作者简介：吉尔·墨菲（Jill Murphy） 吉尔·墨菲被誉为英国当代最优秀的童书作家和画家之一。吉尔自小就展露出过人的写作和绘画天分，她创作畅销书《魔法小女巫》时，年仅18岁。1986年开始创作的“大象家族”系列绘本让吉尔屡获殊荣、家喻户晓。此外，吉尔还塑造了众多可爱的绘本角色，比如著名绘本《最后一个安抚奶嘴》中的小怪兽马龙，以及在绘本《大灾难》中闪耀登场的兔宝宝露比等。 译者简介：日诵辞画间 日诵辞画间是一个网络亲子共读社群，创建于2017年，下设三个版块：《日诵牛津阅读树》、《米福讲凯迪克绘本故事》、《每月共读一经典》。社群成员来自全国各地，孩子年龄跨度2岁-16岁。辞画间的玩法是：一日一读一打卡，四季阅读不间断；中英两语无缝接，悠游涵咏辞画间；父母孩子E空间，相得益彰乐无边。核心成员有姚晶晶、石瑛、林汐晓。

克里斯蒂娜·贝克·克兰（Christina Baker Kline） 生于英国，长在美国，备受欧美读者喜爱的小说家，代表作《孤儿列车》销量已超过350万册。《小小的世界》是克兰的全新作品，该书以美国画家安德鲁·怀斯的知名画作《克里斯蒂娜的世界》为灵感而创作，画中描绘一名卧在褐色荒原上、望向背景里灰房子的女性。此画现为纽约现代艺术博物馆的永久藏品。

"Later he told me that he’d been afraid to show me the painting. He thought I wouldn’t like the way he portrayed me: dragging myself across the field, fingers clutching dirt, my legs twisted behind. The arid moonscape of wheatgrass and timothy. That dilapidated house in the distance, looming up like a secret that won’t stay hidden." To Christina Olson, the entire world was her ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Meet Nancy, who believes that more is ALWAYS better when it comes to being fancy. From the top of her tiara down to her sparkly studded shoes, Nancy is determined to teach her family a thing or two about being fancy. How Nancy transforms her parents and little sister for one enchanted evening makes for a story that is funny and warm -- with or without the frills.

在线阅读本书 Meet Nancy, who believes that more is ALWAYS better when it comes to being fancy. From the top of her tiara down to her sparkly studded shoes, Nancy is determined to teach her family a thing or two about being fancy. How Nancy transforms her parents and little sister for one enchanted evening makes for a story that is funny and warm -- with or without the frills.

贾森·帕金（Jason Pargin，1975— ），笔名王大卫，美国惊悚、科幻小说家，《纽约时报》畅销书作者。2001年身为律师事务所员工的贾森•帕金在网络上连载处女作恐怖小说《最后约翰死了》，获得大量读者喜爱，由此被出版社挖掘，该书出版后不久便被改编成同名邪典电影。之后贾森•帕金在幽默网站Cracked.com担任高级编辑。他的作品常带有诙谐、讽刺、想象力天马行空等特点，极具个人特色。代表作有《最后约翰死了》《未来城市与花哨西装》《本书充满蜘蛛》等，其中《未来城市与花哨西装》荣获美国图书馆协会颁发的亚历克斯奖。

From the creator of HBO's "The Wire," the classic book about homicide investigation that became the basis for the hit television showThe scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for whatever justice is possib...(展开全部)

大卫·西蒙（David Simon），美国著名电视剧监制、编剧及作家。前《巴尔的摩太阳报》记者。他的纪实作品《凶年》荣获1992年度爱伦·坡最佳真实罪案奖。根据《凶年》改编的《凶案组：街头生活》和《火线》都成为了经典剧集，被誉为美剧黄金时代的代表作，彰显了美剧在文学性及社会批评方面的可能性。

The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for whatever justice is possible in a deadly world. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and this electrifying book...(展开全部)

克蕾格·莱斯(1908-1957)，一九○八年六月五日，克蕾格·莱斯生于芝加哥，本名是乔治安娜·安·伦道夫·克蕾格(Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig)，她是艺术家、广告代理商，也是推理小说家。除了阿加莎。克里斯蒂，莱斯是唯一一位在全美妇孺皆知的推理女作家。 因为酗酒，莱斯四十九岁便早逝，短暂的一生犹如划过夜空的流星。