"In a delightful and unusual book, a boy trots down Market Street buying presents for a friend, each one starting with a letter of the alphabet. Every letter is illustrated by a figure ingeniously composed of, for instance, apples or wigs or quilts. The notion is original, and the sum total enjoyable and unique."--Horn Book.

Here is a world of wonders from A to Z. Inspired by seventeenth-century French trade engravings, Anita Lobel's brilliant paintings of the shopkeepers on Market Street--each composed of his or her wares--will provide blissful hours for all who join the Lobels on an unforgettable shopping spree.

Here is a world of wonders from A to Z. Inspired by seventeenth-century French trade engravings, Anita Lobel's brilliant paintings of the shopkeepers on Market Street--each composed of his or her wares--will provide blissful hours for all who join the Lobels on an unforgettable shopping spree.

一个小男孩逛市场，要为他的朋友们买礼物，琳琅满目的商品看得他眼花缭乱，怎么挑呢？小男孩想到一个好办法，他从字母A按顺序买到字母Z，礼物就这么买全了。虽然逛了整整一天，脚又酸又痛，钱也花完了，小男孩还是觉得很开心。

Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn’t he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty—and fun—in their routine and ...(展开全部)

Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn’t he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty—and fun—in their routine and ...(展开全部)

I.B.辛格（1902—1991），美国犹太作家，20世纪短篇小说大师，被誉为“最伟大的现代意第绪语作家”。1902年生于波兰，父亲与祖父都是犹太教的拉比。早年进入犹太神学院深造，不久便辍学，开始写作生涯。二战前夕，迫于纳粹威胁移民美国，从事记者与专栏作家的工作，同时用意第绪语进行文学创作，以其独特的风格描画东欧犹太人的世俗与精神生活；著有短篇小说集、长篇小说、儿童故事集几十部，以及众多散文、回忆录等。自索尔•贝娄将其短篇小说《傻瓜吉姆佩尔》译为英文后，其作品备受批评界重视，好评如潮，斩获美国国家图书奖。1978年因“充满激情的叙事艺术，根植于波兰犹太人的文化传统，展现人普遍的人类境遇”获诺贝尔文学奖。

Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, "Queer" is an enigma - both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, "Naked Lunch". Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, "Queer" follows William Lee's hopel...(展开全部)