My Friend Is Sad

　　大吉總是緊張兮兮，小豬寶可就不一定。
　　小豬寶總是笑嘻嘻，大吉可就不一定。
　　大吉總是東操心、西操心，所以有了他，小豬寶可以很安心。

　　大吉和小豬寶是最好的朋友。

　　小豬寶發現大吉好像不太開心，所以想要逗他笑！
　　他扮成大吉最喜歡的牛仔、小丑和機器人……
　　可是大吉怎麼沒有變得開心，反而越來越難過呢？

　　大吉看起來不太高興，貼心的小豬寶於是決定要逗他開心。她扮成大吉最喜歡的牛仔、小丑和機器人，可是大吉看了之後反而更難過！為什麼呢？大吉明明就最喜歡牛仔、小丑和機器人了呀！聰明的小朋友能猜猜為什麼嗎？

　　Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.
　　Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
　　Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.

　　Gerald and Piggie are best friends.

　　In My Friend is Sad, elephant Gerald is down in the dumps. Piggie is determined to cheer him up by dressing as a cowboy, a clown, and even a robot!  But what does it take to make a sad elephant happy?  The answer will make even pessimistic elephants smile.

　　★本書中譯版《你不笑，逗你笑！》由格林文化出版。

作者簡介

莫威樂　Mo Willems

　　莫威樂是是六次艾美獎、三座凱迪克榮譽獎的得主，「大吉象與小豬寶」系列，畫風簡潔又充滿童趣，數度榮登紐約時報暢銷書，其中《誰在看我們？》、《出去玩，好不好？》及《有隻鳥在你頭上！》更獲得美國專為學齡前兒童選書的蘇斯博士紀念獎肯定，被紐約時報譽為「21世紀最突出的新銳作家」。莫威樂在台灣出版的作品有《別鬧了，怪獸阿抖》和《大吉象與小豬寶》系列。

　　Mo Willems is the New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of picture books and early readers that have changed the face of children's literature. He has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions, and two of his Elephant and Piggie early readers have received a Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal. His most recent picture book is Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, of which the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books wrote: " Willems continues to be a master at conveying an amazing amount of emotion and humor using ... minimal elements" in a starred review.