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Apencil and an eraser—could there be a more perfect pair？
But in author and illustrator Max Amato’s fun debut picture book， Perfect， an epic1 battle breaks out between a rectangular pink eraser and a bright yellow pencil. Eraser throws down the gauntlet2 on the very first page， making it clear he likes things “perfectly clean”. He basks3 amidst a spread of stark white pages， stating happily， “No pencil can mess with me.” Eraser has met his match， however， as Pencil promptly laughs at Eraser by drawing a goofy4 but spot-on caricature5. Then the chase is on.
With spare text and simple but memorable illustrations， Amato has created an imaginative tale about what can happen when opposites meet. Using a combination of photographs and hand-drawn images， he effectively anthropomorphizes6 Pencil and Eraser， making great use of Pencil’s cavalcade7 of marks and Eraser’s endless attempts at cleanup. The faces of these warriors convey a full range of emotion—especially that of indomitable8 Eraser.
In the end， Eraser finds a good way to escape Pencil’s endless sea of pencil marks. But when all is said and done， Eraser finally realizes he misses Pencil， and a friendship is born. Yes， these two may drive each other bananas， but Eraser concludes that a perfectly clean page without any challenge turns out to be boring and lonely.
一支鉛笔和一块橡皮——能有比这更完美的一对吗？
但在作者兼插画家马克斯·阿马托有趣的处女作《完美》中，长方形的粉红橡皮擦和亮黄色的铅笔之间爆发了一场史诗般的战斗。橡皮擦在第一页就扔出了手套，明确表示他喜欢“完全干净”的东西。他在一大堆白纸中晒太阳，高兴地说：“没有铅笔能干扰我。”然而，当铅笔迅速地在漫画上画了一个傻乎乎但很显眼的漫画人物来嘲弄橡皮擦时，橡皮擦遇到了他的对手。接着，追捕开始了。
通过少量的文字和简单但令人难忘的插图，阿马托创造了一个想象的故事，讲述了当对立物遭遇时会发生什么。他将照片和手绘图像结合起来，充分利用了铅笔的大量标记和橡皮无休止的清理尝试，有效地将铅笔和橡皮拟人化。这两位勇士的脸传达了一种全方位的情感，尤其是不屈不挠的橡皮擦的情感。
最后，橡皮擦找到了一种好方法，可以避开铅笔无尽的铅笔痕迹。但是总而言之，橡皮擦最终意识到他想念铅笔，友谊就此诞生了。是的，这两个可能会把对方逼疯，但橡皮擦的结论是，一个完全干净的没有任何挑战的页面，很无聊而孤独。
But in author and illustrator Max Amato’s fun debut picture book， Perfect， an epic1 battle breaks out between a rectangular pink eraser and a bright yellow pencil. Eraser throws down the gauntlet2 on the very first page， making it clear he likes things “perfectly clean”. He basks3 amidst a spread of stark white pages， stating happily， “No pencil can mess with me.” Eraser has met his match， however， as Pencil promptly laughs at Eraser by drawing a goofy4 but spot-on caricature5. Then the chase is on.
With spare text and simple but memorable illustrations， Amato has created an imaginative tale about what can happen when opposites meet. Using a combination of photographs and hand-drawn images， he effectively anthropomorphizes6 Pencil and Eraser， making great use of Pencil’s cavalcade7 of marks and Eraser’s endless attempts at cleanup. The faces of these warriors convey a full range of emotion—especially that of indomitable8 Eraser.
In the end， Eraser finds a good way to escape Pencil’s endless sea of pencil marks. But when all is said and done， Eraser finally realizes he misses Pencil， and a friendship is born. Yes， these two may drive each other bananas， but Eraser concludes that a perfectly clean page without any challenge turns out to be boring and lonely.
一支鉛笔和一块橡皮——能有比这更完美的一对吗？
但在作者兼插画家马克斯·阿马托有趣的处女作《完美》中，长方形的粉红橡皮擦和亮黄色的铅笔之间爆发了一场史诗般的战斗。橡皮擦在第一页就扔出了手套，明确表示他喜欢“完全干净”的东西。他在一大堆白纸中晒太阳，高兴地说：“没有铅笔能干扰我。”然而，当铅笔迅速地在漫画上画了一个傻乎乎但很显眼的漫画人物来嘲弄橡皮擦时，橡皮擦遇到了他的对手。接着，追捕开始了。
通过少量的文字和简单但令人难忘的插图，阿马托创造了一个想象的故事，讲述了当对立物遭遇时会发生什么。他将照片和手绘图像结合起来，充分利用了铅笔的大量标记和橡皮无休止的清理尝试，有效地将铅笔和橡皮拟人化。这两位勇士的脸传达了一种全方位的情感，尤其是不屈不挠的橡皮擦的情感。
最后，橡皮擦找到了一种好方法，可以避开铅笔无尽的铅笔痕迹。但是总而言之，橡皮擦最终意识到他想念铅笔，友谊就此诞生了。是的，这两个可能会把对方逼疯，但橡皮擦的结论是，一个完全干净的没有任何挑战的页面，很无聊而孤独。