Bao's Doll : A Picture Book

當媽媽說：「我小時候在台灣的時候什麼都沒得玩」的時候，Bao都完全不想聽，她覺得媽媽根本就不懂她，但Bao了解自己的媽媽嗎?

Bao很想要一個叫Amanda的娃娃，這個娃娃在學校幾乎每個人都有，這讓本來就不受大家歡迎的Bao更孤單寂寞了。某天，她終於忍不住心中的慾望，到店裡偷走了一個娃娃，但紙包不住火，她很快地被抓到了。Bao非常的緊張，當媽媽到時，她們先是一陣沉默的尷尬，但隨著他們對彼此誠實的交流，她們的心似乎更往彼此靠近了一步，她們也更加了解了彼此。

一本情緒堆疊非常多的暖心作品，你/妳也曾經不懂自己的爸媽為何不聽自己的嗎? 這本作品讓孩子與父母能夠更加靠近彼此，並對彼此更加有同理心，非常適合親子共讀的作品。

Bo Lu’s picture book Bao’s Doll is a moving story of empathy, forgiveness, and connection about an immigrant mother and her daughter who discover they have more in common than they ever knew.

Whenever Mama says, “when I was a little girl in Taiwan, we had nothing,” Bao stops listening. Mama does not understand Bao, and Bao certainly does not understand Mama.

So when Bao desperately wants a doll—specifically, the beautiful, blonde All-American Artist Amanda doll that everyone else has—Bao takes matters into her own hands and steals Amanda from the store. After getting caught, Bao’s chest feels heavy like a giant rock. But gradually, the awkward silence between Bao and Mama shifts to honesty, and eventually, a deeper understanding of what binds them.
Inspired by the childhood of debut talent Bo Lu, this poignant picture book brings emotional layers to the story of a parent and child learning to connect with their heritage and each other.