(睡前故事)言语可以飞（附中英文解释）

As Fast As Words Could Fly is written by Pamela M. Tuck, illustrated by Eric Velasquez and read by Dulé Hill.

Tuck’s story, based on her father’s personal experiences with school segregation in 1960s North Carolina, won Lee & Low’s New Voices award in 2007, resulting in this picture book, illustrated in dramatic oil paintings by Velasquez (The Price of Freedom: How One Town Stood Up to Slavery). Mason Steele helps his father’s civil rights efforts by writing letters for him; when the Steeles get a manual typewriter, Mason shows a gift for typing quickly and accurately. After a court case wins Mason and his brothers the right to attend a local high school, they are met with distrust and outright hostility at every turn. Against the odds, Mason’s typing skills earn him the chance to represent the school at a typing competition, but his record-setting victory there is tinged by prejudice: “Not a single person in the audience clapped. Mason received nothing.” Tuck lays bare the challenges that faced Mason and black students like him, but she also tempers the story’s cold realities with moments of hope, echoed by the pride and determination visible in scenes of Mason and his family. Ages 3–8. 

塔克的故事基于她父亲1960年代在北卡罗莱纳州的学校隔离经历，在2007年赢得了李与洛的“新声音”奖，这本图画书得到了Velasquez的戏剧性油画插图（《自由的代价：一个小镇如何站立》）直至奴隶制）。梅森·斯蒂尔（Mason Steele）通过给他写信来帮助他父亲的民权工作。当斯蒂尔斯（Steles）买到手动打字机时，梅森（Mason）展示了快速准确地打字的天赋。法院判决梅森和他的兄弟有就读当地高中的权利后，他们在每一个转弯处都充满了不信任和完全的敌意。面对赔率，梅森的打字技能为他赢得了在打字比赛中代表学校的机会，但他的创纪录的胜利因偏见而变得微不足道：“观众中没有一个人鼓掌。梅森一无所获。”塔克揭露了梅森和像他这样的黑人学生所面临的挑战，但她也用希望的时刻化解了故事的冷酷现实，梅森和他的家人在场面中所表现出的骄傲和决心也呼应了。 3-8岁