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One Boy is a perfect example of why Kirkus Reviews calls Laura Vaccaro Seeger the “emerging master of the concept book”—a die-cut book exploring counting and words-withinwords, and the power of art and imagination. At the start, readers see a sad boy surrounded by empty, lonely chairs. At his feet is a bag with paint brushes peeking out. The text reads “ONE boy” which—with a turn of the page and a look through a cleverly cut hole—turns into “all alONE.” Page after page, the book becomes populated with seals, apes, and monkeys, all examples of words-within-words. Finally, we come back to “ONE boy” who is “all dONE,” and we discover where all the characters came from.

作者利用挖洞的巧思及单纯的色彩创造了一本极具创意的学前认知图画书，引导孩子学会数数和认识事物，更不一般的是前后文形成一个出人意料的故事。这是获得2008凯迪克银奖的美国图画书作家劳拉的又一代表作品。