我真的好想贏 I Really Want to Win

 
　　小女孩每天早上都自主訓練，她胸有成竹，
　　明天的運動會看她大顯身手，
　　冠軍、金牌、第一......不管怎麼稱呼，反正她一定會贏得勝利。
 
　　賽跑，沒問題，她跑得跟閃電俠一樣快！
　　哎呀，可惜跌倒了。
　　
　　拔河，沒問題，她像浩克一樣使出全身力氣！
　　哎呀，對手太強了。
　　
　　跳舞，沒問題，看她的舞姿多華麗！
　　哎呀，評審認為其他人表現得更好。
　　可惡！真的好想贏啊！
　　
　　為什麼老是別人拿第一？
　　這個對手一直贏的祕訣是什麼？
　　
　　咦？那個老是贏的她，居然輸掉了畫畫比賽，
　　奇怪的是，她看起來好像一點也不在意，還跑去恭喜冠軍？
　　不但這樣，她還過來抱抱小女孩，說：「享受喜歡的事物最重要喔。」
　　
　　這樣的話，女孩最喜歡做的事是什麼呢？
　　享受過程，沒得第一真的會好玩嗎？
　　小女孩決定盡情的烤一個最喜歡的巧克力蛋糕，不管比賽不比賽了！
　　想不到......她最後......
　　
獲獎記錄
• 賽門‧菲利浦（Simon Philip）的作品《一定要帶帽子來》（You Must Bring A Hat）獲英國知名企業聖斯伯里（Sainsburys）推薦為2016年度最佳童書 ；《我真的好想吃這個蛋糕》入圍 2018 年水石書店童書獎。
 
 ——中文書介摘錄自《我真的好想贏》，時報出版

Simon was born in Chichester in 1988 and has lived there ever since. After studying History at Exeter University, he decided to become a primary school teacher. Teaching rekindled his love of children's books, so much so that he decided to have a go at writing his own. He is the author of I Don't Know What to Call my Cat, You Must Bring a Hat, and the I Really Want series: I Really Want the Cake (2017)shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, I Really Want to Win (2019), I Really Want to Shout (2020) and I Really Want to Share (2022).

Lucia Gaggiotti is a London and Italy-based illustrator and graphic designer. She graduated from NABA (New Accademy of Art) in Milan with a BA in graphic design and a specialisation of illustration. She moved to London in 2005 and has been working freelance since then for many clients including Carluccio's, Jamie Oliver, Pizza Express and M&S. She is the illustrator of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted I Really Want the Cake.