏了橡實，蜘蛛在胳膊下結網，爸爸還被風箏打中、被雨淋濕，全身上下變成動物的棲息地！
 
　　My Dad Is a Tree是美國幽默繪本大師強．艾吉的最新作品，拼貼畫的視覺效果加上可愛又有趣的故事情節，展現親子互動的樂趣，也是歌頌父愛的最佳作品。強．艾吉的代表作包括《獅子補習班》（Lion Lessons）、《我的火星探險》（Life on Mars）等，
 
　　Jon Agee其他作品還包括《獅子補習班》（Lion Lessons）、《我的火星探險》（Life on Mars）等，以幽默佐玩心，能同時讓小孩和大人大呼過癮的趣味，這就是強．艾吉的魅力。其精采的作品在全世界有許多粉絲，亦曾兩度受邀來台灣，分享創作歷程和經驗。

A dad and daughter take pretending to an adorable extreme in this funny book that’s perfect for Father’s Day.

It’s easy to be a tree. Just pretend your arms are branches, your body is a trunk, and your legs are roots. Don’t move, even if a bird makes a nest on your head, a squirrel hides an acorn in your pocket, and a spider builds a web under your arm. It’s OK: Trees don’t mind those things. Or so says the little girl who persuades her father to be a tree all day long, no matter what, even in the rain!

This silly and sweet picture book will inspire all kinds of imaginative play and is a tribute to parents who will do just about anything for their kids.

Jon Agee is the author/illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner It’s Only Stanley and the ALA Notable Books Little Santa, Terrific, Milo’s Hat Trick, and The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau, and a series of popular wordplay books including the IRA-CBC Children’s Choice book of palindromes, Go Hang a Salami! I’m a Lasagna Hog! Jon grew up along the Hudson River in Nyack, New York, and went to college at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City, where he studied painting and filmmaking. Now a full-time author, he lives in San Francisco with his wife, Audrey.