Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?

我們人類都有媽媽，那麼貓啊、狗啊、企鵝和長頸鹿也有媽媽嗎？

翻開艾瑞．卡爾的硬頁小書《袋鼠也有媽媽嗎》，我們就會得到答案了：「動物都有媽媽嗎？當然有！就像我和你一樣！」

透過艾瑞卡爾五彩繽紛的剪貼畫，我們看到小袋鼠躲在袋鼠媽媽的腹袋裡、小天鵝騎在天鵝媽媽的背上，還有小海豚、小獅子、小綿羊等，每一種小動物都被自己慈愛的母親所呵護。艾瑞卡爾用他的圖畫，為小朋友介紹了十一種可愛動物的外型和迷人的神態，小讀者不但從圖畫中得到視覺上的愉悅，在閱讀的同時，也得到了親情方面的撫慰。

書中以遊戲式的簡單問答句：「袋鼠也有媽媽嗎？」「有！就像你有我也有！」來陳述故事，每翻一頁就換一種動物，邀請小朋友、大朋友一起大聲的將故事唸出來。重覆式的句型讓小朋友輕鬆模仿，成功的跨出閱讀的第一步。整本書的主題是「愛」，他讓小朋友瞭解到，愛是跨越各種藩籬，地球上的每一個媽媽都是疼孩子的，連動物也不例外。

過去30年來，大概很少作者能如同艾瑞．卡爾一樣，成為童書界中最屹立不搖的一棵長青樹。精於剪貼畫的他，喜歡先將顏料塗滿畫紙，再剪、割出自己想表現的圖像，色彩只要一經過艾瑞卡爾的手，彷彿都像點石成金般具有魔力。在這本書中，每一頁的動物名稱都用五彩繽紛的色紙剪貼出來，在視覺上讓人有眼睛為之一亮的新鮮感！

本書中文版《袋鼠也有媽媽嗎？》由上誼出版

Do animals have mothers, too? Of course they do -- just like me and you!

Meet the little joey, whose kangaroo mother carries him in her pouch. See the cygnet riding on the back of the mother swan. Eric Carle's colorful collages of animal babies with their caring and affectionate mothers offer small readers visual delight as well as comforting reassurance.

The playful question-and-answer text invites children and adults to read aloud together. Repetition of key phrases helps preschoolers take the first step toward reading readiness. And the gamelike format makes it easy and fun to discover more about the world of nature and to learn the common names of some familiar -- and some not-so-familiar -- animals. A bonus page at the back of the book lists the correct but sometimes surprising names of animal babies, their parents, and groups.

Eric Carle is the creator of many beloved picture books for very small children. Here he offers a beautiful way for parents and children to share the knowledge that love crosses all boundaries and ties all creatures on this earth together.