How to Catch a Star

How to Catch a StarBy: Oliver Jeffers Illustrator: Oliver Jeffers From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes a story about wishing, persevering, and reaching for the stars. Once there was a boy, and that boy loved stars very much. So much so that he decided to catch one of his very own. But how? Waiting for them to grow tired from being up in the sky all night doesn't work. Climbing to the top of the tallest tree? No, not tall enough. The

我們時常教導小孩要有好品格，我們希望他們成為正直善良的好人，但我們似乎很少去跟小孩討論，達到這些目標可能需要付出什麼代價，或至少可能面對什麼挑戰或困難。因此許多小孩在沒有預備的情況下只覺得不知所措、求告無門，就像瑪蒂。她起初困擾、接著害怕自己被連累、然後有很深的無力感，不斷徘徊在對錯之間直到事實揭曉---她承認犯錯，又陷入自責、愧疚、懊悔和悲傷裡。這段過程是故事的焦點，因為一個小孩這樣的掙扎和努力值得認真關注和思索，因為這是毛毛蟲轉變為蝴蝶的關鍵。瑪蒂對自己的認知和期許是不受制於同儕壓力而去做正確的事情，這是多麼了不起的成長。她經過考驗，有了飛翔的自由和力量。

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