A magical Arabian Nights tale from the captivating creator of fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones. The dazzling sequel to Howls Moving Castle, now a major animated film. Far to the south in the Land of Ingary, lives a young carpet merchant called Abdullah. In his dreams, he is the long-lost son of a great prince. This dream is a complete castle in the air! or is it? Abdullah's day-dre...(展开全部)

Young merchant Abdullah leads a humble life. Or he did until a stranger sold him a threadbare—and disagreeable—magic carpet. Now Abdullah is caught in the middle of his grand daydreams. Waking one night in a luxurious garden, he meets and falls instantly in love with the beautiful and clever Flower-in-the-Night. But a wicked djinn sweeps the princess away right before Abdullah'...(展开全部)

What do you do when it feels impossible to live up to everything expected of you? When the only person who understands you disappears? When you are young and long for something that seems out of reach? Berta dreams of being an artist, but as a girl growing up in a small Swedish farming village in the 1920s, she has little hope. She finds solace in nature, and in drawing and sha...(展开全部)

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 harrowing story that follows the wanderings of a boy abandoned by his parents during World War II, this classic novel, originally published in 1965, is a dark masterpiece that examines the proximity of terror and savagery to innocence and love. It is the first, and the most famous, novel by one of the most important and original writers of this century.

A harrowing story that follows the wanderings of a boy abandoned by his parents during World War II, this classic novel, originally published in 1965, is a dark masterpiece that examines the proximity of terror and savagery to innocence and love. It is the first, and the most famous, novel by one of the most important and original writers of this century.

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. With the narrative power of fiction, Donald Miller takes readers on a harrowing ride through the fire-filled skies over Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden and describes the terrible cost of bombing for the German people. Fighting at 25,000 feet in th...(展开全部)

There is more to a bird than simply feathers. And just because birds evolved from a single flying ancestor doesn't mean they are structurally all the same. With over 385 stunning drawings depicting 200 species, "The Unfeathered Bird" is a richly illustrated book on bird anatomy that offers refreshingly original insights into what goes on beneath the feathered surface. Each exqu...(展开全部)