★美國凱迪克金牌獎

Friends come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In Amos McGee's case, all sorts of species, too! Every day he spends a little bit of time with each of his friends at the zoo, running races with the tortoise, keeping the shy penguin company, and even reading bedtime stories to the owl. But when Amos is too sick to make it to the zoo, his animal friends decide it's time they returned the favor. A Sick Day for Amos McGee from Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year and the winner of the 2011 Caldecott Medal. This title has Common Core connections.


友情存在的形態有千百種，對麥基而言，任何物種皆可做朋友！他每天都會花一些時間跟動物園的朋友相處，陪烏龜賽跑，關心害羞的企鵝，也會念床頭故事給貓頭鷹聽。所以當麥基生病虛弱到無法去動物園時，他的動物朋友決定要回報他的恩情。《麥基先生請假的那一天》由菲立普．史戴執筆，艾琳．史戴繪圖，榮獲 2011 年度美國紐約貝克教育學院最佳童書獎（Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year）和凱迪克大獎金牌獎（Caldecott Medal）。本書內文及語言程度完全符合《Common Core connections》規範標準。