In this picture book starring the world’s most imaginative pig, Olivia embarks upon a quest for identity with very lofty goals—and being a princess is NOT one of them! Olivia is having an identity crisis! There are too many ruffly, sparkly princesses around these days, and Olivia has had quite enough. She needs to stand out! She has to be special! She wants to do more than jus...(展开全部)

伊恩福尔克纳（Ian Falconer）：他身兼舞台设计师和艺术家，虽然一开始并没有打算成为童书的作者，却有一个令人印象深刻的艺术背景。他相继在纽约大学、帕森设计学院和奥蒂斯艺术设计学院学习艺术与设计。他也曾经与知名的艺术家大卫霍克尼在纽约、洛杉矶、芝加哥和伦敦等地设计并展出系列的舞台作品和服装。此外，他还为《纽约客》(TheNew Yorker)画过无数的插图和封面。 然而，谁也没想到伊恩福尔克纳将自己的即兴随笔《奥莉薇》(Olivia)当做礼物送给小侄女，却成就了一系列受全球孩子追捧的图画书，并为他摘取了2001年美国凯迪克大奖以及系列的奖项和荣誉。在采访中，伊恩福尔克纳描述了当时仍是婴儿的侄女的眼睛(绝非偶然！侄女的名字就叫奥莉薇！)，他承认“我才刚为那双眼睛深深着迷，下一刻我就决定要做个礼物送给她，所以我开始着手绘制这本书。 柳漾，儿童文学工...(展开全部)

In this picture book starring the world’s most imaginative pig, Olivia embarks upon a quest for identity with very lofty goals—and being a princess is NOT one of them! Olivia is having an identity crisis! There are too many ruffly, sparkly princesses around these days, and Olivia has had quite enough. She needs to stand out! She has to be special! She wants to do more than jus...(展开全部)

伊恩福尔克纳（Ian Falconer）：他身兼舞台设计师和艺术家，虽然一开始并没有打算成为童书的作者，却有一个令人印象深刻的艺术背景。他相继在纽约大学、帕森设计学院和奥蒂斯艺术设计学院学习艺术与设计。他也曾经与知名的艺术家大卫霍克尼在纽约、洛杉矶、芝加哥和伦敦等地设计并展出系列的舞台作品和服装。此外，他还为《纽约客》(TheNew Yorker)画过无数的插图和封面。 然而，谁也没想到伊恩福尔克纳将自己的即兴随笔《奥莉薇》(Olivia)当做礼物送给小侄女，却成就了一系列受全球孩子追捧的图画书，并为他摘取了2001年美国凯迪克大奖以及系列的奖项和荣誉。在采访中，伊恩福尔克纳描述了当时仍是婴儿的侄女的眼睛(绝非偶然！侄女的名字就叫奥莉薇！)，他承认“我才刚为那双眼睛深深着迷，下一刻我就决定要做个礼物送给她，所以我开始着手绘制这本书。 柳漾，儿童文学工...(展开全部)

Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for their world or ours. Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But h...(展开全部)

Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for their world or ours. Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But h...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself - and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her aging master, Howard Bowdi...(展开全部)

[法]劳伦斯·塔拉拉赫-维尔马斯 法国图卢兹大学英语系教授，专注维多利亚时代文化史、自然文学、童话研究，出版有Fairy Tales, Natural History and Victorian Culture等著作。 译者简介： 祝锦杰 北京大学基础医学学 士学位，香港浸会大学翻译学硕士学位，先后担任《环球科学》《好奇号》等期刊合作译者，翻译出版《神秘的量子生物学》《思维人类》等书。