繪本365

No.86 The wonderful things you will be

作者:Emily Windfield Martin

出版社: Random house

今天介紹的這本繪本，是姊妹淘特地從美國寄來給我的，溫暖、踏實，字字句句都有著媽媽心的正能量，與大家分享。

故事的內容很簡單，繞著一個核心問題，【孩子長大以後，會變成什麼樣的人呢?】

當自己凝視著孩子的眼睛，看到了他的聰明、勇敢、好奇心，更棒的是，說不盡的可能性。

作者用著溫婉柔軟的態度，字字句句寫下媽媽們共同的想望與期待，

希望他堅強獨立、希望他善解人意，希望他濟弱扶傾，希望他站的更高更遠，

最後的大翻頁，and become anybody that you'd like to be，希望孩子可以成為任何他想做的自己!

內文如下:

When I look at you and you look at me, I wonder what wonderful things you will be.

When you were too small to tell me hello, I knew your were someone I wanted to know.

For all of your tininess couldn't disguise a heart so enormous...and wild ...and wise.

This is the first time there's ever been you, so I wonder what wonderful things you will do.

Will you stand up for good by saving the day?

Or play a song only you know how to play?

Will you tell a story that only you know?

Would you learn what it means to help thing to grow?

Will you learn how to fly to find the best view?

Or take care of things much smaller than you?

I know you'll be kind… and clever…and bold.

And the bigger your heart, the more it will hold.

When nights are black and when days are gray­ you will be brave and bright so no shadows can stay.

Then you will discover all there is to see...and become anybody that you'd like to be.

And then I'll look at you and you 'll look at me,and I'll love you,whoever you're grown up to be.

這本書的文字優美，畫風溫暖，一字一句的講述著為人父母對於孩子的殷切，

每個問句，都蘊藏著深厚的愛，每個肯定句，都能帶來更多的正面積極。

最後，作者用凝視來前後呼應，但前面的問題已經有了答案，【無論你長大成為什麼樣的人，爸爸媽媽都好愛你!】。

喜歡這本書的原因，除了正能量滿載，除了闡述愛之外，

閱讀的同時也在為自己打氣，也時時提醒自己，每天耐心快被磨光的瑣碎日常因此抽離，看著孩子說:【我好愛你】，溫柔堅定。

附上朗讀版:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsql7645SzU