What Feelings Do When No One’’s Looking

 
　　當各種情緒充斥著心裡，明明可以深切體會到不同情緒帶來的變化，往往卻難以對旁人吐露或是說明當下的心境。透過緹娜・奧偕維茲精巧的文字與艾莉珊卓亞・薩詠慈細膩的插圖，這本溫暖的作品刻畫出了不同情緒鮮活的面貌，讓我們不只感受到情緒，更能看見情緒帶給我們的影響。
 
　　作者以「情緒不用工作時，都在做什麼？」為故事主軸，將感恩、自卑等各種情緒擬人化，並創造了一個充滿想像力和奇妙生物的世界。你能看見一個名為快樂的毛茸茸生物在蹦蹦床上跳上跳下，且感受它興奮、開心的心情；你也能在地洞中找到摀著臉不願見人的羞恥，並對它的尷尬、糾結感同身受。
 
　　在各種情緒中，誰喜歡爬得最高？誰會浪跡天涯穿越沙漠？誰又會在躺在肥皂泡泡裡隨風飄揚？不妨探索你內心裡的答案，這本獨特的作品將打開親子間的話匣子，鼓勵讀者一起思考隱藏在每個人心底的秘密。
 
本書特色
● 文字簡潔又充滿詩意，讓人瞬間理解不同情緒的特徵。
● 詼諧的插圖與文字相呼應，將難以言傳的情緒視覺化。
● 鼓勵讀者學習面對並接受自己的各種情緒。
● 波蘭人氣童書，已翻譯成20多國語言暢銷全球。
 
得獎紀錄
● 2022年波蘭的羅茲設計節中獲選為「必須擁有的產品」
● 2020年獲波蘭圖書出版商協會選為「最美麗的波蘭書籍」。
● 在IBBY波蘭分會的2020年度圖書中獲得文學獎。
● 獲選《星期日泰晤士報》當週最佳圖書（英國版）。
 
----中文簡介擷取自中譯本《情緒都在忙什麼？》，剛好出版

＂Curiosity, a lithe and floppy-eared creature, perches above the open world and gazes out with a zippy blend of hope, wonder, and longing. From the tip of a chimney, we bound into the quiet and mischievous world of feelings, meeting a troupe of tufted creatures as we go. Sympathy helps snails cross a sidewalk to safety, fear pirouettes in an attempt to camouflage with wallflowers, and pleasure reclines across a doily-donned reading chair, sipping a cup of tea. Elsewhere, our insecurities - pesky, cavorting beings - build intricate cages and stride about with clattering sets of keys. Tina Oziewicz’s words hum with truth, and Aleksandra Zajac’s illustrations bloom and burst with charming details like a sail constructed out of a pair of billowing long johns or a red slipper falling from a contented paw. Taking in the perfect harmony of this book is like taking a long gulp from a trusty thermos and filling up with warmth. What Feelings Do When No One’s Looking surprises and soothes, inspires us to feel.＂--Provided by publisher.

Tina Oziewicz is a Polish author and translator of children’s literature. While working as a translator and teacher, she began writing stories for children and published her first picture book in 2007. She has since published ten works of children’s literature.

Translator Jennifer Croft was awarded the Man Booker International Prize in 2018 and a National Book Award Finalist for her translation from Polish of Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights. She is the recipient of Fulbright, PEN, MacDowell, and National Endowment for the Arts grants and fellowships, as well as the inaugural Michael Henry Heim Prize for Translation and a Tin House Workshop Scholarship for her memoir Homesick. She is a founding editor of The Buenos Aires Review and currently divides her time between Buenos Aires and Los Angeles.

Illustrator Aleksandra Zając (b. 1988), a graduate of the Art Department at Opole University, works on graphic design, drawing and modelling in clay. Her project of the illustrated children’s book Dziksy was shortlisted to the final stage of the Clairvoyants 2014 international competition. What Feelings Do When No One’s Looking is her debut publication.