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出版社／書名／作者：ENCHANTED LION BOOKS／The Giant Seed／Arthur Geisert 

適讀年齡：4～8Y

內容簡介（AMAZON）：

In this follow up to the magnificently inventive Ice, Arthur Geisert once again charms us with his porcine world. This time his pigs must get creative when a volcano destroys their home. Fortunately they got busybefore trouble hit by planting a huge mysterious seed, for it's the seed plus imagination, as well as a good dose of can-do spirit, that save the day! Illustrated with inventive, sensitive, and unusually lovely etchings that seem to come from an old cherished album, The Big Seed is a worthy successor to Geisert’s Ice.

Award-winning children's book author Arthur Geisert's pigs are legendary in the world of children's books. They carve ice sculptures, teach Roman numerals, create ingenious machines, and get up to all kinds of antics. Did Arthur grow up on a farm? No. He grew up in Los Angeles and claims not to have seen a pig until he was an adult. Trained as a sculptor in college, Geisert learned to etch at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. He has published just about a book a year for the past thirty years and every one of his books has been illustrated with etchings. In 1996 (as well as once previous to that) he wonThe New York Times Best Illustrated Award. Geisert lives in Bernard, Iowa.

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媽媽心得：

　　在圖書館架子上隨手拿來看後，覺得實在太有趣了，趕緊借回！這是一本無字書，以蝕刻版畫方式作畫，畫的很精細，從圖面就可以了解內容。內容也非常好玩，是本很有想像力的一本書！

　　內容描述迷你豬國飄來了蒲公英的種籽，迷你豬們把種籽種下，每日澆水照顧；而居住的島上火山不停運動，同時間蒲公英也日漸長大，開花結果結起了白色絨球。某天火山噴發了，眼看家園要被噴出的岩漿燒毀，迷你豬們趕緊回家收行李拿長梯子，前往種蒲公英的山丘上，然後爬上一層又一層的葉子直達花托，然後抓著蒲公英果實（小白傘）出發逃亡了。最後順利乘著風降落在鄰近的島，島上沒有火山，有溪流、樹木，看來是可以安居樂業的好地方，END～

寶寶反應：

3Y9M（★★）：他覺得很有趣，沒有想到熟悉的蒲公英會有這樣情節呈現。還學會了火山一詞，在他想像遊戲及畫畫中出現，他現在對火山非常有興趣。

精選內頁：

補充資訊：這本是2012年的新書，作者還有其它書藉Ice這本書可在桃園市立圖書館借到。

衍生活動：參照他人臉書，打算要用陶土做火山，用小蘇打＋白醋＋食用色素去做火山噴發的樣子，如果要求場景，可在旁擺一些小恐龍佈置。

延伸閱讀：

無字書－夏天的天空、雨傘、下雨天、Goodnight Gorilla

蒲公英－獅牙草蒲公英、蒲公英