Everyday, John Patrick sets off along the road to school, and although he hurries, strange and improbable happenings repeatedly make him late. To make things worse, his teacher never believes his story. The author has also written "Would You Rather", "Mr Grumpy's Outing" and "Granpa".

Everyday, John Patrick sets off along the road to school, and although he hurries, strange and improbable happenings repeatedly make him late. To make things worse, his teacher never believes his story. The author has also written "Would You Rather", "Mr Grumpy's Outing" and "Granpa".

史蒂文·凯洛格，1941年10月26日出生于美国康乃狄克州。他自幼就非常喜爱图画书，并受到彼得兔（Beatrix Potter）和N.C.Wyeth的作品的启蒙，对任何与动物有关的故事都爱不释手。奶奶教授给的他许多植物和动物的知识，让他对人们可能忽略的微小事物都抱持着欣赏的态度。童年时代，史蒂文·凯洛格经常被妹妹们缠着“在纸上讲故事”，于是他就拿起笔在纸上画下心里的故事，一直不停地说啊画啊，直到妹妹们已经坐不住了，或是被一张又一张画纸没过头顶。就读设计学校时，史蒂文·凯洛格凭借杰出的能力拿到奖学金前往意大利佛罗伦萨学习，累积了许多绘画的经验与创意。回到美国后，除了在大学任教，史蒂文也开始创作图画书，实现他用书说故事的梦想。 史蒂文·凯洛格是美国当代最畅销的图画书作家之一，其作品在美国畅行四十年，影响了两代人的童年。20世纪60年代至今，史蒂文·凯洛格...(展开全部)

史蒂文·凯洛格，1941年10月26日出生于美国康乃狄克州。他自幼就非常喜爱图画书，并受到彼得兔（Beatrix Potter）和N.C.Wyeth的作品的启蒙，对任何与动物有关的故事都爱不释手。奶奶教授给的他许多植物和动物的知识，让他对人们可能忽略的微小事物都抱持着欣赏的态度。童年时代，史蒂文·凯洛格经常被妹妹们缠着“在纸上讲故事”，于是他就拿起笔在纸上画下心里的故事，一直不停地说啊画啊，直到妹妹们已经坐不住了，或是被一张又一张画纸没过头顶。就读设计学校时，史蒂文·凯洛格凭借杰出的能力拿到奖学金前往意大利佛罗伦萨学习，累积了许多绘画的经验与创意。回到美国后，除了在大学任教，史蒂文也开始创作图画书，实现他用书说故事的梦想。 史蒂文·凯洛格是美国当代最畅销的图画书作家之一，其作品在美国畅行四十年，影响了两代人的童年。20世纪60年代至今，史蒂文·凯洛格...(展开全部)

The diary of a young Victorian boy born with clairvoyance.

In this quietly terrifying exploration of trust and friendship, a troubled young runaway arrives in Villeperce. And when, on the boy's behalf, Tom Ripley is drawn from his lovely estate in the French countryside to Berlin's seamy underworld and into a kidnapping plot that requires the most bizarre methods--and sinister acumen--for intervention, the icily amoral Ripley is transf...(展开全部)

Now part of American film and literary lore, Tom Ripley, "a bisexual psychopath and art forger who murders without remorse when his comforts are threatened" (New York Times Book Review), was Patricia Highsmith's favorite creation. In The Boy Who Followed Ripley (1980), Highsmith explores Ripley's bizarrely paternal relationship with a troubled young runaway, whose abduction dra...(展开全部)

The diary of a young Victorian boy born with clairvoyance.