An award-winning novel about growing up and making choices Viginia Euwer Wolff's groundbreaking novel, written in free verse, tells the story of fourteen-year-old LaVaughn, who is determined to go to college--she just needs the money to get there. When she answers a babysitting ad, LaVaughn meets Jolly, a seventeen-year-old single mother with two kids by different fathers. As s...(展开全部)

Mmmmm. In Maisy Makes Lemonade, it's a hot day, and Maisy is having a nice cold drink. Eddie is hot, too, but it takes a lot of lemonade to satisfy this thirsty friend. Not to worry -- Maisy goes out to the garden and, with a boost from Eddie, picks some fresh lemons. Together they stir in some water and sugar, and there A pitcher of refreshing lemonade. Now she just needs to ...(展开全部)

From the "astounding" (Entertainment Weekly), "spectacularly evocative" (The Atlantic), and "brilliant" (Los Angeles Times) author of the New York Times bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes a return to the essay form in this expansive new book.With the virtuosic synthesis of memoir, criticism, and journalism for which she has become known, Leslie Jamison offer...(展开全部)

李欧·李奥尼（Leo Lionni） 绘本作家、画家、艺术家。1910年5月出生于荷兰阿姆斯特丹，父亲是一位会计师，母亲是一位歌剧演员，两位叔叔都是艺术品收藏家。 浸润在这样浓郁的艺术氛围之中，李奥尼很早就对绘画萌生了兴趣，立志成为一名艺术家，他常常去家附近的博物馆、美术馆欣赏大师的作品。 14岁，李奥尼随父母定居意大利热那亚，在那里度过了少年和青年时代。1935年，李奥尼获得热那亚大学经济学博士学位，几年之后，他举家 搬到了美国费城，正式投身广告设计行业并取得了辉煌的成就。 1960年，处于事业巔峰期的他回到了意大利。他原本打算全身心投入绘画和雕塑创作，结果却走上了绘本作家的道路。尽管李奥尼49岁才开始 创作绘本，却开创了一个绘本的新时代。《纽约时报》曾这样评价他“如果绘本是我们这个时代一种新的视觉艺术，李欧·李奥尼则是这种风格的大家。” 李奥尼一...(展开全部)

“Let's, make rabbits,” say the scissors to the pencil, and, before the reader’s eyes, two rabbits appear—one drawn by the pencil, the other cut from brightly patterned paper by the scissors. When the rabbits are hungry, the scissors and the pencil provide paper carrots. But one day the taste of a real carrot leads to a magical surprise. Readers will delight in this imaginative ...(展开全部)

"Fantastic Learning Tool...Don't let this book title fool you. It is not an oversimplification of accounting and financial principles. It is, however, a serious and very effective examination of a very small but progressively complex business. There are not many books available on the market that make a complex and dry subject understandable and even fun. This book successfully...(展开全部)

"Fantastic Learning Tool...Don't let this book title fool you. It is not an oversimplification of accounting and financial principles. It is, however, a serious and very effective examination of a very small but progressively complex business. There are not many books available on the market that make a complex and dry subject understandable and even fun. This book successfully...(展开全部)

Axelrod and Coyle draw from their research with exceptional managers from companies like Corning, Microsoft, Siemens, Merck, and many more to illustrate five powerful practices that can be used in any organization, of any size, in any industry.

This classic tale of the famous Mallard ducks of Boston is available for the first time in a full-sized paperback edition. Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1941, Make Way for Ducklings has been described as "one of the merriest picture books ever" ( The New York Times ). Ideal for reading aloud, this book deserves a place of honor on every child's bookshelf. "Robert McCloskey's ...(展开全部)

"One of the merriest picture-books . . . told in very few words with a gravity that underscores the delightful comedy of the pictures--fine large pictures, strongly drawn, with a wealth of detail".--The New York Times. A Caldecott Award winner.