故事的主人公Martin总是毫无原因的脸红,这一直困扰着他;直到有一天他碰到了总是停不住打喷嚏的Roddy,两个大家眼中的怪孩子做了好朋友;围绕着他们奇妙的生活发生了很多有趣的故事,到底是什么让他们成为了一辈子的好朋友?
About the book
Another classic title from world-renowned cartoonist Jean-Jacques
Sempé, this illustrated children’s book tells the tale of Martin
Pebble, a little boy who blushes a lot and is happiest in the
summer, when everyone else has a red face too. He sets out to find
a reason for his strange affliction, and finds a friend i
內容簡介:
FROM THE ILLUSTRATOR OF THE AWARD-WINNING "NICHOLAS" SERIESA
NEW PICTURE BOOK ABOUT MARTIN WHO BLUSHES, RODDY WHO SNEEZES
ANDLIFE-LONG FRIENDSHIP. MARTIN PEBBLE is the delightful story of a
little boy who blushes all thetime for no particular reason.
Written and illustrated by the New Yorkercover artist Jean-Jacques
Semp+-, MARTIN PEBBLE is now available in Englishfor the first time
for an American audience.He is also the illustrator ofNicholas
Phaidon, 2005, the recent winner of the 2006 ALSC''s Mildred
L.Batchelder Honor Award for an outstanding children''s book
originallypublished in a foreign language.MARTIN PEBBLE is a
timeless, touching and humorous book that brings to lifethe
adventures of a little boy who blushes a lot, and who is happiest
inthe summer, when everyone else has a red face too.He sets out to
find areason for his strange affliction, and finds a friend instead
- RoddyRackett, who keeps on sneezing, even when he doesn''t have a
cold.One day, his new best friend moves away and Martin Pebble is
very sad.Hegoes on to make other friends, but doesn''t have the same
bond with any ofthem as he did with Roddy Rackett - the kind of
friendship where you playgames and make jokes and never feel
bored.Years pass and Martin grows up,and moves to the big city.One
day they meet again, on a crowded bus, andthere''s a lot of catching
up to do.Soon they realize that some thingsnever change: Martin
still blushes, Roddy still sneezes, and the two ofthem are still
the best of friends.A French classic since 1969, MARTIN PEBBLE is
now available in English forthe first time, in a translation by the
award-winning translator AntheaBell.Illustrated with Jean-Jacques
Sempe''s colorful drawings, it theperfect gift for any child who has
ever felt that they were a little bitdifferent and found a best
friend that makes them, even for a little while,feel better.MARTIN
PEBBLE will make the perfect holiday gift and is sureto become an
instant classic. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
關於作者:
Jean-Jacques Semp? b. 1932 is one of the most
successful and best-loved cartoonists and illustrators in the
world. He has published numerous collections of his work in his
native France and thirty other countries since 1962, and still
regularly contributes to magazines such as the New Yorker and Paris
Match. He is the illustrator of Nicholas 2005, Nicholas Again
2006 and Nicholas on Vacation 2006, all available by Phaidon
Press. He lives in Paris.
目錄:
Martin Pebble is a single story told through illustrations, many
of which feature speech bubbles, that are linked by short
descriptive texts.