《紐約時報書評》(The New York Times Book Review)的兒童讀物編輯們挑選的本年度最佳繪本、中級讀物,以及適合青少年的虛構(gòu)和非虛構(gòu)類圖書。
The best in picture books, middle grade and young adult fiction and nonfiction, selected by the children’s books editor of The New York Times Book Review.
繪本
Picture Books
《摔下來之后:漢普蒂鄧普蒂是怎樣再爬上墻的》
(AFTER THE FALL: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)
Dan Santat/著
Roaring Brook 出版
定價:17.99美元
如果摔碎了的漢普蒂鄧普蒂(Humpty Dumpty)決定自己振作起來,重新爬上那堵墻,又會怎么樣呢?凱迪克獎(Caldecott)獲得者Dan Santat編繪的這本繪本,為這個問題提供了一個出人意料且鼓舞人心的答案。
AFTER THE FALL: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again. Written and illustrated by Dan Santat. (Roaring Brook, $17.99.) The Caldecott Medalist Santat offers a surprising and inspirational answer to the question, what if the shattered Humpty Dumpty decided to pull himself together and get back up on that wall?
做書注:
矮胖子(Humpty Dumpty)是世界上最早得兒歌集《鵝媽媽童謠》中的人物。那首童謠是這樣的:
矮胖子,坐墻頭,/栽了一個大跟斗。/國王呀,齊兵馬,/破蛋重圓沒辦法。
《晚安,地球》
(GOOD NIGHT, PLANET)
Liniers/著
Toon Books 出版
定價:12.95美元
隨著小女孩進(jìn)入夢鄉(xiāng),她的毛絨玩具兔子出門度過了一個冒險之夜,這本漫畫風(fēng)格的書既溫柔又令人興奮。
GOOD NIGHT, PLANET. Written and illustrated by Liniers. (Toon Books; $12.95.) A little girl drifts off to sleep, but her stuffed rabbit heads out for a night of adventure in this comics-style book that’s both tender and exhilarating.
《嘿,男孩》
(HEY, BOY)
Ben Strouse/著
Jennifer Phelan/繪
Margaret K. McElderry Books出版
定價:15.99美元
這本引起感情共鳴的、復(fù)古風(fēng)格的首次亮相圖書講述了一個男孩和不時出現(xiàn)在他生活中的狗的故事,“必定是一本值得重溫的書,”我們的評論家Tom Lichtenheld說。
HEY, BOY. By Ben Strouse. Illustrated by Jennifer Phelan. (Margaret K. McElderry Books, $15.99). This emotionally resonant, retro-style debut about a boy and the dog who moves in and out of his life is “sure to be a book worth revisiting,” our reviewer, Tom Lichtenheld, said.
《那只離家出走、(用笨辦法)學(xué)會了字母表的小紅貓》
(THE LITTLE RED CAT WHO RAN AWAY AND LEARNED HIS ABC’S [THE HARD WAY])
Patrick McDonnell/著
Little,Brown出版
定價:17.99美元
這雖然是一本字母書,但內(nèi)容豐富。書中沒有單詞,但詼諧且精彩地講述了一只離家出走的貓及其追尋者,包括一只鱷魚、一只雞和一條龍的故事。
THE LITTLE RED CAT WHO RAN AWAY AND LEARNED HIS ABC’S (THE HARD WAY). Written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell. (Little, Brown, $17.99.) It’s an alphabet book, but it’s also much more: a wordless, witty and wonderful story of a runaway cat and his pursuers, including an alligator, a chicken and a dragon.
《我的美麗的小鳥》
(MY BEAUTIFUL BIRDS)
Suzanne Del Rizzo/著
Pajama Press出版
定價:17.95美元
可愛獨(dú)特的混合媒體藝術(shù)、充滿希望的故事,Rizzo用一種簡單直觀的表達(dá)方式,講述了一名在戰(zhàn)爭中被迫逃離家園的男孩,通過照顧小鳥來愈合自己的感情創(chuàng)傷和交新朋友的故事。
MY BEAUTIFUL BIRDS. Written and illustrated by Suzanne Del Rizzo. (Pajama Press, $17.95.) With lovely, unusual mixed media art and a hopeful story, Del Rizzo finds an approachable way to tell the story of a boy forced to flee his home during war, who finds healing and a new friend through caring for birds.
《海邊小鎮(zhèn)》
(TOWN IS BY THE SEA)
Joanne Schwartz / 著
Sydney Smith / 繪
Groundwood 出版
定價:19.95美元
本書用簡單、有力的語言和絕妙的藝術(shù),以一個男孩的口吻平靜地講述了海邊小鎮(zhèn)布里頓角的礦工們及其家庭的令人心碎的故事,這個男孩知道父親的現(xiàn)在就是自己的未來。
TOWN IS BY THE SEA. By Joanne Schwartz. Illustrated by Sydney Smith. (Groundwood, $19.95.) With simple, powerful language and stunning art, this quietly devastating book evokes a seaside community of Cape Breton miners and their families through the voice of a boy who knows he will follow his father’s path.
《歡迎:MO WILLEMS的新來者指南》
(WELCOME: A MO WILLEMS GUIDE FOR NEW ARRIVALS)
Mo Willems / 著
Hyperion出版
定價:15.99美元
Willems這本無法仿效、無法分類的新書,是一本既有趣又深刻的指南,告訴人如何找到在地球上生活的正確方法,適合所有年齡層的讀者,無論是新生兒還是祖父母。
WELCOME: A MO WILLEMS GUIDE FOR NEW ARRIVALS. Written and illustrated by Mo Willems. (Hyperion, $15.99.) The inimitable Willems’s unclassifiable new book is a funny, profound guide to navigating the highs and lows of being a person on Earth, aimed at everyone from newborns to grandparents.
《狼、鴨子和老鼠》
(THE WOLF, THE DUCK & THE MOUSE)
Barnett Mac / 著
Jon Klassen / 繪
Candlewich 出版
定價:17.99美元
這兩位獲獎合作者的最新作品講述了一個關(guān)于友誼、逃跑,以及在不利情況下盡力而為的黑色幽默故事——這個故事大多發(fā)生在狼的肚子里。
THE WOLF, THE DUCK & THE MOUSE. By Mac Barnett.Illustrated by Jon Klassen. (Candlewick, $17.99.) The latest from this award-winning team is a darkly funny tale of friendship, escape and making the best of things, set mostly in the belly of a wolf.
中級
Middle Grade
《中學(xué)文藝復(fù)興節(jié)》
(All’s Faire In Middle School)
Victoria Jamieson / 著
Dial 出版
定價:12.99美元
“愚以為,這書太贊了。” 我們的書評人瑪喬麗·英戈?duì)枺∕arjorie Ingall)在談起這部圖畫小說時說。它講述的是一個剛開始上中學(xué)的女孩的故事,她的家人在一個文藝復(fù)興集會上工作。
ALL’S FAIRE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Written and illustrated by Victoria Jamieson. (Dial, $12.99.) “I dub thee brilliant,” our reviewer, Marjorie Ingall, said of this graphic novel about a girl just starting middle school, whose family works at a Renaissance faire.
《青銅葵花》
(Bronze And Sunflower)
曹文軒 / 著
Helen Wang / 譯
Candlewick 出版
定價:16.99美元
這部感人的小說是這位杰出的中國作家的作品首次被譯成英文,講述的是一對不可思議的朋友,一個是啞巴,一個是孤兒,他們在中國農(nóng)村互相幫助,度過艱難的歲月。
BRONZE AND SUNFLOWER. By Cao Wenxuan. Translated by Helen Wang. (Candlewick, $16.99.)The great Chinese author’s moving novel—his first to be translated into English—features an unlikely pair of friends, one mute, one orphaned, who help each other through tough times in rural China.
《魚女孩》
(Fish Girl)
Donna Jo Napoli / 著
David Wiesner / 繪
Clarion 出版
定價 17.99美元
在這部令人著迷的圖像小說中,一條被捕獲的美人魚在邪惡的演出經(jīng)理逼迫下,在一個水族館里表演。一個女孩跟她交上了朋友,并且搭救了她。
FISH GIRL. By Donna Jo Napoli. Illustrated by David Wiesner. (Clarion, $17.99.) In this beguiling graphic novel, a girl befriends and rescues a mermaid who has been held captive and forced to perform in an aquatic show by a sinister impresario.
《帕蒂娜》
(Patina)
Jason Reynolds / 著
Atheneum 出版
定價:16.99美元
這本書是雷諾茲充滿趣味與良善的田徑隊(duì)系列的第二部,講述了一個跑步飛快的女孩在賽道上和家庭中克服挑戰(zhàn)的故事。
PATINA. By Jason Reynolds. (Atheneum, $$16.99.) The second book in Reynolds’ engrossing and big-hearted series about the members of a track team focuses on a speed-demon girl who outruns challenges on the track and at home.
《難民》
(Refugee)
Alan Gratz / 著
Scholastic 出版
定價:16.99美元
格拉茨將三個獨(dú)立的關(guān)于流亡難民的故事交織在一起,所有的故事都有驚悚片的成分,同時提醒我們難民的整體困境。
REFUGEE. By Alan Gratz. (Scholastic, $16.99.) Gratz weaves together three separate stories of refugees on the run, finding the ingredients of a taut thriller in all of them while reminding us of the universality of refugees’ plight.
《我們腳下的星星》
(The Stars Beneath Our Feet)
David Barclay / 著
Knopf 出版
定價:16.99美元
這部耀眼的處女作是關(guān)于一個悲傷的哈萊姆區(qū)男孩的故事,他失去了哥哥,在友誼以及樂高搭建競賽中找到了一條遠(yuǎn)離幫派誘惑的道路。
THE STARS BENEATH OUR FEET. By David Barclay Moore. (Knopf, $16.99.) This sparkling debut is about a grieving Harlem boy who’s lost his older brother and finds in friendship and competitive Lego building a path away from the lure of gangs.
《坦布爾和布魯》
(Tumble & Blue)
Cassie Beasley / 著
Dial 出版
定價:17.99美元
這部熱情洋溢、感人肺腑的幻想小說主要以一片滿是鱷魚的喬治亞沼澤地為背景。一個男孩和他的新朋友出發(fā)去尋找躲避世代流傳的家族詛咒的方法。
TUMBLE & BLUE. By Cassie Beasley. (Dial, $17.99.) A boy and his new friend head out on a quest to escape a family curse that runs through generations in this exuberant, heartfelt fantasy set mostly in an alligator-filled Georgia swamp.
《不可戰(zhàn)勝——吉姆·索普和卡萊爾印第安學(xué)校足球隊(duì)》
(Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team)
Steve Sheinkin / 著
Roaring Brook Press 出版
定價:19.99美元
我們的書評人卡維爾·華萊士(Carvell Wallace)稱贊這本扣人心弦的非虛構(gòu)圖書“十分鼓舞人心”,講述了美國原住民學(xué)生發(fā)展出我們現(xiàn)在所知的橄欖球的過程。
UNDEFEATED: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team. By Steve Sheinkin. (Roaring Brook Press, $19.99.) Our reviewer, Carvell Wallace, praised the “hearty inspiration” provided by this riveting nonfiction account of the Native American students who developed most of what we consider modern football.
《第141街的范德比克斯一家》
(The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street)
Karina Yan Glaser / 著
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 出版
定價:16.99美元
在這個令人愉快的、溫馨的昔日大家庭風(fēng)格小說中,一個龐大的雙種族家庭可能會失去他們心愛的褐砂石房子,但是他們憑借強(qiáng)大的魅力攻勢贏回了它。
THE VANDERBEEKERS OF 141ST STREET. By Karina Yan Glaser (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16.99.) In this delightful and heartwarming throwback to the big-family novels of yesteryear, a large biracial family might lose their beloved brownstone home, but win it back with an all-out charm offensive.
《許愿樹》
(Wishtree)
Katherine Applegate / 著
Feiwel & Friends 出版
定價:17.99美元
一棵見證了幾個世紀(jì)滄桑的會說話的樹,講述了這個引人入勝的睿智故事,它發(fā)生在一個不歡迎的穆斯林家庭的社區(qū)。
WISHTREE. By Katherine Applegate. (Feiwel & Friends, $17.99.)A talking tree who has seen it all over the centuries narrates this wise, entrancing story set in a neighborhood in which a Muslim family is made to feel unwelcome.
少年
Young Adult
《阿卡塔斗士》
(Akata Warrior)
Nnedi Okorafor / 著
Viking 出版
定價:18.99美元
這本引人入勝的的書是這個系列的第二本,它講述的是一個患有白化病的尼日利亞女孩利用自己的魔力拯救世界、使它免于毀滅的故事。
AKATA WARRIOR. By Nnedi Okorafor. (Viking, $18.99.) This enthralling second book about Sunny, an albino Nigerian girl who can do magic, has her mastering her powers to save the world from apocolyptic doom.
《美國街頭》
(American Street)
Ibi Zoboi / 著
Balzer & Bray/ HarperCollins 出版
定價;17.99美元
在這個故事中,底特律充滿海地巫毒教的元素,呈現(xiàn)出一種魔幻現(xiàn)實(shí)主義的氣氛。這部優(yōu)雅而充滿懸疑的處女作講述了法比奧拉(Fabiola)的故事,在被迫和表親們生活在一起的同時,她希望把母親從一個移民拘留所中解救出來。
AMERICAN STREET. By Ibi Zoboi (Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins, $17.99.). Set in a Detroit infused with elements of Haitian voodoo that creates a mood of magical realism, this elegant and suspenseful debut follows the story of Fabiola, who must stay with her cousins while she attempts to get her mother out of an immigration detention facility.
《美好野蠻人》
(La Belle Sauvage)
Philip Pullman / 著
Knopf 出版
定價:22.99美元
這本書是人們期待已久的“黑暗物質(zhì)”(His Dark Materials)三部曲的前傳。故事從女主角萊拉·貝拉奎亞(Lyra Belacqua)的嬰兒時期開始,將你帶回到這個系列迷人的平行宇宙中,探索一種名為“塵?!钡膹?qiáng)大物質(zhì)的本質(zhì)。
LA BELLE SAUVAGE. By Philip Pullman (Knopf, $22.99.) Pullman’s long-awaited prequel to the “His Dark Materials” trilogy pulls you back into the fascinating alternate universe of the original series, exploring the nature of the powerful substance called Dust and following the heroine, Lyra Belacqua, from babyhood.
《遠(yuǎn)離父母》
(Far from the Tree)
Robin Benway / 著
HarperTeen 出版
定價:17.99美元
我們的書評人凱瑟琳·洪(Catherine Hong)稱這本獲得2017年美國國家青少年文學(xué)獎(National Book Award for Young People’s Literature)的圖書“十分令人難忘”。它講述的是一個被收養(yǎng)的懷孕少女尋找親生父母的故事。
FAR FROM THE TREE. By Robin Benway. (HarperTeen, $17.99.) “Unforgettable,” our reviewer, Catherine Hong, called this winner of the 2017 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, about an adopted, pregnant teenager who seeks out her own birth family.
《你們給予的仇恨》
(The Hate U Give)
Angie Thomas / 著
Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins 出版
定價:17.99美元
這部引人入勝的震撼小說以“黑人的命也是命”運(yùn)動(Black Lives Matter)為靈感,講述的是一個女孩的故事,她童年的朋友被警察槍殺,她的世界被她目睹的一切不可逆轉(zhuǎn)地改變了。
THE HATE U GIVE. By Angie Thomas. (Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins, $17.99.). Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this absorbing and potent novel follows a girl whose childhood friend is shot by the police and whose world is irrevocably changed by what she’s witnessed.
《我不是你們完美的墨西哥女兒》
(I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter)
Erika L. Sánchez / 著
Knopf 出版
定價:17.99美元
這部扣人心弦的處女作既幽默又感人。在看似恭順的姐姐去世后,15歲的茱莉婭(Julia)試圖揭開她的墨西哥裔美國家庭的秘密。
I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER. By Erika L. Sánchez. (Knopf, $17.99.) This gripping debut finds humor as well as pathos in15-year-old Julia’s quest to uncover her Mexican-American family’s secrets after the death of her seemingly dutiful sister.
《一直往下全是烏龜》
(Turtles All the Way Down)
John Green/著
Dutton 出版社
定價:19.99美元
格林講述了一個少年盡管飽受強(qiáng)迫癥困擾,卻努力生活和愛——以及解決一個謎團(tuán)——的故事,《紐約時報》書評人詹妮弗·塞尼奧爾(Jennifer Senior)稱本書著實(shí)“令人目瞪口呆”。
TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN. By John Green. (Dutton, $19.99.) Green’s chronicle of a teenager’s struggle to live and love—and solve a mystery—despite her debilitating obsessive-compulsive disorder is simply “astonishing,” said our reviewier, Jennifer Senior.
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