Guji Guji

Guji Guji

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This book is about a crocodile named Guji-Guji who is raised by ducks. His name is "Guji-Guji" because those were the first words he said. The mother duck raised Guji-Guji and all her other children (Crayon, Zebra, and Moonlight) and loved them all. Guji-Guji learned faster and quicker than his brother and sister ducklings but he still loved them. One day some bad crocodiles turn up and want Guji-Guji to help with their plan to eat some fat juicy ducks. Guji-Guji has to choose between the ducks and the crocodiles. Which one will he choose? Read this book and find out.

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這是本台灣作家的繪本書「Guji Guji」，它攻進美國紐約時報暢銷圖畫書第10名。這本書談的竟是台灣當前很重要的「族群問題」。「Guji Guji」去年9月初在美國上市，陸續獲華盛頓郵報、今日美國等報紙刊登正面書評，全國公共廣播電台招牌節目「Weekend Edition Sat-urday」也在童書單元推介此書，讓「GujiGuji」一度高居亞馬遜網路書店童書銷售排行榜第四名。

「Guji Guji」敘述一隻名叫Guji Guji的鱷魚，陰錯陽差誕生在一個鴨子家庭。面對鱷魚的入侵，Guji Guji掙扎於自己到底是鱷魚還是鴨子，最終牠擊退敵人，並找到自己的身分認同「鱷魚鴨」。 在現今全球地球村的時代，存在著諸多種族問題（如本書所關切的），細分下去還包括：階級、性別等．．．，然而，我們經常漠視它的存在，因為我們往往被訓服成一群睜眼卻盲目／盲從的動物，如同一隻鴨霸只會學"人"說話"鴨子"!!