"I went on a journey in order to acquaint myself with my province, in a two-horse wagon with a lot of fodder and a tin bucket rattling in the back. The bucket was required for the horses to drink from. I traveled through a country of hills and pine groves that gave way to woodlands, where swirls of smoke hovered over the roofs of houses, as if they were on fire, for they were c...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of A Spool of Blue Thread: an offbeat love story about mis-steps, second chances and the elusive art of human connection Micah Mortimer isn't the most polished person you'll ever meet. His numerous sisters and in-laws regard him oddly but very fondly, but he has his ways and means of navigating the world. He measures out his days running errands for ...(展开全部)

Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a "girlfriend") tells him she's facing eviction...(展开全部)

<blockquote> <center> <h4>Jack</h4> </p> Room 105 -- Miss Stretchberry </p> September 13 </p></center> I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. </p> Girls do. </p> </blockquote> Meet Jack, who tells his story with a little help from some paper, a pencil, his teacher, and a dog named Sky.

It's summer in the city, and this hot dog has had enough! Enough of sizzling sidewalks, enough of wailing sirens, enough of people's feet right in his face. When he plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner endeavors to get him the breath of fresh air he needs. She hails a taxi, hops a train, and ferries out to the beach. Here, a pup can run! With fluid art and lyrical...(展开全部)

李维·宾福德，英国著名青年绘本作家，毕业于英国法尔茅斯大学。在校期间即已形成自己的独特的基于写实倾向的唯美画风。除绘画外，李维也热衷于故事创作。自大学毕业至今，一直作为自由插画家活跃在艺坛。 李维的绘本作品形式独特而别致。他擅长以精巧的故事配以细节丰富的图画，展现一种既紧贴生活又飘逸出尘的创作风格。他的图画书处女作《TheDjango》（《蒂亚戈》）出版后即入围2011年凯特.格林纳威大奖，并使他荣获英国图书信托基金会最佳新兴插画家奖。 《大黑狗》是李维创作的第二本书，出版即荣获2013年凯特.格林纳威大奖、2013年美国图书馆协会推荐童书和2013年考文垂灵感书奖等诸多荣誉。

An enormous black dog and a very tiny little girl star in this offbeat tale about confronting one’s fears. When a huge black dog appears outside the Hope family home, each member of the household sees it and hides. Only Small, the youngest Hope, has the courage to face the black dog, who might not be as frightening as everyone else thinks.