Emily’s Balloon

　　有一天媽媽帶愛蜜莉上街時，買了一顆黃色氣球。看著黃色氣球上上下下地飄著，愛蜜莉擔心它會飄走，讓叔叔將它綁在手上，愛蜜莉到哪裡去都帶著它，和它一起辦家家酒、一起吃飯睡覺，黃色氣球變成愛蜜莉最要好的朋友。

　　但是，一陣風吹來，將黃色氣球好朋友吹到樹上，將它和愛蜜莉分開，無論媽媽怎麼弄就是不下來，愛蜜莉焦慮、心急，不過怎麼哭也沒用，她再也無法和黃色氣球好朋友一起吃飯、睡覺、辦家家酒了……一下子，最好的朋友不見了，她該怎麼辦？

　　酒井駒子在這本動人的圖畫書中，以淡淡的插畫筆觸讓大人們回想起自己小時候某些失去的時刻，也讓孩子跟著愛蜜莉，一同學習處理從擁有到失去所經歷的情緒變化，以及學習接受事實的過程。【文∕博客來外文館】

　　One day, Emily gets a balloon. By the end of the afternoon, the balloon is no longer just a plaything. Emily and the balloon are friends. But when the balloon blows away, what will Emily do? The beautifully evocative illustrations and the timeless innocence of the story make this deceptively simple book a sure classicsweet, compelling, and filled with the wonder and discovery of friendship.

作者簡介

　　Komako Sakai lives in Japan, and studied art in Tokyo. She worked in textile design before beginning to illustrate children's books. She is the winner of the Japanese Picture Book Prize. This is her first book in English.