A Sick Day for Amos McGee

THE BEST SICK DAY EVER and the animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book debut. 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 ow...

THE BEST SICK DAY EVER and the animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book debut. 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.

菲利普·斯蒂德（Philip C. Stead） & 埃琳·斯蒂德（Erin E. Stead），这对年轻的夫妇先后毕业于美国密歇根州的一所私立中学，妻子埃琳毕业于2001年，丈夫菲利普毕业于1999年。他们高中结识，大学毕业后都选择了与艺术和出版相关的职业。两人在2005年结婚后，共建了一个工作室从事图画书创作。 2011年荣获凯迪克金奖的《阿莫的生病日》是这对夫妇组成图画书搭档后的第1本作品。2012年他们再次合作，出版了第二本图画书《大熊有个故事要说》。此书一经推出，就登上了《纽约时报》畅销书榜。