Owl Moon (Caldecott Medal Book) 《月下看猫头鹰》(1988年 凯迪克金奖绘本，精装 ISBN9780399214578)

• 1988年凯迪克金奖
• 1988年美国图书馆学会推荐童书
• 入选《美国人》杂志“新英格兰100本经典儿童书”
• 入选美国“彩虹阅读好书榜”
• 美国连线计算机图书馆中心（OCLC）公布的“会员图书馆典藏最多的童书”第三名
• 入选日本儿童书研究谁绘本研究部《为了孩子的300本图画书》

不是棒棒糖，不是电动玩具，不是幼稚的哭闹，而是在“月下去看猫头鹰哎！”

小孩子是从什么时候对大自然抱有感情，产生好奇和观赏之心的？我们无从得知。

在这本书里，小家伙在静谧的雪夜和爸爸有了一次“面对”大自然的难忘经历。他要和爸爸一起去看猫头鹰了……别看年纪小，可是要克服寒冷的天气，让自己变得有耐性，安静下来和大自然有心底的交流。

猫头鹰可是个吓人的大家伙，而且是在雪夜呢。但是究竟会不会看到猫头鹰呢，小家伙学会了等待，也学会了用自己的胆量“赌博”。

呼！呼呼呼！——猫头鹰终于出现了……

画面所流淌而出的，诚如书中所写：

月光耀眼，但天很冷，林子里很黑，我一句抱怨的话也没有，我知道我要去看猫头鹰，一定要冷静，一定要安静，一定要坚强，一定要勇敢。

Late one winter night a little girl and her father go owling. The trees stand still as statues and the world is silent as a dream.Whoo.whoo-whoo, the father calls to themysterious nighttime bird.
But there is no answer.
Wordlessly the two companions walk along, for when you go owling you don't need words. You don't need anything but hope. Sometimes there isn't an owl, but sometimes there is.
Distinguished author Jane Yolen has cre-ated a gentle, poetic story that lovingly depicts the special companionship of a young child and her father as well as human-kind's close relationship to the natural world. Wonderfully complemented by award-winning John Schoenherr's soft, exquisite
watercolor illustrations, this is a verbal and visual treasure, perfect for reading aloud and
sharing at bedtime.

一个冬天的晚上，我跟爸爸去看猫头鹰，这一天我已经盼望好久好久了。
月光耀眼，但天很冷，林子里很黑，我一句抱怨的话也没有，我知道我要去看猫头鹰，一定要冷静，一定要安静，一定要坚强，一定要勇敢。
我们来到了林子中央的一片空地，月光照亮了地面。
爸爸大声地呼唤起来：呼！呼呼呼！呼！
有回应的声音穿过树丛，一只猫头鹰的影子费了过来。爸爸用手电筒照亮了落到树上的猫头鹰，我们和那只猫头鹰你看我，我看你，知道它无声无息地飞走了。
月光下，我们回家了。

简-约伦

在一个寒冷的2月她出版了自己的第一本儿童书，正值她22岁生日。

从此以后，她成为幻想小说与科幻小说作家、诗人、文学教师、儿童文学评论家。

她曾先后担任过儿童书画家协会会长、美国科幻作家协会会长，被美国《新闻周刊》誉为“美国的安徒生”和“20世纪的伊索”。她的儿童书代表作Emperor and The Kite获得1968年凯迪克银奖。而本书为她赢得1988年凯迪克金奖。她说：“我只讲值得讲的故事''。

JANE YOLEN, Philomel author of Touch Magic and Neptune Rising, is one of today's most versatile and distinguished writers of books for young readers, acclaimed for her poetry, humorous fiction, fantasy and folk tales, and novels for young adults.
Owl Moon has been a particular pleasure for her to write, since her husband, David Stemple, frequently went owling on winter nights with their three children, Heidi,Adam, and Jason, near their rural Massa-chusetts home with the same anticipation and excitement as the characters in this story.
Owling is a familiar pastime to natural-ist-writer JOHN SCHOENHERR as well.Renowned illustrator of over forty books,including the classic Rascal, Julie of the Wolves, Gentle Ben, and Dune, Schoenherr was educated at the Art Students League and Pratt Institute. In recent years he has primarily painted and has been featured in galleries across the country.
Schoenherr was enticed back to illustrat-ing a children's book by the story Owl Moon,which reminded him of his own nighttime walks with his children, Jennifer and Ian. Indeed, the farm featured in Owl Moon is the Schoenherr farm, and the shadowed trees and trails are landmarks past which he and his family trudged on winter nights searching for the magnificent and elusive owl.