Winner of the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction—A darkly comic novel of twenty-first-century domestic life and the possibility of personal transformation Harold Silver has spent a lifetime watching his younger brother, George, a taller, smarter, and more successful high-flying TV executive, acquire a covetable wife, two kids, and a beautiful home in the suburbs of New York City. B...(展开全部)

马修·奎克（Matthew Quick）美国人，《纽约时报》畅销书作家，2004年开始专职写作，2007年获得戈达德学院创作的美学硕士学位，并于2013获德拉萨大学人文文学荣誉博士学位。处女作《乌云背后的幸福线》(简体中文版译名为《闪开，让我拥抱幸福》)大卖，由它改编的 电影大热，斩获多项奥斯卡大奖。截至目前为止，马修·奎克已经出版了7本小说，皆已售出影视版权。 马修·奎克擅长构建大起大落的情节冲突，用平浅的文字纵深剖白人物的内心，传达“人可以被毁灭，但不能被打败”的海明威精神，激发人们对更美好生活的热望。 他的作品先后被翻译成30多种语言，斩获各类文学奖项，其中包括美国笔会/海明威奖。

Aladdin Books presents a handsome new edition of a Caldecott Medal winner. "Absurdities and contrasts are so imaginatively combined in a hilarious comedy of manners that the merriment can be enjoyed on several levels".--The Horn Book. Three-color illustrations.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal One day, a small boy receives a very special invitation -- the King and the Queen have invited him to the castle for tea. He accepts, with one question: "May I bring a friend?" "Any friend of our friend is welcome her," says the King. But their guest's friend turns out to be someone they never expected! Beatrice Schenk de Regniers's rhythmi...(展开全部)

比阿特丽斯·申克·德·雷尼尔斯（Beatrice Schenk de Regniers）/著 童书作家。1914年出生于美国印第安纳州的拉斐特。1941年获得芝加哥大学社会工作管理专业的硕士学位。20世纪40年代，她一直在美国和埃及西奈半岛的一个南斯拉夫难民营工作。20世纪50年代，比阿特丽斯以自由作家的身份从事专栏写作，创作非虚构小说、幽默故事、短篇小说和童书。1953年，她出版了第一部童书作品The Giant Story，该书的插画由当时还名不见经传的莫里斯·桑达克绘制。1961年，比阿特丽斯开始在学乐出版社工作，她一周上四天班，每周一专事写作，直到1981年退休。比阿特丽斯一生共创作了五十多部作品，其中有十部以笔名“塔玛拉·凯特”出版。《我能带个朋友吗?》荣获1965年凯迪克金奖。 贝尼·蒙特雷索（Beni Montresor）/绘 1926...(展开全部)

What could be more natural, when invited by the King and Queen to tea, than to ask to bring a friend? And that, of course, is what the hero of "May I Bring a Friend?" does. Not only to tea, but to breakfast, lunch, dinner, apple pie and Halloween - one invitation for each of six days of the week. The King is most gracious. "Any friend of our friend is most welcome, " says he. ...(展开全部)

Originally released as a song by indie rock band Cub Country, this gorgeous lullaby is perfect for a parent to share with his or her child at bedtime. May the Stars Drip Down contains wonderful lyrics and imagery inspired by nature and the intense bond and love between parent and child. Acclaimed artist Nikki McClure's tender and intricate papercuts perfectly complement Chatela...(展开全部)

In a scruffy park of a West European metropolis, a man in an ill-fitting trench coat is found hanging by the feet, half-dead. This is Abel Nema, the enigmatic yet fascinating protagonist of Terézia Mora’s internationally acclaimed novel, a linguistic phenomenon who can speak ten languages flawlessly but whose grip on reality is slowly slipping away. Since his self-imposed...(展开全部)

'I can imagine you at forty,' she said, a hint of malice in her voice. 'I can picture it right now.' He smiled without opening his eyes. 'Go on then.' 15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways. So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that? And every year that fo...(展开全部)

自幼失去父母但仍过着平静生活的白雨,生活在人口不足5万人的玉山市,伴随着自己的青梅竹马过着生活学习双重忙碌的日子.然而美丽的生活中暗藏着黑暗阴影. 校门口的分尸事件,学校屋顶上逝去的生命,白雨渐渐了解到这座城市不为人知的一幕. ...