☆簽名版 - The Great Skate 溜冰大冒險｜英文
2017／平裝／28 pages／25x 20 cm
《The Great Skate》是一個熱愛溜冰的小女孩，她滿心期待想要參加一場溜冰演出，卻沒想到因為夜裡一場突來的暴風雪，阻止她往夢想前進。雖然無法成行，女孩還是在夜裡風雪裡從鄉村出發，獨自一人享受溜冰與滑行，穿越森林，來到燈火通明的城市，她用美妙的姿態，滑舞出屬於自己的夢幻旅程。
這是一本圖文都很精采的繪本，主修英國文學的James在文學上的表現極佳，全文是以詩體呈現，僅僅閱讀文字，就能感受到風雪氣息、曼妙舞姿與女孩的熱情，非常美麗。融入插畫，翻閱起來就像跟著女孩在風雪下的鄉野間、森林裡和大城市中，滑行、旋轉、跳躍．．．最後城市居民彷彿被她喚醒一般，眾人在如花似雪裡一起溜冰～
James Hugh Gough畢業於加拿大貴湖大學(University of Guelph)主修英國文學系。是一位加拿大作家-插畫家，現居台灣台北。
James Hugh Gough在台灣的十六年間，曾擔任學校的經理，教師，作家和藝術總監。在此之前，他在加拿大多倫多的電視節目上擔任藝術總監助理。
James Hugh Gough is a Canadianwriter-illustrator based in Taipei, Taiwan. His first book, “The Great Skate”is the story of a little girl, who has her dreams of performing in anice-skating recital dashed by the arrival of an enormous blizzard. With no wayof getting to the recital through the snow, she magically embarks on anice-skating journey from the countryside to the city, as more and more peopletake notice and observe her beautiful ice dance.
James Hugh Gough has worked as a manager,teacher as well as writer and art director during his sixteen years in Taiwan.Prior to that, he worked as an assistant art director on television showsincluding, “Peter Benchley’s, Amazon” in Toronto, Canada. He has a Bachelor’sDegree in English Literature from the University of Guelph.