In 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal with a distinctive cross on his nose, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on the Western Front. With his officer, he charges toward the enemy, witnessing the horror of the battles in France. But even in the desolation of the trenches, Joey's courage touches the soldiers around him and he is able to find warmth and hop...(展开全部)

In 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal with a distinctive cross on his nose, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on the Western Front. With his officer, he charges toward the enemy, witnessing the horror of the battles in France. But even in the desolation of the trenches, Joey's courage touches the soldiers around him and he is able to find warmth and hop...(展开全部)

The author of Bird in Hand and The Way Life Should Be delivers her most ambitious and powerful novel to date: a captivating story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship: a 91-year-old woman with a hidden past as an orphan-train rider and the teenage girl whose own troubled adolescence leads her to seek answers to questions no one has ever thought to ask....(展开全部)

The author of Bird in Hand and The Way Life Should Be delivers her most ambitious and powerful novel to date: a captivating story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship: a 91-year-old woman with a hidden past as an orphan-train rider and the teenage girl whose own troubled adolescence leads her to seek answers to questions no one has ever thought to ask....(展开全部)

Born in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, raised in the scholarly traditions of ancient China by his grandfather but forced into the Japanese educational system, Hu Taiming, the protagonist of Orphan of Asia, ultimately finds himself estranged from all three cultures. Wu's autobiographical novel, completed in 1945, is widely regarded as a classic of modern Asian literature and a groun...(展开全部)

迈克尔·莫波格（Michael Morpurgo） 英国最受欢迎的儿童文学作家之一。1943年出生于英国的赫特福德郡，曾在伦敦、苏塞克斯和坎特伯雷等地求学，随后进入伦敦大学国王学院学习英语和法语。毕业后，他进入一所位于肯特郡的小学担任教师，在每天为孩子们讲故事的过程中发现了自己文学创作的天赋。 迄今为止，莫波格已创作了百余部儿童文学作品，获奖无数，多部作品被改编为电影、电视剧、舞台剧和歌剧。1999年，他与诗人泰德·休斯（Ted Hughes）一起创办了每两年评选一次的“儿童桂冠作家”计划，并成为此称号的第三位获得者。2006年，他凭借在文学领域的贡献被授予大英帝国军官勋章。 莫波格还热心于青少年公益事业。他与妻子共同创立了“城市儿童农场”计划，因积极推进儿童与青少年体验活动而获得大英帝国成员勋章。 莫波格现在居住在德文郡，时常与孩子们一起劳动，从中...(展开全部)

A dark offering from the Queen of Crime. This represents the world-famous author's most successful foray into the dark world of murder and black magic. To understand the strange goings on at The Pale Horse Inn, Mark Easterbrook knew he had to begin at the beginning. But where exactly was the beginning?Was it the savage blow to the back of Father Gorman's head? Or was it when th...(展开全部)

[日]赤羽末吉 1910年生于日本东京。年轻时曾在中国东北和内蒙生活过多年，五十岁时出版了第一本绘本《地藏菩萨》，此后凭借雄厚的实力成为日本如日中天的绘本大师。赤羽末吉是亚洲第一位国际安徒生奖画家奖得主，曾经获得过日本产经儿童出版文化奖、讲谈社出版文化奖、小学馆绘画奖等多项大奖。赤羽末吉的画作气势磅礴、用色大胆、风格典雅，其代表作品有《苏和的白马》《追追追》《木匠和鬼六》《鹤妻》《桃太郎》等。 [日]大塚勇三 1921年出生于中国东北，毕业于东京大学法学院。主要从事外国儿童文学的翻译与推广工作。大塚勇三非常喜爱民间故事，认为民间故事是先人生活的结晶，而且在流传过程中，融入了无数的喜怒哀乐。

A dark offering from the Queen of Crime. This represents the world-famous author's most successful foray into the dark world of murder and black magic. To understand the strange goings on at The Pale Horse Inn, Mark Easterbrook knew he had to begin at the beginning. But where exactly was the beginning?Was it the savage blow to the back of Father Gorman's head? Or was it when th...(展开全部)