THE TRUTH ABOUT OLD PEOPLE

Book ID/图书代码： 08503019C00222

English Summary/英文概要： Children’s Book of the Week in The TelegraphA very funny and lovable picture book tribute to grandparents and older people.When you’re small, everybody bigger than you seems really old. But does being older have to mean being boring, or slow, or quiet? NO! Elina Ellis’ wonderful illustrations reveal that the age you are makes no difference to how amazing you can be.From the winner of the Macmillan Prize for Illustration 2017, The Truth About Old People is an instant favourite with children and grown-ups that tackles ageism without being preachy. Elina has a great talent for characterful illustration: you’ll feel like you’ve known this family all your life.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 我的爺爺奶奶真的很老，
他們的皮膚皺皺的，頭髮少少的，他們的牙齒有點好笑，
我聽很多人說老人很無聊、
動作很慢、不靈巧、柔軟度很差、
很容易被新科技嚇到、
我還聽說老人不會跳舞，
浪漫跟他們也扯不上邊，
我聽說他們很安靜、不喜歡冒險、
但我知道關於老人的真相......
他們真的很神奇！

本書由得獎新銳繪者Elina Ellis創作，以一個由爺爺奶奶帶大的小男孩敘述，關於老人的種種偏見和事實，插圖傳達出和文字完全相反的描述，充滿幽默的呈現，讓讀者看了哈哈大笑同時也心有戚戚焉，不禁想同意小男孩的看法：「老人真的很神奇！」

一本幽默、溫暖又充滿愛的繪本，獻給所有爺爺奶奶、喜歡爺爺奶奶的大朋友和小朋友。 (Zoe)

Awards/获奖情况：★本書版權售出5種語言（美國英語，意大利語，荷蘭語，法語，簡體中文），並在上海書展獲得2018年金色風車大獎！
★處女作即獲得大獎的烏克蘭新銳插畫作家
★本書榮獲2017年麥克米倫插畫大賞(Macmillan Prize for Illustration)
★本書獲得英國銷量最高的報紙《每日電訊報》當週優選童書

「一本非常有趣且非常可愛的繪本，向所有的爺爺奶奶們和老年人致敬。當你很小的時候，每個比你大的人看起來都很老。但是，年紀大了是不是就意味著變得無聊、遲緩或安靜？沒有！Elina Ellis精彩的插畫揭示了一個人的年齡與他可以多麼的神奇一點關係都沒有。這本贏得2017年麥克米倫大獎的繪本，可以同時吸引大人和小孩，很有技巧的談論年齡的問題，且沒有任何說教意味。 Elina擁有出色的插畫天賦：你會覺得這個故事中的一家人就像是你的某個老朋友。」

──《每日電訊報》當週優選童書推薦

Ellis’s noisy, bright, dynamic pages, filled with grandparents riding rollercoasters, smooching, dancing and flipping whole stackfuls of pancakes, assert that the elderly, too, can be anarchically amazing. (The Guardian)

This is a defiantly upbeat book . . . grandparents are the rising stars of children’s fiction – and this simple, touching story shows why – 5 stars, Book of the Week (Saturday Telegraph)

Ellis tackles ageism and celebrates older people . . . Her art, reminiscent of Sara Ogilvie has a real joyful energy. (Bookseller)

Original and brilliant manifesto, for young readers, on how strong, dynamic, crazy and valuable grandmas and grandpas are. (i News)

Ellis’s illustrations exude movement and energy and the expressive faces really bring the characters to life. (The School Librarian)

This is good fun to read and to look at, and could spark some interesting conversations on the fun or embarrassing things that grandparents do (Books For Keeps)

About the Author/作者介绍： Elina Ellis，來自烏克蘭的得獎新銳插畫作家，目前在劍橋生活和工作。Elina Ellis喜歡畫畫和想像故事，最近她在劍橋取得童書插畫碩士學位。她擅長結合傳統媒材和數位繪圖，她的作品充滿幽默逗趣的風格，若有人看了她的作品哈哈大笑，那就是她的最大成就感。她以本書贏得了2017年麥克米倫插畫大賞(Macmillan Prize for Illustration)。

Elina Ellis loves drawing pictures and imagining stories. Originally from Ukraine, she currently lives and works in Cambridge, where she recently graduated with an MA in Children’s Books Illustration. Elina draws both digitally and using traditional media, creating her own books and illustrating for others. In 2017 she won the Macmillan Prize for Illustration for The Truth About Old People.

Format:HARDCOVER

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD(非我们代理）

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Sold into 5 languages (US English, Italian, Dutch,French, Chinese simplified) and was awarded 2018 Golden Pinwheel Grand Award (International) at Shanghai Book Fair

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