Elephants Cannot Dance!

　　2009紐約時報十大暢銷兒童繪本

　　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。

　　小豬寶是個跳舞高手，他想要教大吉學跳舞。
　　可是有本書上說大象不會跳舞，大象真的不會跳舞嗎？
　　大吉決定要來試試看……

　　小豬寶是個舞蹈高手，她也想教教大吉跳舞，可是居然有本書寫著大象不會跳舞！真有這麼回事嗎？大吉決定還是試試看，可是他真的怎麼也學不會，難道大象就真的不會跳舞嗎？

　　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 Elephants Cannot Dance! Piggie tries to teach Gerald some new moves. But will Gerald teach Piggie something even more important?

　　★本書中譯版《大象不跳舞！》由格林文化出版。

作者簡介

莫威樂　Mo Willems

　　莫威樂是六次艾美獎、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.