From Publishers Weekly Children's book writer Swope (The Araboolies of Liberty Street, etc.) was in a slump. And what better way to liven things up than by accepting an offer to teach a 10-day writing workshop to a class of third-graders in Queens, New York City, a prime destination for immigrants to the U.S. and one of the world's most ethnically diverse areas? Swope became so...(展开全部)

I AM, I AM, I AM is a memoir with a difference - the unputdownable story of an extraordinary woman's life in near-death experiences. Intelligent, insightful, inspirational, it is a book to be read at a sitting, a story you finish newly conscious of life's fragility, determined to make every heartbeat count. A childhood illness she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning...(展开全部)

玛姬·欧法洛（Maggie O’Farrell）,著名小说家，1972年出生于北爱尔兰。其首部作品《你走以后》（After You'd Gone）甫一出版即广受好评，并为其斩获贝蒂·特拉斯克奖。随后，其凭借《我们之间的距离》（The Distance Between Us）荣获2005年毛姆奖，又凭借《牵手之初》（The Hand That First Held Mine）荣获2010年科斯塔小说奖；此后，其作品还曾两度入围该奖的短名单。2017年，其出版了自己的首部回忆录《我存在：十七段与死亡擦肩而过的经历》（I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death），该作品很快便荣登《星期日泰晤士报》畅销书单榜首。其于2020年出版的小说《哈姆内特》（Hamnet）则为其赢得了当年的女性小说奖和美国国家书评人协...(展开全部)

On seventeen occasions, Maggie O’Farrell has stared death in the face—and lived to tell the tale. In this astonishing memoir, she shares the near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life: The childhood illness that left her bedridden for a year, which she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. An encounter wit...(展开全部)

加利亚·伯恩斯坦在以色列出生和长大，曾是当地儿童杂志的艺术总监，后来搬到纽约，在帕森斯设计学院学习插画。是很多儿童图书的插画作者，画风活泼可爱。凭借本书在全球获得广泛的关注。

I am a bunny. My name is Nicholas. I live in a hollow tree. This classic Golden Book, illustrated by Richard Scarry, celebrates its 50th anniversary with the story of Nicholas, a bunny clad in red overalls. In the spring, he picks flowers, and in the summer, watches the frogs in the pond. In the fall, he sees the animals getting ready for winter. And when winter comes, he...(展开全部)

Gr. 1. Jaunty paper-cut illustrations open with a picture of a child named Marble, whose color and texture are like gray stone. He invites readers to journey through the Rock Hall of Fame, with the book's following pages giving clues for guessing 12 different rocks. Some answers are easy to guess, but some (sandstone, petrified wood) may require an explanation or some pronuncia...(展开全部)

Easy-to-read and bright cut-paper illustrations describe the life cycle of a leaf and explore its many functions.

In poetic, easy-to-understand text, Jean Marzollo explains the many aspects of a star, including why a star isn't visible during the day, and whether the moon is a star. The book's bright cut-paper illustrations by Judith Moffatt add clarity to the science concepts throughout the book.

A little Pterosaur lives on top of a rocky mountain, where his mother teaches him to be kind and to always help others in need. One day, a huge Tyrannosaurus falls down the mountain and is injured as he tries to catch the little Pterosaur. Remembering his mother’s lesson, the little Pterosaur decides to take care of the injured Tyrannosaurus. As a result of his fall, the Tyran...(展开全部)