The Terrible Red Racer (English and Chinese)

By Lily Burgess

What happens when Dad swaps his yellow BMX bike for his friend’s red racer? Find out in the latest “Words from Daddy’s Mouth”—The Terrible Red Racer.

The story also provides a modern take on “Murphy’s Law.” That is, what can go wrong, will go wrong.

当爸爸用他的黄色山地越野自行车换骑朋友的红色赛车 后,会发生什么事?答案就在最新出版的系列丛书“爹的 口述故事之一《可怕的红赛车》一书中。

这个故事还提供了现代版的“墨菲定律”例证。亦即:任 何可能出错之事,必将出(相当‘怕处有鬼’或‘绳从 细处断’之意)。

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lily Burgess
• Release date: Mar 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781925181548

Lily Burgess

About how this all began (and why Lily Burgess is the author on the cover of the books) By Matthew Burgess Being a full time lawyer I needed a creative outlet, and in 2010, began writing business books for other professional service providers. However there was still something missing. My wife said she married me because I made her laugh with the crazy stories I told her when we first met and that I should write a book. Many years later we began to raise 1, then 2, then 3 and finally 4, precious girls and I started to share stories of my childhood with them. It soon became one of our family's favourite pastimes listening to these stories about my childhood. Often embellished and seldom kept on track the girls would be absorbed. What was fact became blurred in the magic of the stories told. A strong undertone in the stories are various life lessons, while also ensuring a healthy dose of humour and role playing. When my third daughter, Lily, was about four years old, she said ”Daddy, please tell me another story from your mouth". From that day on, the stories became known as "Words from Daddy’s mouth". Over time, the stories became known amongst my daughters as Lily’s stories. It was therefore a natural progression that Lily Burgess would became the pseudonym for the authoring of my children books to help distinguish them from my other publications. With so many stories, we had to create a list to remember them all (at last count the list was nearing 500). So over time a game developed where the girls would choose a number from the list. Whatever story related to the number chosen would be the story that I would tell. Stories were usually told as the last part of the wind down of an evening, sitting together in a bedroom or on a lounge chair. I hope you enjoy sharing the stories with your children. Matthew (and Lily) Burgess

Book preview

Book cover

Book One

丛书第一本

The Terrible Red Racer

可怕的红赛车

By Lily Burgess

丽莉•伯吉斯 著

Cataloging Entry

图书在版编目记录

National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry

澳大利亚国家图书馆图书在版编目记录

Creator              : Burgess, Lily, author

创作者              : 作者：丽莉•伯吉斯

Title                   : The terrible red racer (English and Chinese)

标题                   : 可怕的红赛车 丽莉•伯吉斯 著；

       : illustrator : Kate Hawthorne Translator : Xian Liu

       : 凯特-霍索恩 插图； 刘西安 中译

ISBN : 9781925181548 (ebk)

国际标准书号   : 9781925181524 (平装本)

Series 1               : Burgess, Lily. Words from Daddy’s mouth; Book One

丛书系列            : 丽莉•伯吉斯 爹的口述故事； 第一本书

Target Audience  : For primary school age

目标受众             : 小学学生

Subjects                : Bicycles--Juvenile fiction.

Children’s accidents--Juvenile fiction.

Cycling accidents--Juvenile fiction.

主题词                   : 自行车—少年小说

                                 儿童事故—少年小说

                                 自行车事故—少年小说

Other Creators/Contributors : Hawthorne, Kate, Liu, Xian, Translator.

其他作家/贡献者    ：凯特•霍索恩 插图；刘西安 译

Dewey Number        : A823.4

杜威分类号              : A823.4

国际标准书号          : 9781925181531 (平装本)

Isbn                           : (ebook Kindle)

国际标准书号          : 9781925181548 (电子书)

Isbn                           : (ebook epub)

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About how this all began

(and why Lily Burgess is the author on the cover of the books)

这一切是如何开始的（以及为何丽莉•伯吉斯成了本书封面作者）

Matthew Burgess

马修•伯吉斯：

Being a full time lawyer I needed a creative outlet, and in 2010, began writing business books for other professional service providers.

作为全职律师，我需要一个展示创造性的平台。因此，在2010 年，我开始为其他服务行业撰写各 类商务手册。

However there was still something missing. My wife said she