The Long Ride

The Long RideBy: Marina Budhos In the tumult of 1970s New York City, kids are expected to figure out issues of race that adults haven't when seventh graders are bused from their neighborhood in Queens to integrate a new school in South Jamaica. Jamila, Josie, and Francesca are three mixed race girls who have always felt like outsiders in their mostly white neighborhood in Queens, but at least they have each other. Now it's seventh grade, and they're part of an

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阿佛是一隻田鼠，和他的家人住在一起，當其他的田鼠都忙著為冬天儲糧時，他卻無所事事，還說自己正在收集陽光、顏色和字。冬天來臨，等到儲存的糧食全都吃光了，大家都愁得不想開口。這時，阿佛才把他蒐集的東西，朗讀給大家聽，阿佛說起太陽那金黃色的光芒，大家就覺得溫暖多了，阿佛說到麥田的紅罌粟和樹叢裡的綠葉子，就像把顏色撒在心頭上似的，阿佛的聲音豐富了枯寂的冬日，原來，阿佛是個詩人呀！　　事實上，田鼠阿佛就是李奧尼在創作當時心境的寫照。在1960年代後期，美國 的藝術創作界瀰漫著一股對藝術家殷殷期盼與小心呵護的氣氛，就像田鼠阿佛用詩歌豐富了其他田鼠的心靈一般，李奧尼的藝術作品吸引了許多愛好他的讀者與評論家，證明了藝術和自我的價值。換句話說，人在追求物質生活的同時，也需要藝術、音樂、文學創作等精神文明，使人生更豐富。    　　李奧尼的圖畫 素材非常多樣，畫法變化多端，「田鼠阿佛」用的是剪貼、撕貼和手繪的方法。雖然五隻小田鼠長得一模一樣，但是仔細觀察一下，但是從眼神卻能分辨出來阿佛和其他田鼠的不同。冬天來臨前，阿佛總是搭著眼皮、背對著其他同伴，靜靜的不工作，一副若有所思的樣子。但是當冬天糧食吃完了，阿佛開始跟同伴分享他收集的陽光、顏色和字的時候，他變得很有精神，眼睛也睜得圓亮。　　《田鼠阿佛》展現李歐．李奧尼的作品特色，充滿了兒童世界的純真，和成人世界的哲理，值得細細品味。

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By: Campbell Books | Illustrator:  Marion Cocklico | Series: Campbell Big Steps The Big Steps series is designed to help little ones (and their parents) cope with everyday experiences

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