汤米·温格尔Tomi Ungerer 法国绘本作家、插画家、玩具收藏家，童书界的顽童与国王。1998年，儿童读物联盟（IBBY）将“安徒生大奖”这个代表童书界终身成就的奖项颁发给他，以表彰他对儿童文学做出的伟大贡献。 汤米·温格尔于1931年出生于法德交界的阿尔萨斯地区，在战争中度过了童年。青年时期，他曾在欧洲四处游历，靠设计橱窗和平面广告为生。来到美国纽约后，他凭借惊人的天赋很快在绘本界获得了成功，并成为传奇。 汤米·温格尔在美国和欧洲都拥有广泛的影响力，他是1992年美国名人传记协会选出的“500名影响力领袖”之一，也是欧洲委员会儿童文化与教育大使，还参与起草了《儿童权利宣言》。为他建造的博物馆是欧洲十大博物馆之一。 他的创作生涯从1960年代持续到现在，至今已出版140多本书，作品被翻译成近30种语言，他使用英语、法语、德语三种语言进行创作。“...(展开全部)

This is the tale of a tiny snail and a great big whale. The snail may be small, but she has huge dreams of seeing the world. So she hitches a ride on a friendly whale’s back to see amazing sights. Icebergs and volcanoes, storms and sharks—the two friends see it all together. And when the whale runs into trouble, the snail proves that even the tiniest creature can help a friend ...(展开全部)

In this time of extinctions, the humble snail rarely gets a mention. And yet snails are disappearing faster than any other species. In A World in a Shell, Thom van Dooren offers a collection of snail stories from Hawai'i—once home to more than 750 species of land snails, almost two-thirds of which are now gone. Following snail trails through forests, laboratories, museums, and ...(展开全部)

In this time of extinctions, the humble snail rarely gets a mention. And yet snails are disappearing faster than any other species. In A World in a Shell, Thom van Dooren offers a collection of snail stories from Hawai'i—once home to more than 750 species of land snails, almost two-thirds of which are now gone. Following snail trails through forests, laboratories, museums, and ...(展开全部)