For use in schools and libraries only. After grabbing for one, fishing for one, and dressing up as a cookie inspector to get one, Alfie, a young alligator, learns the best way to ask for a cookie from his mother.

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)

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)

With this, his first collection, Carver breathed new life into the short story. In the pared-down style that has since become his hallmark, Carver showed how humour and tragedy dwell in the hearts of ordinary people, and won a readership that grew with every subsequent brilliant collection of stories, poems and essays that appeared in the last eleven years of his life.

With this, his first collection, Carver breathed new life into the short story. In the pared-down style that has since become his hallmark, Carver showed how humour and tragedy dwell in the hearts of ordinary people, and won a readership that grew with every subsequent brilliant collection of stories, poems and essays that appeared in the last eleven years of his life.