◆Lindgren Literary Prize finalist illustrator María Wernicke, a book of healing that explores life issues
◆Selected as the best children's book by the Argentine Children and Youth Literary Association
◆For a fragile soul who has lost a loved one, how many days can't stop thinking about it? You don't have to convince yourself to forget, let this book accompany you and give you an empathetic warm hug
In one's life, there are many kinds of separations. Sometimes you can know the parting in advance, but most partings are always unprepared. Even if you rehearse your heart countless times, it seems that you can't accept it when that day comes. Perhaps, the prepared goodbye does not exist at all. .
Award record
Won the 2012 Argentine Children's and Youth Literature Association Best Children's Book, Brazil's key reading plan book.
About the author
Author/Illustrator: María Wernicke Argentine artist, with a delicate and elegant style, good at creating a sense of space, and depicting characters with natural and smooth movements. His works have won many international awards, and was shortlisted for the Lindgren Literary Award in 2020. His works have been selected as the best children's book by the Argentine Children's and Adolescents Literary Association, the German White Crow Award's Selected Book List, and the Brazilian Children's and Adolescents Literary Association's recommended books. And participated in many international exhibitions, such as: Bratis International Illustration Biennale, Bologna Book Fair.
✦ 林格倫文學獎入圍插畫家María Wernicke，探討生命議題的療癒之書
✦ 獲選阿根廷兒童和青少年文學協會最佳童書、巴西重點閱讀計畫書籍
✦ 失去至親的脆弱心靈，總有那麼幾天無法停止思念？不必說服自己忘記，就讓此書陪伴你，給予一個同理的暖心擁抱
有時候，仍可感覺到消逝的至親至愛就在身邊，
多麽希望他不曾離去⋯⋯
女孩心中的深沈想念該何去何從？
▒ 阿根廷藝術家輕盈描繪小孩、大人皆曾面對的失落與分離，以愛與詩意撫慰悲傷的心靈 ▒
女孩跟媽媽說：「今天我又發現了後院的秘密通道。那不是樹洞，甚至也找不到門進去。」原來那是媽媽偶爾在曬衣桿上晾的被單。
女孩喜歡將自己裹在被單裡，小小的私密空間中，她似乎看見了去世的爸爸。他們會一起游泳、擁抱彼此，遠離世界上危險的事。
不過，當媽媽收下被單，秘密通道就不在了，她多麽希望能夠一直、永遠待在裡頭⋯⋯
女孩童言童語中蘊含著無盡的想望和思愁，她的思念看似無疾而終。
不過，耐心側耳傾聽的媽媽聽完後，給予她一個大大的擁抱，牽起小女孩走到後院，掛上兩件被單，陪伴她一起思念，一同進入回憶，尋找逝去的親人。
✦ 簡約圖文交織出無盡想像，細膩輕巧地紓解沉重的生死議題
文字以孩童單純的語言，描寫面對親人逝世的嘆息和誠懇想望，看似輕巧地刻畫你我心中哀傷的情感，娓娓道出抽象的生死議題。
圖像簡約饒富詩意，無聲呈現女孩、母親、父親的濃烈羈絆。色彩的轉換，巧妙傳達雙親對於女孩無盡的關愛，圖文詮釋溢於言表，讀後餘韻繚繞不止。
作／繪者簡介
瑪麗亞．韋尼克（María Wernicke）
阿根廷藝術家，畫風細膩淡雅，擅於營造空間感，描繪的人物動作自然流暢。作品多次榮獲國際獎項，2020年入圍林格倫文學獎，作品數度獲選阿根廷兒童和青少年文學協會最佳童書、德國白烏鴉獎精選書單、巴西兒童和青少年文學協會的推薦選書，並且參與過許多國際展出，如：布拉迪斯國際插畫雙年展、波隆那書展。