In The Big Book of Beasts, Yuval Zommer’s wonderful illustrations bring to whimsical life some of the grizzliest, hairiest, bravest, wiliest, and most fearsome beasts in the animal kingdom. Brimming with interesting facts from beast consultant Barbara Taylor, this charming picture book is a beautiful way for parents to introduce young children to the animal world―and for older ...(展开全部)

埃米莉·格雷维特是一位有着惊人天分的插画家，曾两次获得凯特·格林纳威奖。她的第一本绘本《大野狼》一经问世，便赢得了2005年凯特·格林纳威大奖。《恐惧的大书》获得2008年凯特·格林纳威大奖。她以精准的洞察力和看似随性的画风创作出了许多杰出的图画书，比如《猴子和我》《兔子的12个大麻烦》等。

The female leg is an erotic oddity: non-genital, and nearly identical in structure to the male limb, there is no obvious reason why it should be eroticized. Yet through much of history, across many cultures, the female leg was kept covered and treated as taboo, until it became an object of sexual obsession. In Victorian times, the word 'leg' was forbidden in polite society, les...(展开全部)

著者：玛丽•霍夫曼 英国畅销书作家，从图画书到小说，已经为儿童创作了90多本书。她与世界著名插画家卡罗琳•宾合作的《奇异恩典》获得了凯特•格林纳威奖入围奖，加上后来出版的续集，总销量达到了150万册。她还在弗朗西斯•林肯儿童出版社出版过其他图画书，并创作了享誉国际声誉的Stravaganz系列，由布鲁姆斯伯里出版社出版。玛丽目前住在牛津郡，和丈夫还有三只缅甸猫一起生活。 绘者：罗丝•阿斯奎思 罗丝•阿斯奎思在英国《卫报》做了20年的漫画家，为年轻读者创作和插画了60多本书，包括了在兰登书屋出版的最畅销的青少年烦恼系列。她毕业于剑桥大学，专攻艺术专业。在成为Time Out杂志的戏剧评论员之前，还做过摄影师、设计师和老师。此前，阿斯奎思还做过City Limits的戏剧栏目联合编辑和《观察家》的戏剧评论员。

This fun and fascinating treasury features all kinds of families and their lives together. Each spread showcases one aspect of home lifeÑfrom houses and holidays, to schools and pets, to feelings and family trees. Ros AsquithÕs humorous illustrations perfectly complement a charming text from the acclaimed Mary Hoffman; kids will love poring over these pages again and again. A c...(展开全部)

All-new beasts, with all-new artists! In the spirit of 2007’s acclaimed Beasts!, editor/designer Jacob Covey has assembled an entirely new line-up of over 90 artists who did not appear in the first Beasts! volume. Like the first book, the deluxe collection includes a Who’s Who of the contemporary art world, collectively crafting a menagerie of mythological creatures, monsters, ...(展开全部)

This is a wonderful collection of words and pictures to share and talk about. The pages are packed with 1000 really useful everyday words, each matched with a detailed and amusing picture to make learning new words easy and fun.

Translated into English for the first time, a gripping short novel about an affair gone wrong, from the acclaimed Japanese author, Yukio Mishima. Set in rural Japan shortly after World War II, The Frolic of the Beasts tells the story of a strange and utterly absorbing love triangle between a former university student, Kōji; his would-be mentor, the eminent literary critic Ippei...(展开全部)