Marshmallow

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　　奧利佛是一隻虎斑貓，牠一直都是家裡最受關注的焦點。
　　棉花糖是一隻兔寶寶，牠搬進了奧利佛的家。
　　一開始，奧利佛並不歡迎棉花糖，可是小兔寶寶的魅力讓人難以抗拒。
　　這是奧利佛和棉花糖變成好朋友的真實故事。

　　A bunny's a delightful habit, No home's complete without a rabbit.

　　Oliver is a tabby cat who is always the center of attention. Marshmallow is a baby rabbit who moves into Oliver's home. At first Oliver does not welcome Marshmallow, but the little bunny's charms are impossible to resist. This is the true story of how Oliver and Marshmallow become friends.

　　★本書中譯版《棉花糖兔子》由小魯文化出版。

作者簡介

克萊兒．特雷．紐伯瑞（1903 － 1970）

　　出生於美國奧瑞岡州的尤金市。她曾經在奧瑞岡大學、波特蘭美術館學院、加州藝術學院和法國巴黎的大莊藝術學院研習藝術。她有四部作品獲得過凱迪克獎的殊榮，分別是：《保母丁骨牛排》（1951）；《棉花糖兔子》（1943）；《艾波的小貓咪》（1941）；還有《巴奇》（1939）。

　　根據紐伯瑞女士自己表示：「《棉花糖兔子》裡的每一個字都是真實的經歷，就連牠們緊緊相擁那幅畫面也是。我曉得大家覺得這很不可思議，可是兔寶寶那麼小，又全心相信奧利佛是牠的媽媽，奧利佛除了盡全力扮演好這個兔媽媽的角色以外，還能怎麼辦呢？」

　　Clare Turlay Newberry (1903-1970) was born in Eugene, Oregon. She studied art at the University of Oregon, School of the Portland Art Museum, the California School of Fine Arts, and La Grand ChaumiEre in Paris, France. She received the Caldecott Honor for four of her books: T-Bone, The Baby Sitter (1951); Marshmallow (1943); April's Kittens (1941); and Barkis (1939).

　　In Ms. Newberry's own words, "Every word of marshmallow is true, even to the drawing of them wrapped in each other's arms. I know people find this hard to believe, but the bunny was so little and was so convinced that Oliver was his mother, what could Oliver do but be his mother the best way he could?"