Inspired by family stories, two-time Newbery Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Holm beautifully blends family lore with America's past in this charming gem of a novel, rich in historical detail, humor, and the unique flavors of Key West. Life isn't like the movies, and eleven-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has see...(展开全部)

Life isn't like the movies and 11-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. Afterall, it's 1935 and money and sometimes even dreams are a scarce. So when Turtle's Mother gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn't like kids, Turtle says goodbye and heads off to Florida to live with relatives...(展开全部)

In a scruffy park of a West European metropolis, a man in an ill-fitting trench coat is found hanging by the feet, half-dead. This is Abel Nema, the enigmatic yet fascinating protagonist of Terézia Mora’s internationally acclaimed novel, a linguistic phenomenon who can speak ten languages flawlessly but whose grip on reality is slowly slipping away. Since his self-imposed...(展开全部)

A collection of previously uncompiled stories from the short-story master and literary sensation Lucia Berlin. In 2015, FSG published A Manual for Cleaning Women, a posthumous story collection by a relatively unknown writer, to wild, widespread acclaim. It was a New York Times bestseller; the paper's Book Review named it one of the Ten Best Books of 2015; and NPR, Time, Enterta...(展开全部)

辛西娅·赖伦特，美国当代儿童文学作家，给孩子写过一百多本书，两度获得纽伯瑞儿童文学奖和凯迪克大奖。绘本《想念梅姨》获得纽伯瑞儿童文学奖金奖，小说《一方净土》获得纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖。 妮基·麦克卢尔，美国插画家。1996年开始以剪纸手法创作绘本作品，著有《愿星光洒落》《收获的日子》《收集雨滴》等。母爱、亲情与童年是妮基创作的重要主题。她总能用生动的细节表现出属于孩子的神奇感觉，自然、柔软、爱意满满。她独特的色块运用和明暗对比，又给作品营造出一种诗意，一幅幅看下来像是记忆中的片段、渲染过的梦。

This lovely text illuminates all the possibilities a day offers - the opportunities and chances that won't ever come again - and also delivers a gentle message of good stewardship of our planet. Newbery Medal winner Cynthia Rylant's poetic text, alongside Nikki McClure's stunning, meticulously crafted cut-paper art, makes this picture book not only timeless but appealing to all...(展开全部)

Brief text and illustrations by ten artists reveal New Year's Day in the lives of children from eight different countries sharing their joy and excitement.

Brief text and illustrations by ten artists reveal New Year's Day in the lives of children from eight different countries sharing their joy and excitement.

本故事纯属虚构，所有国家及人物均为虚构！如有雷同，纯属巧合！

A finalist for the 1994 Booker Prize, England's highest honor for works of fiction, Paradise is at once the story of an African boy's coming of age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of African tradition by European colonialism. Sold by his father in repayment of a debt, twelve-year-old Yusuf is thrown from his simple rural life into the complexities of precolon...(展开全部)