Beetle in the Anthill (Russian: Жук в муравейнике) is a 1979 sci-fi novel by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky set in the Noon Universe. Beetle in the Anthill is the title of a theory explaining the Stepchildren phenomenon. Another example of such a title in Strugatskys' books is the Roadside Picnic, describing a possible origin of the "Zones".

Beetles squeak and beetles glow. Beetles stink, beetles sprint, beetles walk on water. With legs, antennae, horns, beautiful shells, knobs, and other oddities - what's not to like about beetles? The beetle world is vast: one out of every four living things on earth is a beetle. There are over 350,000 different species named so far and scientists suspect there may be as many as ...(展开全部)

劳伦斯·大卫：1963年出生在美国波士顿（马萨诸塞州）。1985年毕业于本宁顿学院，1987年在纽约大学获得研究生学位。既创作儿童图书，也为大人们写书。戴勒菲妮·杜朗：儿童绘本作家，插画家，出生在法国葡萄酒之乡——第戎，毕业于法国斯特拉斯堡装饰艺术学院。画风独特，画面细节丰富，已在欧洲和美国出版过多部作品。两位作者共同合作的绘本还有《好心的小女孩》。

《卡夫卡变虫记》的故事灵感来源于卡夫卡短片小说《变形记》。一天早上，小男孩卡夫卡一觉醒来，发现自己变成了一只棕紫色的超级大甲虫。但是没人注意到他变形了——他的父母、他的小妹妹、他的老师——除了他最好的朋友迈克尔，谁都没注意到。迈克尔想让卡夫卡变回小男孩，卡夫卡也很想变回去。可为什么他会变成甲虫呢？为什么大家好像都没发现呢？卡夫卡在寻找答案，也在找回自己……

"What kind of person do I want my child to be?" There are hundreds of books that give parents advice on everything from weaning to toilet training, from discipline to nutrition. But in spite of this overwhelming amount of information, there is very little research-based advice for parents on how to raise their children to be well rounded and achieve their full potential, ...(展开全部)

An unprecedented overview of the early work of a preeminent 20th-century artist Diane Arbus (1923 1971) is one of the most distinctive and provocative artists of the twentieth century. Her photographs of children and eccentrics, couples and circus performers, female impersonators and nudists, are among the most recognizable images of our time. This book is the definitive study ...(展开全部)

A young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels East in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing West. Driven back again and again, he meets naturalists, criminals, religious fanatics, swindlers, Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of hist...(展开全部)

"In the Meadow "is our first book in our Being in the World series, a collection of nature books from Japan. Each book will focus on what it feels like to be in a particular place. In this book, a little girl experiences what it's like to be alone in a field where the grass is as tall as she is and there are many insects and sounds. The book ends on a peaceful note, with mommy ...(展开全部)

It had occurred to her early that in her position--that of a young person spending, in framed and wired confinement, the life of a guinea-pig or a magpie--she should know a great many persons without their recognising the acquaintance.