Winifred Watson 温妮弗瑞德·沃森（1906-2002） 长期居住在英国泰恩河畔的纽卡斯尔，因家道中落没进大学，为贴补家用做了打字员。沃森说过“我的雇主从没派给我什么工作，有天他让我带点毛线活儿来干，所以我在办公室里写完了整部小说”。她的第一部小说《四脚朝天》（Fell Top）就是在办公室里写出来的。小说放了一年，因为她妹妹看到一个出版商张贴的征稿广告而得以出版，后被改编为BBC广播剧。除了《派蒂格鲁小姐的大日子》，沃森的其他小说都是以乡村为背景。《派蒂格鲁小姐》1937年出版，在英国、澳大利亚和美国大获成功，并被翻译成法文在法国出版，二战开始时还计划在德国出版。在那时就打算翻拍成电影，由碧莉·伯克主演，却因战争之故泡汤。之后沃森结婚生子，那时她已出版了六部小说。佩塞芬妮出版社最初分别在2001年、2003年至2005年都出版过《派蒂...(展开全部)

The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and help them to win at least one game.

The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and help them to win at least one game.

The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and make them win at least one game. "Children of any age will relish the raucous carrying on at what has to be the most gloriously awful school in the entire state of Texas".--The Horn Book.

The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and help them to win at least one game.

A Song for a New Day is a science fiction novel by American writer Sarah Pinsker, first published in trade paperback and ebook by Berkley Books in September 2019. The first British edition was issued in hardcover and ebook by Ad Astra/Head of Zeus in August 2020. In this captivating science fiction novel from an award-winning author, public gatherings are illegal making concert...(展开全部)

A Song for a New Day is a science fiction novel by American writer Sarah Pinsker, first published in trade paperback and ebook by Berkley Books in September 2019. The first British edition was issued in hardcover and ebook by Ad Astra/Head of Zeus in August 2020. In this captivating science fiction novel from an award-winning author, public gatherings are illegal making concert...(展开全部)

In this captivating science fiction novel from an award-winning author, public gatherings are illegal making concerts impossible, except for those willing to break the law for the love of music, and for one chance at human connection.In the Before, when the government didn't prohibit large public gatherings, Luce Cannon was on top of the world. One of her songs had just taken o...(展开全部)

A Song for a New Day is a science fiction novel by American writer Sarah Pinsker, first published in trade paperback and ebook by Berkley Books in September 2019. The first British edition was issued in hardcover and ebook by Ad Astra/Head of Zeus in August 2020. In this captivating science fiction novel from an award-winning author, public gatherings are illegal making concert...(展开全部)

THE BEST SICK DAY EVER and the animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book debut. Friends come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In Amos McGee’s case, all sorts of species, too! Every day he spends a little bit of time with each of his friends at the zoo, running races with the tortoise, keeping the shy penguin company, and even reading bedtime stories to the ow...(展开全部)