After the Fall

 
　　我是蛋頭先生，我最喜歡坐在高高的牆上，我知道我是一顆蛋，這樣有點怪，可是我就是喜歡離鳥近一點。可是不幸的是，我從牆上摔下來了……雖然傷治好了，但我開始有懼高症。我好想念在牆上的感覺，可是我知道意外會再次發生。有一天我想到一個好辦法，我做了一架紙飛機，讓它代替我飛在空中。直到意外再次發生……紙飛機越過牆，掉到另一頭了。我好不甘心，我決定再次挑戰爬上牆，我好緊張，也好害怕，可是我沒有放棄，我希望大家記得的，不是蛋頭先生跌下牆，而是勇敢站起來，學會如何飛！

　　SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 UKLA BOOK AWARD
　　After the fall, Humpty Dumpty is a broken egg. Life is tough: he's so afraid of heights, he can't even bear to climb onto his bed, or reach his favourite cereal on the top shelf at the supermarket. But one day, fuelled by his passion for bird-watching, he decides to conquer his fears and something amazing happens...

　　‘A tender, wryly funny look at trauma and recovery’ GUARDIAN

　　Review
　　"The images, influenced by pop art and Disney, are witty and reward close attention. Detailed pictures of interiors, roofscapes, and street scenes, cleverly lit, show how Humpty can’t sleep in his high bunk, how the boring cereals are on the low shelves, and how he walks along the shadow of a wall when he dare not climb the real thing." (Sunday Times)

　　"A tender, wryly funny look at trauma and recovery" (Imogen Russell Williams Guardian)

　　"Original, humorous and ecstatic" (Times Literary Supplement)

　　"More than a nursery rhyme remix, Santat’s story speaks boldly to the grip of fear and trauma, and to the exhilaration of mastering it." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

　　"A validating and breathtaking next chapter of a Mother Goose favourite." (Kirkus, starred review)

　　Dan Santat is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator. His picture book, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, won the 2015 Caldecott Medal for distinguished illustration. He also wrote The Guild of Geniuses and created the Disney Channel animated series The Replacements. He lives in Southern California with his wife, two children and various pets.