"Farmer Duck" is an amusing fable. Martin Waddell's awards include the Smarties Book Prize for "Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?", and "Farmer Duck", the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award for "The Park in the Dark" and the Best Books for Babies Award for "Rosies Babies". His other books include "The Big Big Sea", "Owl Babies", "Let's Go Home Little Bear", "John Joe and the Hen" and the "Li...(展开全部)

Martin Waddell's uplifting modern fable and Helen Oxenbury's humor and pathos make this a very special collaboration. Farmer Duck isn't your average duck. This duck cooks and cleans, tends the fields, and cares for the other animals on the farm—all because the owner of the farm is too lazy to do these things himself. But when Farmer Duck finally collapses from exhaustion, t...(展开全部)

马丁·韦德尔 1941年出生于北爱尔兰的贝尔费斯特，是爱尔兰知名作家。 2004年获得国际安徒生文学大奖。 作品曾多次获得英国史马提斯奖、凯特·格林纳威大奖、鹅妈妈大奖等国际知名奖项。 韦德尔的作品已累积超过一百本，与绘者芭芭拉·弗斯合作系列图画书：《你睡不着吗？》《做得好，小小熊》《我们回家吧》；和海伦·奥克森伯里合作《鸭子农夫》等。 海伦·奥克森伯里 享誉国际，最受欢迎的童书插画家之一。 1938年出生于英国萨福克郡，她曾在伦敦的中央艺术学院研习剧院设计。1979年，海伦以《旺格的帽子和平凡之家的龙》一书获得凯特·格林纳威大奖，1999年，她为刘易斯·卡洛尔的《爱丽丝漫游奇境》重新绘制了插图，这本书又为她赢得了第二个凯特·格林纳威奖。此外，她还因《我们要去捉狗熊》《鸭子农夫》《三只小狼和大坏猪》和《太多》分别于1988年、1991年、1993年和...(展开全部)

The story of a boy named Almanzo Wilder . . . While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Almanzo and his brother and sisters work at their chores from dawn to supper most days-no matter what the weather. There is still time for fun, though, especially with the horses, which Almanzo loves mor...(展开全部)

Here, for the first time, is a collection of short speeches by the charismatic doctor and social activist Paul Farmer. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice, Farmer encourages young people to tackle the greatest challenges of our times. Engaging, often humorous, and always inspiring, these speeches bring to light the brill...(展开全部)

For nearly thirty years, anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer has traveled to some of the most impoverished places on earth to bring comfort and the best possible medical care to the poorest of the poor. Driven by his stated intent to "make human rights substantial," Farmer has treated patients—and worked to address the root causes of their disease—in Haiti, Boston, Peru, R...(展开全部)

Here, for the first time, is a collection of short speeches by the charismatic doctor and social activist Paul Farmer. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice, Farmer encourages young people to tackle the greatest challenges of our times. Engaging, often humorous, and always inspiring, these speeches bring to light the brill...(展开全部)

Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, and Home Town. He has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make a difference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who is in l...(展开全部)

Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine , House , Among Schoolchildren , and Home Town . He has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make a difference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted...(展开全部)