My Lucky Day

翻开这本书，你会先被狐狸的贪婪逗笑，再被小猪的淡定折服。故事里，一只"不小心"敲开狐狸家门的小猪，明明是被端上桌的那一个，却反手把狐狸变成了免费厨师、按摩师和放它自由的人。表面是狐狸的幸运日，实则是小猪的局——这种"扮猪吃狐狸"的反转，正是全书最过瘾的地方。它没有苦口婆心的道德说教，也不靠大道理压人，而是让读者跟着狐狸一起得意、一起懊恼，最后在结局处会心一笑。适合喜欢机灵小角色、爱"以弱胜强"桥段的亲子共读时光；若你偏爱画风温暖治愈，可能会觉得它的色彩不够讨喜，但它的机智与幽默，足以盖过这一点。

Keiko Kasza was born on a small Japanese island in the Inland Sea of Japan. She grew up in a typical Japanese extended family with her parents, two brothers, and grandparents. Uncles, aunts, and cousins also lived nearby. "All the steps I took growing up were very normal," Ms. Kasza says. "The only unusual thing I did was go to college in the United States." She graduated with a degree in graphic design from California State University at Northridge. Ms. Kasza married an American, and the United States has been her home ever since. After publishing five children's books in Japan and working as a graphic designer for fourteen years, Ms. Kasza decided in 1988 to devote her time to picture books. She says, "Having two small boys and two professions was too much to handle." Ms. Kasza admires many great picture-book creators, such as Leo Lionni and Maurice Sendak, but says that the work of Arnold Lobel has influenced her the most. The subtle humor and warmth he created in his books continues to inspire me," she says. "I often go back to his work when I get discouraged or lose confidence." Ms. Kasza compares the process of making a book to acting on stage under the lights: "I become the character that I'm working on at that moment. I pretend that I'm a bird looking for a mother, or a pig trying to impress his girlfriend. When I'm acting, I'm a child myself." Ms. Kasza's ambition is not to create a hundred books, but to "create one really good book that will be kept on the family bookshelves for generations, although a hundred really good books would be even better, of course!" Keiko Kasza lives in Indiana with her husband and two sons.