夏绿蒂·净香·贝克（Charlotte Joko Beck），美国“平常心禅”创始人，《平常禅：活出真实的自己》的作者艾兹拉·贝达的老师。她是四个孩子的母亲，曾做过老师、秘书和大学行政助理。20世纪60年代依止安谷白云及中川宗渊两位日本禅师习禅。1983年正式成为前角博雄的第三代传人，并开始担任洛杉矶禅修中心的住持。目前任教于美国圣地亚哥禅学中心。著有《爱情与工作的每日禅》、《生活在禅中》。

铃木俊隆(Shunryu Suzuki)，13世纪日本曹洞宗初祖道元禅师的法脉传人。1961年在美国旧金山建立极具规模的塔撒加拉山僧院和旧金山禅院。此举带动美国本土开始广设禅修中心，并影响日本禅宗在美国的传播，进而大放异彩。

"Michael," said Karl. "There's a really big bear in the backyard." This is how three children meet Stillwater, a giant panda who moves into the neighborhood and tells amazing tales. To Addy he tells a story about the value of material goods. To Michael he pushes the boundaries of good and bad. And to Karl he demonstrates what it means to hold on to frustration. With graceful ar...(展开全部)

"Michael," said Karl. "There's a really big bear in the backyard." This is how three children meet Stillwater, a giant panda who moves into the neighborhood and tells amazing tales. To Addie he tells a story about the value of material goods. To Michael he pushes the boundaries of good and bad. And to Karl he demonstrates what it means to hold on to frustration. With gracef...(展开全部)

"Michael," said Karl. "There's a really big bear in the backyard." This is how three children meet Stillwater, a giant panda who moves into the neighborhood and tells amazing tales. To Addie he tells a story about the value of material goods. To Michael he pushes the boundaries of good and bad. And to Karl he demonstrates what it means to hold on to frustration. With gracef...(展开全部)

琼·穆特 (Jon J Muth) 1960年生于美国俄亥俄州的辛辛那提市，母亲是艺术教师，幼时即已游遍国内的博物馆，18岁时就在美国威尔明顿学院举办了自己的首场个人画展。为了维持生计，高中毕业后为漫画书配过插图，后赴日学习石雕与书道，从此对东方文化产生浓厚的兴趣。他涉猎广泛，不但在英国、奥地利和德国学习过绘画和版画复制，还曾学习过太极拳、水墨画和茶道，更是一位吉他高手。他以优美恬静的画风在绘本创作和插画领域享有盛誉，擅长将清透灵润的水彩画与发人深省的哲思故事结合在一起，作品中透着一种悠远的禅意和古老东方文化的神韵。作品《禅的故事》获得凯迪克大奖，《尼古拉的三个问题》被《纽约时报》称赞为能够“默默地改变生命”。此外，他还获得过美国插画家协会金奖、国家亲子图书奖和被称为“美国漫画界奥斯卡奖”的艾斯纳奖。现与妻子邦妮和四个孩子定居纽约，喜欢与家人一起放风...(展开全部)

Stillwater the Panda returns in a delightful companion to his Caldecott Honor Book, Zen Shorts. Summer has arrived -- and so has Koo, Stillwater's haiku-speaking young nephew. And when Stillwater encourages Koo, and his friends Addy, Michael, and Karl to help a grouchy old neighbor in need, their efforts are rewarded in unexpected ways. Zen Ties is a disarming story of compassi...(展开全部)

Otis has an antique shop crammed to the gills with stuff. So he's delighted when someone comes in and buys it all. Next day, Suzie Gump arrives, the shop is empty, full of nothing, and Suzy loves it—and takes it all.Suzie has set a trend, and soon everybody is craving nothing—the stores are full of it. It's only when there's not even a towel for drying offafter a bath that Suzi...(展开全部)

[美]凯瑟琳·爱丁（Kathryn J. Edin） 美国权威的贫困问题研究专家，普林斯顿大学公共与国际事务学院教授。著有《在另一个美国长大》《信守承诺》等。 [美]卢克·谢弗 （H. Luke Shaefer） 密歇根大学福特公共政策学院教授，贫困解决方案中心主任。密歇根州卫生与公共服务部反贫困政策特别顾问。

A revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don’t think it exists Jessica Compton’s family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma twice a week at her local donation center in Tennessee. Modonna Harris and her teenage daughter Brianna in Chicago often have no food but spoiled milk on weekends. After two decades of brilliant re...(展开全部)