《薇乐迷娜去流浪》讲述了康涅狄格州一头乳牛离家出走的真

实故事。2011年，一头重达800磅的黑安格斯牛被发现与一群鹿在奥兰治

镇（Orange），米尔福德市（Milford）和西黑文市（West Haven）一带

一起流荡了五个月。当她最终被捕获并被迁移到牛津镇（Oxford）的一

个动物庇护所时，薇乐迷娜发现，她对探险的渴望得到了抑制。这

是因为通过她新的农夫朋友贝蒂，她知道自己已经终于被接纳与被

爱。在流浪的过程中，我们的牛女主角学会了接受自己与鹿朋友的

不同之处--以及有时候，我们不得不离开我们熟悉的牧场去寻找

我们真正的家。凯蒂-冉迪精心绘制的水彩插图将薇乐迷娜以及其动

物和人类朋友栩栩如生、五彩鲜艳地呈现在我们眼前，五至九岁的

儿童（以及成年读者！）一定会爱上他们。

Wilhelmina Goes Wandering is based on the true story of a runaway cow in Connecticut. For five months in 2011, the 800-pound Black Angus was seen around Milford, Orange, and New Haven, hanging out and traveling with a herd of deer. When she is eventually captured and relocated to an animal sanctuary in Oxford, Wilhelmina finds that her urge for adventures has been tamed by knowing she is finally accepted and loved by her new farmer friend Betty. Along the way, our bovine heroine learns about accepting the things about herself that are different from the deer一and that sometimes we have to leave our familiar pasture to find our true home. Five- to nine-year-old readers (grownups, too ) will fall in love with Wilhelmina and her animal and human friends, brought to colorful life in Katie Runde's lovingly rendered watercolor illustrations.