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What a Wonderful World 這首英文老歌是1967年Bob Thiele 和George David Weiss所創作的歌曲。前後有過很多不同的版本，而這本繪本則是以第一位主唱者Louis Armstrong 所唱的歌詞為主創造出來的。文字很簡單，但背後的意義卻很深遠。在動盪不安的社會中，只注重美好的事物，而未來則是充滿盼望的。

歌詞：

I see trees of green,
Red roses too
I see them bloom
For me and you
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world

I see skies of blue
And clouds of white,
The bright blessed day,
The dark sacred night
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow
So pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces
Of people going by
I see friends shaking hands,
Saying: "How do you do?"
They're really saying
"I love you"

I hear babies cry,
I watch them grow
They'll learn much more,
than I'll ever know
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world

Yes, I think to myself,
What a wonderful world

繪者Tim Hopgood 延續了他在"哇，貓頭鷹說"的風格，用不同素材創作，讓簡單的文字充滿了娛悅的色彩。

我其實一開始拿到這本書並不知道這首歌，還在想說怎麼一本歌曲繪本沒附上CD。後來才知道原來是小時候會聽到父母放的英文老歌。頓時心裡覺得溫暖許多。每次拿這本給小朋友看時，我都會搭配著Louis Armstrong 的歌聲，文末附上。另外也很佩服Tim Hopgood 如何的把歌詞分段，讓他的畫作更能突然每種大自然的美好。