First published in 1920, The Mad Toy is set in Buenos Aires in the early twentieth century. Feeling the alienation of youth, Silvio Astier's gang tours neighbourhoods, inflicting waves of petty crime, stealing from homes and shops until the police are forced to intervene. Drifting then from one career and subsequent crime to another, Silvio's main difficulty is his own intellig...(展开全部)

威廉·斯雷特是一位受欢迎的、多产的儿童和青少年小说作家，他被认为是一位富有想象力的作家。他的作品常利用奇幻历险的科幻题材来探索兄弟姐妹或亲朋好友间的关系和情感成长。他创作了不少畅销书，如《楼梯上的房子》《星际猪》《第谷的绿色未来》等。其作品被美国图书馆协会、少年文学公会等多家出版机构推荐。 布莱尔·兰特，美国插画家和儿童书籍作家。曾凭借《丢饭团的笑婆子》获得凯迪克金奖，凭借《月亮生气了》《太阳和月亮为什么住在天上》两部作品获得凯迪克银奖。其作品《一个很长很长的名字》曾入选《纽约时报》“50年来50本佳儿童书籍”，被美国图书馆协会推荐。他善于运用各种形式，如丙烯、剪纸、彩铅、水墨等来表现民间故事。

Roberto Arlt (1900-1942), celebrated in Argentina for his tragicomic, punch-in-the-jaw writing during the 1920s and 1930s, was a forerunner of Latin American "boom" and "postboom" novelists such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende. "Mad Toy", Arlt's most acclaimed novel, is set against the chaotic background of Buenos Aires in the early twentieth century. Set in the ba...(展开全部)

Roberto Arlt (1900-1942), celebrated in Argentina for his tragicomic, punch-in-the-jaw writing during the 1920s and 1930s, was a forerunner of Latin American 'boom' and 'postboom' novelists such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende. "Mad Toy", Arlt's most acclaimed novel, is set against the chaotic background of Buenos Aires in the early twentieth century. Set in the ba...(展开全部)

A little boy has a toy boat. He made it out of a can, a cork, a yellow pencil, and some white cloth. The boy and his boat are inseparable, until one day when the wind pushes the toy boat out into the wide lake. Alone now, the little boat must face fierce waves, a grumpy ferry, a sassy schooner, and a growling speed boat. How the little boat misses the boy! But if he is going to...(展开全部)

兰德尔·德·塞弗： 在兰德尔·德·塞弗的书桌上面有一艘玩具船。这是她和她的女儿波林娜用一个罐头瓶、一个软木塞、一根牙签和一些白色的布条做成的。有一天，当她沉浸在幻想中时，这艘玩具船告诉了她关于它的故事。 《玩具船去航行》是兰德尔的第一本书。几年之前，当她在布鲁克林高地的圣安娜学院担任一些小孩子们的老师的时候，她便开始为孩子写故事。现在，她的两个女儿波林娜和菲艾，经常给她带来写作的灵感。 兰德尔和她的丈夫，一位艺术家，还有两个女儿一起居住在布鲁克林。在夏天白勺时候，全家人会去康涅狄格州的一个湖度假，他们会在湖滨玩耍，还会看着一艘又一艘的大船经过。

此图画书曾获：2000凯迪克银奖、2000夏洛特·佐罗托童书金奖。

此图画书曾获：2000凯迪克银奖、2000夏洛特·佐罗托童书金奖。

A young girl is upset and doesn't know how to manage her anger but takes the time to cool off and regain her composure.

Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space—and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe—in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star. Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a be...(展开全部)