優良兒童繪本出版研究

閱讀不但能豐富生命更是教育的靈魂。1998年啓動英國閱讀年的英國教育部長布朗奇(David Blunkett)指出：「每當我們翻開書頁，等於開啟了一扇通往世界之窗，閱讀是各種學習的基礎。在我們所做的事情中，最能解放我們心靈的，莫過於閱讀。」這扇通往世界之窗，能提升兒童在認知、語言、理解、推理及其他領域上的能力。美國國家科學基金會(National Science Foundation)更將閱讀、數學和科學並列為人類三項基本能力；同樣地，許多兒童教育專家也指出，從小進行親子共讀養成閱讀習慣的孩子，其心理發展與人格特質都呈正面。為了與全球閱讀風潮同步，教育部自98學年度起訂定「悅讀101－教育部國民中小學提升閱讀計畫」，將「Bookstart閱讀起步走」列為重大政策，要在學童中散播閱讀種子。台灣自1993年引進國外兒童繪本起，便引發了繪本出版浪潮，如今坊間繪本林立，然而其圖文的呈獻方式是否符合幼童們的需求？譯本與本土間又應取得什麼樣的平衛？繪本出版商的瓶頸在哪裡？為此本研究藉由深度訪談法，訪談多位資深繪本編輯後，綜合結果如下：（一）好的繪本圖文要能啓發孩子的思考性與創造力。（二）翻譯作品能擴大孩童們的國際觀並刺激本土繪本市場。（三）積極培養本土繪本畫、作家，提升本土繪本水準，提高國際能見度。

關鍵字

繪本；好繪本；兒童繪本

並列摘要

Reading can not only enrich life but is also the soul of education. David Blunkett, former Education secretary of England, pointed out in 1998 that ”Every time we open a book, we open a window to the world. Reading is the basis of all kinds of learning. Reading is superior to everything we do when it comes to liberating our mind.” This window to the world is helpful in elevating children's abilities of perception, language, understanding, making inference and other domains. National Science Foundation even list reading, mathematics and science together as three fundamental abilities of mankind. Likewise, many professional child educators indicate that children who take part in parent-child reading together and have a habit of reading tend to develop positive psychological develpment and personalities. In order to synchronize the trend of reading with all developed countries around the globe, Ministry of Education has framed ”Happy Reading 101” as the Ministry of Education's Reading Improvement Plan for Elementary and Junior High Schools and listed ”Bookstart-Let's start reading” as a significant policy in order to spread the seeds of reading among the school kids. Since the introduction of foreign picture books to Taiwan in 1993, there has been a trend of publishing picture books, which have made picture books popular now. However, does the presentation of pictures and words really fit the children's need? How to we achieve a balance between translationed and domestic works? What is the bottleneck for the publishers of picture books? Therefore, after the in-depth interview with several experienced picture book editors, our research makes the following conclusions: 1.The picture and words in an excellent picture book must be able to enlighten children in reasoning and creativity. 2.By the translated work, it can enlarge children’s world view and stimulate domestic picture book market. 3.Only through cultivating artists and writers working on the domestic picture book, we can raise the standard of picture books and elevate our international recognition.