[资源推荐] Robert Munsch &Michael Martchenko

子仁很愛听Munsch的作品,作者很幽默,故事十分有趣
I have to go

是一位Andrew小朋友出門要去祖父母家,出門前父母問
Do you have to go pee? Andrew said --No,no,no,no,no
上了車,開了一分鐘,Andrew yelled-I have to go pee.
父母要他等5分鐘,但他說--right now
-----故事一直重演,直到Andrew 上床,
父母,祖父母等在門外,以防Andrew 要尿尿,
等了20分,没反應,以為他睡了,結果是尿床了..
子仁可能覺得這故事和他很像,我們出門也是會問他要不要尿尿..哈!
讀第二次時是子仁自己讀給我听.
Thomas' snowsuit

是說一位小孩不想穿snowsuit,因他覺得很ugly
但媽媽硬要他穿,到了學校,他脫下來,下課要出去玩,老師要他穿上,
結果,他把他的snowsuit給老師穿上,他自己穿上女老師的衣服,
之後校長來了,校長要求他Thomos,put on your snowsuit, and Thomas said,NO
結果,反而是男校長穿上女老師的衣服,女老師穿上男校長的衣服,哈..
之後校長,quit his job and moved to Arizona where nobody ever wears a snowsuit..
作者用幽默的手法,演繹了小朋友的心聲

Munsch 的MORIA'S BIRTHDAY,昨天也是說同一故事,今早一起來,子仁自己在那看MORIA'S BIRTHDAY，連去讀經班也要拿著
MORIA生日，爸媽只要六位小朋友來，但MORIA請２００位來。。



Munsch作品的卡通,及作者的訪談.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8qNMM9Gjis
MunschWEBSITE-可以下載作者讀的音頻
http://robertmunsch.com/
以下是我找到一些作者的資料(轉貼)
Robert於1945年6月11日生於賓州匹茲堡。他生於9個孩子的家庭,從小功課很差,父母認為他行為幼稚且怪異。高中時立志當天主教傳教士,在耶穌會研讀7年後,才發現自己是很差的傳教士。轉讀歷史並得人類學碩士。他曾在托兒所工作,當時寫了第一本叫”Mortime”的作品,12年之後有人要求出版,他的故事才得以付莘。但在此他發現自己很喜歡說故事給孩子們聽,這成為日後他最大的興趣,目前他仍然經常至各地說故事。Robert後來放棄美國籍,成為加拿大人。曾兩次得加拿大年度最受歡迎作家
From Munsch

I am a storyteller. I write books for kids, I talk to kids, and I listen to kids.

But that is not all that I am. Several years ago I was diagnosed as obsessive-compulsive and manic-depressive. Those challenges have led me to make some big mistakes.

I have worked hard to overcome my problems, and I have done my best. I have attended twelve-step recovery meetings for more than 25 years.
My mental health and addiction problems are not a secret to my friends and family. They have been a big support to me over the years, and I would not have been able to do this without their love and understanding.

I hope that others will also understand. I hope that everyone will talk to their kids honestly, listen to them, and help them do their best with their own challenges.

繪者Michael Martchenko(加裔)：

Michael 是位多產的插畫家,經常與Robert Munsch合作,二人合作作品超過20本。他於1942年生於法國北方小鎮。喜歡透過漫畫及電視卡通創造出視覺幽默感。7歲時移民加拿大,1966年畢業於Ontario College of Art,在一項平面藝術展中,他的作品吸引Robert Munsch注意,1980年兩人合作出這本書。Michael使Munch作品充滿想像與幽默,是老幼皆宜的笑鬧劇。Michael自己也寫童書,他希望小讀者能用想像使角色再生。