Cyril and Pat

　　身為湖泊公園中唯一的松鼠，西瑞總是感到非常孤單，直到另一隻松鼠出現：又大又灰的帕特。西瑞很開心自己交到了朋友，他和帕特經歷了許多探險與美好時光。

　　所有人都堅定地說：「你們是不可能成為朋友的。」他們很快揭曉原因——顯而易見的，帕特並不是松鼠，他是隻大老鼠！

　　但是沒有帕特在身邊，西瑞的生活逐漸變得乏善可陳，無聊的可怕。

　　在故事的最後，這對好朋友學會了一件事：比起和對方成為一樣的人，更重要的是傾聽彼此。《西瑞和帕特》由贏得英國凱特格林威獎的 Emily Gravettn 所著，是一本文字韻腳簡單輕快，色彩豐富活潑，極富教育性的童書。（文 / 博客來編譯）

　　Cyril and Pat is a very funny, rhyming romp through the park from the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal-winning Emily Gravett, author of Tidy and Meerkat Mail.

　　"Enormous fun to read aloud." – Guardian

　　Cyril is the only squirrel in Lake Park, and he's very lonely. Until one day he meets Pat – Pat the big, grey . . . other squirrel. Cyril and Pat have lots of adventures and fun together and Cyril is so pleased he's made a friend. But everyone says that Cyril and Pat simply cannot be friends, and they soon reveal why: Pat, as the reader has known all along, is actually a RAT!

　　But Cyril's life turns out to be a lot duller and quite a bit scarier without Pat by his side, and in the end the two friends learn that some things are more important than being the same, or listening to others.
 

作者簡介

Emily Gravett

　　Emily Gravett was born in Brighton. She left school with few qualifications and spent 8 years living on the road (in a variety of vehicles including a truck, caravan and RAF petrol bus called Toby Diesel) before settling back in Brighton and getting a place on the BA(Hons) Illustration course at Brighton University.

　　Her first picture book WOLVES was published in August 2005 to great acclaim, winning the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and a clutch of other awards it marked the beginning of a stellar career creating extraordinary books for children.

　　Emily has also won the Best Emerging Illustrator Award at the Booktrust Early Years Awards for MONKEY AND ME and the bronze award in the 6-8 age category at the Nestle Children's Book Prize for LITTLE MOUSE'S BIG BOOK OF FEARS. In 2008 Emily was awarded the rare honour of a second CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for LITTLE MOUSE'S BIG BOOK OF FEARS.

　　Emily lives in Brighton with her family and their two dogs, Otto and Edith.