A hermit knows the magic to change a small mouse into a cat, a dog, and a majestic tiger -- and Marcia Brown's magical woodcuts bring this Indian fable to life with the mastery that won her her second Caldecott Medal.

"No one shall tell me that I was once a mouse!" roars the tiger. But an old hermit, mighty at magic, does tell him; for it was he who first changed the tiger from a wretched little mouse to a stout cat, to a big dog, and finally, to his proud and royal self. Youngest readers will take special delight in seeing these changes take place in Marcia Brown's dramatic picturing of ...(展开全部)

Mouse keeps getting left out because his voice is so quiet that no-one can hear him. Feeling despondent, he wanders off alone, but a frightening incident helps him to find his big voice.

A hermit knows the magic to change a small mouse into a cat, a dog, and a majestic tiger -- and Marcia Brown's magical woodcuts bring this Indian fable to life with the mastery that won her her second Caldecott Medal.

"No one shall tell me that I was once a mouse!" roars the tiger. But an old hermit, mighty at magic, does tell him; for it was he who first changed the tiger from a wretched little mouse to a stout cat, to a big dog, and finally, to his proud and royal self. Youngest readers will take special delight in seeing these changes take place in Marcia Brown's dramatic picturing of ...(展开全部)

Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only the great Roman emperor’s accomplishments as charismatic orator, conquering general, and powerful dictator but also lesser-known chapters during which he was high priest of an exotic cult, captive of pirates, seducer not only of Cleopatra but also of the wives of his two main pol...(展开全部)

阿德里安·戈兹沃西（Adrian Goldsworthy）在牛津大学获得古代史博士学位，曾在多所大学任教。他著作颇丰，被翻译成十几种语言，包括《奥古斯都：从革命者到皇帝》《西方的没落：超级大国罗马的灭亡》和《安东尼与克利奥帕特拉》。他创作了五部小说，讲述拿破仑战争时期一群英国士兵的命运沉浮，其中最新一部是《驱敌靠岸》（Run Them Ashore）。他目前是纽卡斯尔大学的访问学者。

Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only the great Roman emperor’s accomplishments as charismatic orator, conquering general, and powerful dictator but also lesser-known chapters during which he was high priest of an exotic cult, captive of pirates, seducer not only of Cleopatra but also of the wives of his two main pol...(展开全部)

阿德里安·戈兹沃西（Adrian Goldsworthy）在牛津大学获得古代史博士学位，曾在多所大学任教。他著作颇丰，被翻译成十几种语言，包括《奥古斯都：从革命者到皇帝》《西方的没落：超级大国罗马的灭亡》和《安东尼与克利奥帕特拉》。他创作了五部小说，讲述拿破仑战争时期一群英国士兵的命运沉浮，其中最新一部是《驱敌靠岸》（Run Them Ashore）。他目前是纽卡斯尔大学的访问学者。