Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time[精裝]

作者：Park, Linda Sue/ Pinkney, J. Brian

出版社：Houghton Mifflin

出版日期：2022.12.01

ISBN：9781328781338

書號：20259129

裝訂：精裝

定價：$630

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內容簡介

在南蘇丹，由於缺乏乾淨的飲用水，五歲以下的孩童容易得到水媒病而夭折。本書以”A Long Walk to Water(尋水之心)”的故事為背景，道出南蘇丹長期的水資源問題；除了水媒病，當地的居民必須長途跋涉以取水，也有許多孩童因為費時的取水工作而無法到學校學習。Nya與Akeer姊妹雖然只是虛構的人物，但她們的故事真實反映了南蘇丹孩童的狀況。

這天Nya帶著妹妹Akeer取水，但妹妹今天卻反常地感到疲倦。Nya想辦法用拍手遊戲轉移Akeer的注意力，好不容易抵達水源地取了水，Akeer卻在回程的路上倒下了；焦急的Nya一摸，發現妹妹全身都在發燙，並漸漸停止哭泣變得安靜。妹妹生病了，很可能病得很重；於是Nya決定把好不容易取得的水倒掉一半，一手提著水一手背著妹妹，辛苦地一步一步走回遙遠的村莊。幸好，在接受治療後Akeer漸漸康復，也有很多人幫忙在村莊附近鑿水井，將來因不乾淨的水而生病的幼童也能逐漸減少了。

如同繪本的情節，有許多的組織致力於改善南蘇丹的水資源，例如Water for South Sudan；由Salva Dut成立，向各國募資、集結人力，在南蘇丹已挖掘超過340口井；在組織的努力之下，水媒病在南蘇丹的病情改善很多，愈來愈多的人民不必再跋涉取水，孩童也有時間接受教育。

對繪本情節有興趣的讀者可參考原作小說”A Long Walk to Water”，了解姊妹完整的故事；作者Linda Sue Park另有一部得到紐伯瑞獎的小說”A Single Shard”，有興趣的讀者也可以一起認識。

#尋水之心
#環境議題繪本

Young Nya takes little sister Akeer along on the two-hour walk to fetch water for the family. But Akeer becomes too ill to walk, and Nya faces the impossible: her sister and the full water vessel together are too heavy to carry. As she struggles, she discovers that if she manages to take one step, then another, she can reach home and Mama’s care. Bold, impressionistic paintings by Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Brian Pinkney evoke the dry, barren landscape and the tenderness between the two sisters. An afterword discusses the process of providing clean water in South Sudan to reduce waterborne illness.

藍思值: AD530L

尺寸: 28.58 x 0.64 x 22.23 cm

頁數: 32頁

裝訂: 精裝繪本

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作者介紹

Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medal winner for A Single Shard and #1 New York Times bestseller for A Long Walk to Water, is the renowned author of picture books and novels for young readers. She lives in Western New York. Learn more at lindasuepark.com.

Brian Pinkney is a celebrated picture-book illustrator who has won two Caldecott Honors. His professional recognition includes the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and three Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honors. He has collaborated with his wife, author Andrea Davis Pinkney, on several picture books including Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra and Sleeping Cutie. The Pinkneys live in Brooklyn, New York.

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