"Whatever the task, whether keeping afour-year-old quiet in public, housebreaking a puppy,coaching a team, or memorizing a poem, it will gofast, and better, and be more fun, if you know howto use reinforcement."--KarenPryor. Now Karen Pryor clearly explains theunderlying principles of behavioral training and throughnumerous fascinating examples reveals how this artcan be appli...(展开全部)

作者簡介 凱倫．布萊爾（Karen Pryor） 作家、動物行為學家、也是揚名國際的科學家，專精行為心理學和海洋哺乳動物生物學。她創立了美國夏威夷的「海洋生物世界」（Sea Life Park），是引領海豚訓練的先驅，她在該處結識了知名心理學家史金納（B. F. Skinner）博士及動物行為學家勞倫茲（Konrad Lorenz），並與二人共事。 布萊爾女士曾任美國政府指派的「海洋哺乳動物委員會」（Marine Mammal Commission）委員，並擔任過美國太空總署及國家動物園等多個組織機構的顧問，提供有關人類、動物之行為和學習的諮詢，曾任「劍橋行為科學研究中心」（the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Sciences）的理事之一。 她的第一本著作《為寶貝哺乳》（Nursing Your Baby）已銷售兩...(展开全部)

奥维达（1839～1908），英国维多利亚时代的著名女作家，生于英格兰，在巴黎长大，成年后移居伦敦。在英国，她开始写小说，并获得巨大成功。1871年，奥维达从英国来到佛兰德斯的安特卫普参观，为佛兰德斯画家鲁本斯所震撼，于是在第二年写出了在西方世界脍炙人口的经典故事——《佛兰德斯的狗》。 奥维达非常喜欢动物，总是积极地保护动物权益，她救助过很多动物，曾经喂养过30条狗。假如没有这些经历，她就不会把《佛兰德斯的狗》中的帕奇写得那么真实感人，令无数读者感动落泪。

This hilarious, brilliantly inventive novel by the author of The Master and Margarita tells the story of a scroungy Moscow mongrel named Sharik. Thanks to the skills of a renowned Soviet scientist and the transplanted pituitary gland and testes of a petty criminal, Sharik is transformed into a lecherous , vulgar man who spouts Engels and inevitably finds his niche in the bureau...(展开全部)

This hilarious, brilliantly inventive novel by the author of The Master and Margarita tells the story of a scroungy Moscow mongrel named Sharik. Thanks to the skills of a renowned Soviet scientist and the transplanted pituitary gland and testes of a petty criminal, Sharik is transformed into a lecherous , vulgar man who spouts Engels and inevitably finds his niche in the bureau...(展开全部)

A girl seeks her perfect pet at a wonderfully unusual animal shelter in this comical read-aloud by the award-winning creator of Life on Mars The Copley County Animal Shelter has an aardvark, a lizard, a goose, a weasel, and plenty more. But do they have a puppy? The girl with her wagon is ready to adopt a dog--not an aardvark, lizard, or goose! Can the shelter manager help her ...(展开全部)

A rainy day, a slippery street. A skidding car collides with a motor scooter ridden by Angela, a fifteen-year-old girl. Gravely injured, she’s brought to the hospital where her father, Timoteo, is a surgeon. As his daughter lies near death, the handsome, cultivated, eminently respectable Timoteo unpacks a sordid burden of sin and guilt he has long borne in silence. Fraught w...(展开全部)

Aladdin Books presents a handsome new edition of a Caldecott Medal winner. "Absurdities and contrasts are so imaginatively combined in a hilarious comedy of manners that the merriment can be enjoyed on several levels".--The Horn Book. Three-color illustrations.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal One day, a small boy receives a very special invitation -- the King and the Queen have invited him to the castle for tea. He accepts, with one question: "May I bring a friend?" "Any friend of our friend is welcome her," says the King. But their guest's friend turns out to be someone they never expected! Beatrice Schenk de Regniers's rhythmi...(展开全部)

比阿特丽斯·申克·德·雷尼尔斯（Beatrice Schenk de Regniers）/著 童书作家。1914年出生于美国印第安纳州的拉斐特。1941年获得芝加哥大学社会工作管理专业的硕士学位。20世纪40年代，她一直在美国和埃及西奈半岛的一个南斯拉夫难民营工作。20世纪50年代，比阿特丽斯以自由作家的身份从事专栏写作，创作非虚构小说、幽默故事、短篇小说和童书。1953年，她出版了第一部童书作品The Giant Story，该书的插画由当时还名不见经传的莫里斯·桑达克绘制。1961年，比阿特丽斯开始在学乐出版社工作，她一周上四天班，每周一专事写作，直到1981年退休。比阿特丽斯一生共创作了五十多部作品，其中有十部以笔名“塔玛拉·凯特”出版。《我能带个朋友吗?》荣获1965年凯迪克金奖。 贝尼·蒙特雷索（Beni Montresor）/绘 1926...(展开全部)