In his slyly funny and moving new novel, the author of The Risk Pool follows the unexpected operation of grace in a deadbeat, upstate New York town--and in the lives of the unluckiest of its citizens. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, and Jessica Tandy. Author reading tour.

麦克·莫波格（Michael Morpurgo）生于1943年，英国著名儿童文学作家，英国最畅销小说家之一。在获得英国大大小小的童书奖之后，2003年英国儿童文学最高荣誉奖“童书桂冠作家”再次将他的创作生涯推向高峰。 莫波格除了在他最喜爱的历史间穿梭，他还有三座慈善农场(Farms for City Children），每年陪伴超过两百位孩子，在这里一同体验农场生活，并从动物和大自然中学习包容和宽恕。他的故事，解救了众多渴望幻想的小小心灵。他说在孩子们身上看到了故事带来的不可思议的魔力，并且他意识到这种魔力同样也眷顾了自己。 有件事，他想一辈子都做，那就是，给很小很小的孩子写书，那种每个字都很重要的书。他说：“对我来说，写作最美妙的部分就是可以一直梦想，直到出现了灵感的火花。”

Things have been difficult for Harry since his mother remarried. With a new baby at home, and only trouble at school, life is unbearable. Ocky the chimp, escaped from the circus, offers Harry a chance for a new life. With his friend, Harry runs away from all the people who seem so hard on him.

Created in partnership with Asia Society Museum in conjunction with a major retrospective, this is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of art superstar Yoshitomo Nara. It assembles 20 years worth of paintings, sculptures, photographs, and drawings that map the evolution of one of the most influential and internationally renowned artists working today. The book and exh...(展开全部)

Created in partnership with Asia Society Museum in conjunction with a major retrospective, this is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of art superstar Yoshitomo Nara. It assembles 20 years worth of paintings, sculptures, photographs, and drawings that map the evolution of one of the most influential and internationally renowned artists working today. The book and exh...(展开全部)

"Children do not need to be made to learn," Holt maintains, because each is born with what Einstein called "the holy curiosity of inquiry." For them, learning is as natural as breathing. First published in 1967, How Children Learn has become a classic for parents and teachers, providing an "effective, gentle voice of reason" (Life).

Edith Nesbit wrote with supreme confidence about the lives of children and Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis, the trio in The Railway Children , reflect her faith in the resourcefulness, capacity for adventure, and instinctive heroism of the young. This edition of her most popular book restores the splendid original illustrations of C. E. Brock.

"Children do not need to be made to learn," Holt maintains, because each is born with what Einstein called "the holy curiosity of inquiry." For them, learning is as natural as breathing. First published in 1967, How Children Learn has become a classic for parents and teachers, providing an "effective, gentle voice of reason" (Life).

Where Children Sleep presents English-born photographer James Mollison's large-format photographs of children's bedrooms around the world--from the U.S.A., Mexico, Brazil, England, Italy, Israel and the West Bank, Kenya, Senegal, Lesotho, Nepal, China and India--alongside portraits of the children themselves. Each pair of photographs is accompanied by an extended caption that t...(展开全部)

Saleem Sinai was born at midnight, the midnight of India's independence, and found himself mysteriously 'handcuffed to history' by the coincidence. He is one of 1,001 children born at the midnight hour, each of them endowed with an extraordinary talent - and whose privilege and curse it is to be both master and victims of their times. Through Saleem's gifts - inner ear and wild...(展开全部)