迈克尔•莫波格（Michael Morpurgo）：英国作家、学者、文学家，著有《岛王》《战马》《蝴蝶狮》《柑橘与柠檬啊》等百余部作品，2003年获英国“儿童文学桂冠作家”荣誉。他的作品曾入围卡内基奖、德国青少年文学奖等知名大奖，荣获惠特布莱德图书奖、蓝彼得童书奖、红房子童书奖等多个奖项，被翻译为多国文字广泛传播，也曾被翻拍成电影、电视剧、舞台剧，甚至歌剧，经典代表作品《战马》曾被改编搬上舞台和大银幕。1976 年，他和妻子克莱尔创建慈善项目“城市儿童农庄”，以启发孩子们对大自然的喜爱，并从中学得如何与自然共处。 克莱尔•莫波格 （Clare Morpurgo）：慈善家，英国作家迈克尔•莫波格的妻子。她生于英国伦敦，在德文郡长大，是企鹅图书公司创始人艾伦•莱恩（Allen Lane）的女儿。她早年的经历影响了她的一生，并在很大程度上促使她创建了“城市...(展开全部)

A lavish, keepsake collection of poetry, beautiful artwork, and unforgettable treasures from acclaimed children’s book author Michael Morpurgo, woven around a girl’s adventures on a countryside walk. Pippa loves staying with her Aunty Peggy. She loves going for walks, whether it is sunny or cold — long, wandering walks where her wellies take her. Follow Pippa into the bea...(展开全部)

"The Water Hole" is a fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook and art book. Graeme Base takes the reader on a journey of discovery, from the plains of Africa and the jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of the Australian outback. As one rhino gives way to two tigers, with three toucans waiting in the wings, the tale unfolds on many lev...(展开全部)

Pippa loves staying with her Aunty Peggy. She loves going for walks - long, wandering walks where her wellies take her. Follow Pippa into the beautiful countryside as her day unfolds, and the wildlife, animals and people she encounters are complemented by poems from some of our greatest authors, personally chosen by Clare and Michael Morpurgo.

Even among Fleur Jaeggy’s singular and intricate works, The Water Statues is a shiningly peculiar book. Concerned with loneliness and wealth’s odd emotional poverty, this early novel is in part structured as a play: the dramatis personae include the various relatives, friends, and servants of a man named Beeklam, a wealthy recluse who keeps statues in his villa’s flooded baseme...(展开全部)

葛瑞米·贝斯（Graeme Base），世界上最棒的儿童图画书作家之一。他早年创作的字母书《动物王国》（Animalia）于1986年一问世，就立刻受到了国际性的赞誉。此书300万册的全球销量，奠定了其经典名作的地位。 贝斯的作品广受欢迎，获奖连连，包括：《第十一个小时》（The Eleventh Hour）、《来喝水吧》（The Waterhole）、《阿吉的许愿鼓》（Jungle Drums）、《阿诺的花园》（Uno's Garden）、《魔法失窃之谜》（Enigma, a Magical Mystery）、《卡纳克神庙的宝石鱼》（The Jewel Fish of Kamak）、《小不点大象》（Little Elephants）、《吴哥窟的最后一个国王》（The Last King of Angkor Wat）等等。 贝斯现在和他的艺术家妻子萝...(展开全部)

In the tradition of his best-selling alphabet book, Animalia, author and illustrator Graeme Base takes young readers on an exhilarating journey of discovery with an ingenious fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook, and art book. From the plains of Africa and the jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of outback Australia, the an...(展开全部)

The Water Knife is a 2015 science fiction novel by Paolo Bacigalupi. It is Bacigalupi's sixth novel, and is based on his short story, The Tamarisk Hunter, first published in the news magazine High Country News. It takes place in the near future, where drought brought on by climate change has devastated the Southwestern United States. --------------------------- Central characte...(展开全部)

Since the introduction of the personal computer in the early 1980s, many objects have been designed to have capabilities well beyond their immediate use or appearance. Whether openly and actively or in subtle, subliminal ways, these objects talk to us, and we have come to expect interaction with them. Contemporary designers, besides giving objects form and function, write their...(展开全部)