Nothing can stop John Henry--no boulder, no mountain, and definitely no steam drill. Newbery Honor winner Julius Lester writes with such power that this African-American folk hero becomes as awesome as a natural phenomenon. Jerry Pinkney received a Caldecott Honor for his exuberant, glowing watercolor paintings of the hero. The book, celebrating its tenth year in print, was als...(展开全部)

The stunning 1995 Caldecott Honor Book John Henry is stronger than ten men, and can dig through a mountain faster than a steam drill. Julius Lester's folksy retelling of a popular African-American folk ballad has warmth, tall tale humor, and boundless energy. Jerry Pinkney illustrates the story with "rich colors borrowed from the rocks and the earth, so beautiful that they sum...(展开全部)

The stunning 1995 Caldecott Honor Book John Henry is stronger than ten men, and can dig through a mountain faster than a steam drill. Julius Lester's folksy retelling of a popular African-American folk ballad has warmth, tall tale humor, and boundless energy. Jerry Pinkney illustrates the story with "rich colors borrowed from the rocks and the earth, so beautiful that they sum...(展开全部)

Nothing can stop John Henry--no boulder, no mountain, and definitely no steam drill. Newbery Honor winner Julius Lester writes with such power that this African-American folk hero becomes as awesome as a natural phenomenon. Jerry Pinkney received a Caldecott Honor for his exuberant, glowing watercolor paintings of the hero. The book, celebrating its tenth year in print, was als...(展开全部)

[英]J. J. 斯卡里斯布里克，1928年生。英国历史学家，曾任英国华威大学教授，现为布里斯托大学荣誉教授、皇家历史学会会员。专攻英国都铎王朝史，著有《都铎王朝的法律与管治》等。

Self-taught and working in isolation until his death in 1973, Henry Darger realized an elaborate fantasy world of remarkable beauty and strangeness, through hundreds of paintings and an epic written narrative. Angel-like Blengins with butterfly wings, natural catastrophes, innocent girls, and murderous soldiers all appear in Darger's scenes, which are reproduced in this book in...(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。

[英]J. J. 斯卡里斯布里克，1928年生。英国历史学家，曾任英国华威大学教授，现为布里斯托大学荣誉教授、皇家历史学会会员。专攻英国都铎王朝史，著有《都铎王朝的法律与管治》等。

辛西娅·列侬，1939年生于布莱克浦。1957年进入利物浦艺术学院学习，在那里，她邂逅了约翰·列侬。大学二年级的时候，两个人坠入爱河。他们在1962年结婚，并于1963年生下了儿子朱利安。两个人共同经历了披头士乐队从默默无闻到扬名世界的神奇历程。1968年，他们的婚姻出现裂痕，并最终于1969年离婚。辛西娅现在和她的丈夫诺埃尔·查尔斯住在西班牙。

The Extraordinary Story of a Man, a Legend and a Marriage When she was eighteen years old, a girl named Cynthia Powell met a boy named John Lennon and they fell in love. Their ten-year relationship coincided with the start of the Beatles phenomenon—from Liverpool’s dockside clubs to the dizzying worldwide fame that followed. And Cynthia Lennon, John’s first wife, was an integr...(展开全部)