This Was Our Pact

This Was Our PactBy: Ryan Andrews A 2019 Booklist Editor's Choice A 2019 Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year A 2019 Parents Magazine Best Children's Books of the Year Ryan Andrews's This Was Our Pact is an astonishing, magical realist adventure story for middle grade readers. It's the night of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival, when the town gathers to float paper lanterns down the river. Legend has it that after drifting out of sight, they'll soar off to the Milky

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野貓軍團的故事雖然簡單，卻包含起承轉合的完整故事情節。起：偷看麵包製作過程，引起動機→承：半夜潛入工廠，模仿汪汪做麵包→轉：發粉放太多，導致工廠爆炸→合：受到處罰，幫忙賣麵包及重建工廠；這樣的內容既可以滿足能夠理解因果關係的孩子，也能滿足樂於觀察畫面細節的小小孩。作者表示，她花了很多精神在展現小貓的表情，因為只要稍微有些差距，看起來就不可愛了；還有對於麵包，她也下了不少功夫，除了要把麵包畫的看起來很好吃，在麵包店裡的出現的麵包，都是作者小時候（昭和時期）喜歡的，跟現在相較之下，明顯較為樸實。看完這個故事，有沒有讓你跟作者一樣，愈畫（看）肚子愈餓，愈想吃麵包了呢？

Author/ Editor: Katie Daynes  |  Illustrator: Simone Abel  | Age: 4-6 Years  |  English  |  Page: 12  |  Hardback  |  21

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