From New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor–winning author Shannon Hale

and award-winning illustrator Tracy Subisak, comes a zany picture book that pokes

fun at overly gendered notions of "boy books" and "girl books" and celebrates the pleasure of a good book.

Stanley's thrilled for bookmobile day—until the old man at the window refuses

to lend him the story he wants, all because it features a girl. “Girl books” are only for girls, the book man insists, just like cat books are only for cats and robot books are only for robots. But when a dinosaur arrives at the bookmobile and successfully demands a book about ponies, Stanley musters the courage to ask for the tale he really wants—about a girl adventurer fighting pirates on the open seas. By speaking up, Stanley inspires the people, cats, robots, and goats around him to read more stories outside their experiences and enjoy the pleasure of a good book of their choosing.

这是一本来自《纽约时报》畅销书和纽伯瑞奖获奖作家香农·黑尔（Shannon Hale）和获奖插画师特蕾西·苏比萨克（Tracy Subisak）的有趣图画书，讽刺了“男孩书”和“女孩书”过度性别化的概念，赞美了一本好书带给人的乐趣。

斯坦利对流动图书馆日感到十分兴奋，直到窗口的老人拒绝借给他想要的故事书，因为那本书的主角是一个女孩。老人坚持认为，“女孩书”只适合女孩，就像猫书只适合猫，机器人书只适合机器人一样。但是，当一只恐龙来到流动书店前，成功得到一本关于小马的书时，斯坦利鼓起勇气要求得到他真正想要的故事书——关于一个女孩冒险家在公海上打击海盗的故事。斯坦利勇于发言，激励周围的人、猫、机器人和山羊阅读更多他们经验之外的故事，享受他们选择的好书带来的乐趣。