Bernice Gets Carried Away

　　柏妮絲覺得這個生日派對真是爛透了！

　　首先，每個人都得到了一塊裝飾著可愛糖霜玫瑰的蛋糕，但是她的蛋糕偏偏沒有糖花。然後，大家都開心地拿了一瓶冰冰涼涼的草莓哈密瓜汽水，她拿到的卻是令人倒胃口的梅子葡萄柚汁，而且還是溫的。更氣人的是，她只搶到一個被踩扁的軟糖！

　　所以，當大家都伸長脖子期待的派對氣球送來時，柏妮絲決定要一把搶走所有的氣球。沒想到抓住氣球後，柏妮絲就這樣往上飄、飄、飄，飄走了！還好聰明的柏妮絲想出了降落的方法，更在過程中幫助了許多不快樂的動物們。

　　《Bernice Gets Carried Away》為《Extraordinary Jane》作者Hannah Harrison的新書，畫風細膩、情節活潑。喜歡《亞歷山大衰到家》的讀者，一定會被小貓柏妮絲的豐富表情逗得哈哈大笑！
　　
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　　Perfect for a new generation of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day readers, this charming story about a grumpy cat gently shows how far a little sharing can go.
 
　　Bernice is having a truly rotten time at her friend’s birthday party. First, everyone else gets a piece of cake with a frosting rose. But not Bernice. Then, everyone else gets strawberry-melon soda. Bernice gets the prune-grapefruit juice. And it’s warm. The last straw is the one lousy (squished) candy she gets from the piñata. So when the balloons arrive, Bernice knows just what she has to do: grab them all. And then, poor cross Bernice gets carried up, up, and away. Luckily, she figures out just how to make her way back down to the party…and she brightens lots of other animals’ days on her way.

　　Hannah Harrison’s gorgeous animal paintings come alive in her second picture book. Her “exceptionally polished” debut, Extraordinary Jane, received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly, and School Library Journal.