The German philosopher's examination of the development, nature, and importance of language.

约翰•伯宁罕(John Burningham) 于1936年生于英国萨里郡。童年就读于夏山学校，在校时大部分时间用来作画。1959年毕业于伦敦中央艺术学院。曾经设计海报、圣诞卡及画漫画。以图画书创作技巧来说，伯宁罕具有纯熟的绘图技巧与设计概念，透过运用不同的媒质，掌握其特色，并加上明暗及线条的运用，在画面上制造许多对比或惊喜等视觉效果，和文字一搭一唱，使故事呈现得更生动丰富，深深吸引全世界无数的读者。 1963年，他的第一本图画书《宝儿》（Borka）出版，即获得英国最高图画书奖项凯特•格林纳威大奖（Kate Greenaway Award)。《宝儿》是一个“丑小鸭”式的故事，是一本关于生命的励志书，跟随宝儿的奇异之旅，读者可以从中感受坚强品格的可贵，领悟到生命的奇遇。 1970年，他以《和甘伯伯去游河》（Mr. Gumpy’s Outing）再度获...(展开全部)

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本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Where does the wind go when it stops? When a little boy asks this question at the end of a happy day, his mother explains that the wind does not stop-it blows away to make the trees dance somewhere else. Reassuringly, she tells him that nothing ever ends, it simply begins in another place or in another way. Rain goes back into the clouds to create new storms, waves fold back...(展开全部)

At the end of a happy day, a little boy asks, Why does the day have to end? His mother points to the pale sliver of moon high in the darkening sky and tells him that the day must end so the night can begin. But where does the sun go when the day ends? the little boy asks. The day doesn't end, explains his mother, it begins somewhere else.

【作家简介】 夏洛特·左罗托夫（Charlotte Zolotow），于1915年生于美国维吉尼亚州。自威斯康辛大学毕业后，即在美国的Harper出版社工作。她虽曾因为育儿而中断过工作，但复职以后，即返回出版社，并于1981年担任这家出版社的副社长。其为儿童主编童书前后达三十年之久，是一名杰出的童书编辑兼绘本作家。 夏洛特·左罗托夫的作品数量相当惊人，由她写成的绘本，超过九十本；而与她合作过的画家，则有三十余人，其中，有很多都是美国当代最具代表性的绘本画家。她的成就，也为她赢得无数荣誉。因“对儿童文学有杰出贡献”、“对儿童文学影响深远”，夏洛特·左罗托夫分别于1986年获得明尼苏达大学艾威．可蓝大奖（Irwin Kerlan Award）、1990年南密西西比大学银牌奖及1991年美国图书馆协会图书馆从业人员的一致推崇。此外，以她为名的The Cha...(展开全部)

A suspense writer comes upon several murder stories on his computer that are written in his own unique style. He doesn't remember writing them, but it is not impossible for him, as a man who suffered memory loss, to be their author. Soon a journey takes him to northwest China along the ancient Silk Road. He is shocked to learn that the murders in the stories really happened in ...(展开全部)

A book to treasure from one of our literary greats. A powerful collection of stories exploring love and longing from the award-winning author of This Mortal Boy. Fiona Kidman’s early stories about New Zealand women’s experiences scandalised readers with their vivid depictions of the heartbreaks and joys of desire, illicit liaisons and unconventional love. Her writing made her a...(展开全部)

A suspense writer comes upon several murder stories on his computer that are written in his own unique style. He doesn't remember writing them, but it is not impossible for him, as a man who suffered memory loss, to be their author. Soon a journey takes him to northwest China along the ancient Silk Road. He is shocked to learn that the murders in the stories really happened in ...(展开全部)