It's summer in the city, and this hot dog has had enough! Enough of sizzling sidewalks, enough of wailing sirens, enough of people's feet right in his face. When he plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner endeavors to get him the breath of fresh air he needs. She hails a taxi, hops a train, and ferries out to the beach. Here, a pup can run! With fluid art and lyrical...(展开全部)

A richly mythic, colour-saturated tale of mothers and daughters from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Swimming Home. Two women arrive in a Spanish village - a dreamlike place caught between the desert and the ocean - seeking medical advice and salvation. One of the strangers suffers from a mysterious illness: spontaneous paralysis confines her to a wheelchair, her legs unus...(展开全部)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016 Plunge into this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power - from the author of Swimming Home and The Man Who Saw Everything 'Propulsive, uncanny, dreamlike. A feverish coming-of-age novel' Daily Telegraph 'A triumph of storytelling' Literary Review _________________________________ 'Today I dropp...(展开全部)

【奥森·斯科特·卡德（Orson Scott Card） 】 ★1951年出生于华盛顿州。在加利福尼亚州、亚利桑那州和犹他州长大。 美国作家、评论家、公众演说家、散文作家、专栏作家、 反对同性婚姻的政治家，同时也是摩尔门教拥护者和终身执业成员。 当今美国科幻界最受人瞩目的 人物之一。 美国科幻史上唯一两年内连续两次将“雨果奖”和“星云奖”两大科幻奖尽收囊中的作者。 ★作为科幻小说家十分多产，共有12个系列， 《天贼》是他首部科幻小说。 目前和妻子一起定居于北卡罗来纳州，为当地一份报纸撰写专栏文章， 空余时间在阳台上喂养鸟、松鼠、花栗鼠、负鼠和浣熊。 ★代表作： 《天贼》 《沃辛传奇》 《安德的游戏》 《安德的代言》 《安德的影子》 《背叛之星》

A richly mythic, colour-saturated tale of mothers and daughters from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Swimming Home. Two women arrive in a Spanish village - a dreamlike place caught between the desert and the ocean - seeking medical advice and salvation. One of the strangers suffers from a mysterious illness: spontaneous paralysis confines her to a wheelchair, her legs unus...(展开全部)

<blockquote> <center> <h4>Jack</h4> </p> Room 105 -- Miss Stretchberry </p> September 13 </p></center> I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. </p> Girls do. </p> </blockquote> Meet Jack, who tells his story with a little help from some paper, a pencil, his teacher, and a dog named Sky.

李维·宾福德，英国著名青年绘本作家，毕业于英国法尔茅斯大学。在校期间即已形成自己的独特的基于写实倾向的唯美画风。除绘画外，李维也热衷于故事创作。自大学毕业至今，一直作为自由插画家活跃在艺坛。 李维的绘本作品形式独特而别致。他擅长以精巧的故事配以细节丰富的图画，展现一种既紧贴生活又飘逸出尘的创作风格。他的图画书处女作《TheDjango》（《蒂亚戈》）出版后即入围2011年凯特.格林纳威大奖，并使他荣获英国图书信托基金会最佳新兴插画家奖。 《大黑狗》是李维创作的第二本书，出版即荣获2013年凯特.格林纳威大奖、2013年美国图书馆协会推荐童书和2013年考文垂灵感书奖等诸多荣誉。

An enormous black dog and a very tiny little girl star in this offbeat tale about confronting one’s fears. When a huge black dog appears outside the Hope family home, each member of the household sees it and hides. Only Small, the youngest Hope, has the courage to face the black dog, who might not be as frightening as everyone else thinks.