Rob Gonsalves充滿奇思異想的「不可能圖形」,當他和Sarah L. Thomson合作的《Imagine a Day》,Sarah L. Thomson用文字建築起人們心底通往Rob Gonsalves作品的幻想通道,這絕配為讀者開啟更廣闊的思維空間。此書贏得了2005年 Governor General\'s Award in the Children\'s Literature。
Governor General’s Award for Illustration went to Rob Gonsalves’ paintings for Imagine a Day, published by Simon and Schuster. His surreal paintings for Sarah L. Thompson\'s text are a voyage into the realm of the imagination which takes the viewer from the realm of the everyday into that of the possible, allowing children to expand their view of the world around them. In 2003 Rob Gonsalves\' Imagine a Night was a finalist for the award.
Imagine a day when your swing swings you higher than the highest treetops. Imagine a day when you can ride your bike up a path of falling leaves into the very tree they are falling from. Imagine a day when you release a handful of blue balloons into a cloudy, gray sky to create a postcard-perfect day. Imagine a day when the ordinary becomes the extraordinary...a day when anything is possible.
《Imagine a Day(幻想有一天)》在一連串的想像中拉開帷幕,告訴你每天什麼事都可能發生。
imagine a day... when you can dive down through branches or swim up to the sun. 幻想有一天……你可以順著樹枝的倒影潛入水中或游向太陽。
Imagine a day... a book swings open on silent hingers, and a place you\'ve never seen before welcomes you home. 幻想有一天……一本陳列在寂靜書架上的書輕輕展開,
一個你從未見過的世界正迎你歸來。
Imagine a day... when you don\'t need wings to soar. 幻想有一天……你不需要翅膀就能翱翔於九霄
Imagine a day... when your house enfolds you like a nest, rocking gently in the autumn wind. 幻想有一天…… 你的房子象鳥窩那樣環抱著你,溫柔的搖曳在秋風中。
imagine a day... when the peace of a forest and the strength of a mountain become a cathedral for your heart. 幻想有一天……寧靜的叢林和雄渾的山脈幻化為你心靈的聖殿
幻想永遠說不完,白日夢讓人忙碌,夜晚自然不會閒著。Rob Gonsalves和Sarah L. Thomson 的夢想精靈在夜色中無聲地滑行……
Oops….. Imagine a Night先
In June of 2003, Simon & Schuster introduced North America and Canada to Imagine a Night, Gonsalves\' first hardcover book featuring sixteen paintings. Due to the success of Imagine a Night, Simon & Schuster released a second book, Imagine a Day, in 2004. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Gonsalves
Imagine a night when you can ride your bike right up the stairs to your bed. 夢想某個夜晚,你能騎著自行車沿著台階直抵你的床前。
Imagine a night... when a farmer plays a lullaby on his fiddle, and his field of sunflowers begins to dip and sway to the rhythm. 夢想某個夜晚,當農夫在他的田間拉起搖籃曲,
田間的向日葵陶醉地隨樂曲的節奏輕舞。
imagine a night... when you can\'t sleep, and so you jump high enough to soar over a quilt of fields and forests 夢想某個夜晚,你無法入睡,跳到空中,穿過象棉襖\般的曠野和森林
imagine a night... when snow white sheets grow crisp and cold, and someone whispers, \"Follow me.\" 夢想某個夜晚,白雪覆蓋大地,天氣越來越冷,有人呢喃著:「跟我來。」