The big bear is very lazy, and he is a big landlord who only knows to sleep all day; the hare is very smart, but he is so poor that he has no food. The hare wants to use the wealth of the big bear to improve his life, so he proposes a partnership idea. The hare jumps to the big bear's house and proposes a cooperation plan that the big bear donates the land, the hare cultivates, and then the two share the harvest equally. The hare asked the bear to choose the top or bottom to harvest first. As a result, the sleepy bear found himself caught in the trap of the hare...
About the author
Jenna Stephens Author and Illustrator Profile Jenna Stephens is a children's book author and illustrator. She is good at portraying animal characters in a humorous way. In the book "Above and Below", she not only shows her ability to draw various vegetables, but also draws color pictures on the basis of carrots, corn, potatoes, green beans, radishes, tomatoes, plus a set of work clothes. Chains come on homemade paper.
大熊非常懶惰，是個整天只知道睡覺的大地主﹔野兔很聰明，卻窮得三餐沒著落。野兔想藉著大熊的財富來改善生活，於是提出一個合夥主意，野兔跳到大熊家，提出大熊捐地、野兔耕種，然後兩人平分收獲的合作計畫。野兔讓大熊先選擇要收成的上面或是下面。結果，貪睡的大熊發現自己陷入了野兔的圈套……
本書特色
本書榮獲凱迪克銀牌獎。構圖緊密、生動，以水彩、色鉛筆及粉彩將各類蔬菜繪製得栩栩如生，充分展現出畫者的繪圖功力。此外，本書為切合書名，在翻頁的設計上突破一般慣常的左右翻頁，而改以上下翻頁，巧思獨具。故事源自歐洲的民間故事和美國南方的奴隸故事，在妙趣橫生中，展現了以機智克服困境的民間故事精髓。
得獎紀錄
1996年美國凱迪克銀牌獎
美國編輯人評選最佳繪本
美國月選童書社鄭重推薦
作／繪者簡介
珍娜．史蒂芬斯
是童書作家暨插畫家，她的作品包括了與哈爾寇特．布雷斯合作的【曼克斯貓的尾巴是怎麼遺失的】(1990) 、【三隻山羊嘎嘎嘎】(1987) 。她擅長以幽默的方式描繪動物角色。在【上面和下面】一書中，她不僅嶄露了畫各種蔬菜的本事，還把彩圖畫在由紅蘿蔔、玉米、馬鈴薯、四季豆、櫻桃蘿蔔、蕃茄、外加一套工作衣褲所提鍊而來的自製紙上。