From the Backcover of the book: Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to TOronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine mu...(展开全部)

Elaine Risley, a painter, returns to Toronto to find herself overwhelmed by her past. Memories of childhood - unbearable betrayals and cruelties - surface relentlessly, forcing her to confront the spectre of Cordelia, once her best friend and tormentor, who has haunted her for forty years. 'Not since Graham Greene has a novelist captured so forcefully the relationship between s...(展开全部)

From the Backcover of the book: Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to TOronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine mu...(展开全部)

Elaine Risley, a painter, returns to Toronto to find herself overwhelmed by her past. Memories of childhood - unbearable betrayals and cruelties - surface relentlessly, forcing her to confront the spectre of Cordelia, once her best friend and tormentor, who has haunted her for forty years. 'Not since Graham Greene has a novelist captured so forcefully the relationship between s...(展开全部)

Left adrift in arctic waters with a gunshot wound to the head, adrift in arctic waters, Christy White was rescued from an icy death by a mysterious man. She craved retribution, and he taught her how to get it--how to make sense of her past and how to kill. They tried to freeze her out, but they should have finished the job, because now she's back with a vengeance! Collecting th...(展开全部)

米歇尔•罗宾逊，英国绘本作家，代表作有《如何给一只猛犸象洗澡》《有只狮子在我的玉米片里》《晚安，太空人》等。曾获“塞恩斯伯里童书大奖”，在《晚安，太空人》中，她还附上了欧洲航天局宇航员蒂姆•皮克激动人心的一封信。 罗宾逊不是忙于写作，就是忙于思考写作，又或者忙于跟在她的孩子们的屁股后面。她从小就梦想成为像她的偶像罗尔德•达尔一样的作家，她跟达尔同一天生日，同样喜欢巧克力。个人网站www.michellerobinson.co.uk，网站中有罗宾逊绘本的涂色画和音频游戏。 凯特•欣德利，英国插画师，毕业于英国法尔茅斯大学学院，曾做过平面设计师，为《奥利弗和狗狗帕奇》《如何给一只猛犸象洗澡》《伟大的狩猎员史洛特》等16本绘本画过插图。目前居住在英国伍斯特郡。个人网站http://www.katehindley.com。

The five little monkeys and Mama are eager to get a new car. The five little monkeys clean and paint their old car until it sparkles like new. But who will buy it? Perhaps those clever monkeys can convince their cranky crocodile neighbors that what they really need is . . . yes, a car Children will love predicting how the five little monkeys will deal with each new challenge, ...(展开全部)

Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A...(展开全部)