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I Wish I Had a Pet by  Maggie Rudy

(I am practicing wrting English articles to introduce books I love. there def lots of mistakes in the sentences. please correct me if you see any mistakes. :) )

Maggie Rudy grew up in England. After she visted Beatrix Potter's farm when she was in 3rd grade, she started focused on stories of "mouse" more than 20 years.

When i linked her blog: Mouse House, I just can't stop reading her articles, pictures and rushed online ordered her books.

I enjoyed reading every details of her book, and see how she collected all the stuffs in our lives , transformed them into art.

I see lives & wonderful in her creation. In "Mouse House", there are stories of family, friendship and love.

（以上是我在練習用英文書寫感想，應該有很多錯誤的文法，不過先看得懂就好，哈。）

Maggie Rudy在英國長大，在他國小三年級時造訪了波特女士（Beatrix Potter）的農場後就以「老鼠」為創作主角，還有創作老鼠及其它小動物。至今至少超過二十年都是以「老鼠」為主角。現在他居住在波特蘭（Portland, Oregon）。

一打開她的部落格就是以毛茸茸（應該是羊毛氈吧？）的老鼠為刊頭，看起來像是動畫裡的場景。果然在宣傳書本的影片裡就是用分格動畫呈現，每一個場景、角色與佈景都非常精細，讓人忍不住希望它是部偶動畫。觀 賞她的工作室影片發現，這樣的創作者有一種蒐集癖，組合許多我們平常不需要的小玩意兒，完成一幅可愛的袖珍屋。平常在生活中所見到的小東西、紙箱、裁切剩 下的紙都很想好好地收起來，總覺得有一天一定用得到，但往往都落入「撿垃圾」的狀態，到最後家裡爆炸了才將這些東西丟掉。

（以下照片來源都是連結Mouse Houses部落格裡的照片，經過作者同意轉貼。）

一不小心栽進Rudy的部落格，就馬上上網買了她的書。

I Wish I Had a Pet 是在講要如何找尋適合的寵物，要好搭配自己的衣服？不要嚇到家裡的寶寶？還是可以跟你一起玩耍的夥伴？

The House that Mouse Built 像一首詩，一隻可愛的老鼠在旅途中遇見了夥伴，一起成長，一起居住在房子裡的生活，每一頁都會重複前一頁的文字。在創作這條路上，每個人都只能用心用生命去創作，只要從心出發的，都會感動讀者。

在她的創作裡看見了生命力，一種很精細微妙的細膩感，是用時間去經營的，有興趣的就來看看Maggie的老鼠世界吧！

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作者部落格：Mouse Houses

Simon & Schuster網站：作者介紹

書本哪裡買呢：

博客來：I wish I had a pet,  the house that mouse built

AMAZONE: I wish I had a pet, the house that mouse built.

好好欣賞Maggie Rudy的工作室吧！