Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In Pigs Make Me Sneeze! , Gerald believes he is allergic to his best friend! Will he have to stay away from Piggie forever?

This picture book begins placidly (and familiarly) enough, with three pigs collecting materials and going off to build houses of straw, sticks, and bricks. But the wolf's huffing and puffing blows the first pig right out of the story . . . and into the realm of pure imagination. The transition signals the start of a freewheeling adventure with characteristic David Wiesner eff...(展开全部)

Beautiful Caroline Crale as convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee w...(展开全部)

Beautiful Caroline Crale as convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee w...(展开全部)

This picture book begins placidly (and familiarly) enough, with three pigs collecting materials and going off to build houses of straw, sticks, and bricks. But the wolf's huffing and puffing blows the first pig right out of the story . . . and into the realm of pure imagination. The transition signals the start of a freewheeling adventure with characteristic David Wiesner eff...(展开全部)

おっちゃんのお腹の上で、安心しきって眠る子ブタ。 新聞を読むおっちゃんのうしろからそっと覗き込むブタ。 おっちゃんがギターを持つと、ブタが集まってきて即席コンサートの始まりです。 朝から晩まで、さらには家の中まで。 おっちゃんの周りにはいつも、きらきらと目を輝かせたブタがまとわりついてきます。 香川県で養豚場を営み、まるで家族のように1200頭のブタと暮らすおっちゃん。 大量飼育・大量生産化に伴い、餌やりから糞尿の処理までどんどん機械化が進む養豚業界で、 おっちゃんは自らの手で、一頭ずつ丁寧に愛情を込めてブタを育てています。 農林水産大臣に幾度も表彰される程の腕を持ったおっちゃんの養豚場では 単に生産するという域を超えた、愛するものと共に生きる喜びが溢れています。 市役所職員として農林水産行政に携わる中、おっちゃんに出会った著者が 10年にわたり撮り...(展开全部)

Five years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published, it's hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn't read Steve Krug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are still discovering it every day. In this second edition, Steve adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet loaded with insights and practic...(展开全部)

People won't use your web site if they can't find their way around it. Whether you call it usability, ease-of-use, or just good design, companies staking their fortunes and their futures on their Web sites are starting to recognize that it's a bottom-line issue. In Don't Make Me Think, usability expert Steve Krug distills his years of experience and observation into clear, pr...(展开全部)