1931年生于意大利米兰，从博拉艺术学院毕业之后从事插画工作。她对学龄前儿童的语言及沟通方式特别感兴趣，这主要是因为在养育两个孩子的过程中，发现市面上的童书多半要成人的协助及诠释才能让孩子了解。这激发了她的创作灵感，她决定为孩子创作出能够轻易看懂的书。艾拉的每一个画面都要经过深思，并且要和实物反复比对，最后呈现出清晰的图像。这样的图像更能帮助孩子了解大自然复杂的演变过程。 艾拉曾得过许多国际性的奖项，包括两次意大利波洛尼亚国际儿童图画书美术设计推荐奖。主要作品有《鸡和蛋》、《这是谁?的尾巴？》、《红气球》、《苹果与蝴蝶》、《树之歌》等。她的作品在欧洲及美洲广获好评。

Laura Ingalls's story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Four-year-old Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their trusty dog, Jack. </p> Pioneer life is sometimes hard, since the family must grow or catch all their own food as they get ready for the cold winter. But it is also ex...(展开全部)

What could be more fun than a big trip? Pig can’t wait to go, but Goat is worried. How will Pig get there? Bicycles are unsteady, horses can throw you off. Cars can break down and trains get stuck in tunnels. A trip can be no vacation at all . . . but leave it to Pig to send Goat’s worries packing and turn tricky travel into smooth sailing! Valeri Gorbachev has brought his c...(展开全部)

The woodland animals were all getting ready for the winter. Geese flew south, rabbits and deer grew thick warm coats, and the raccoons and chipmunks lay down for a long winter nap. Come Christmastime, the wise owls were the first to see the rainbow around the moon. It was a sure sign that the big snow was on its way.

When the geese begin to fly south, the leaves flutter down from the trees and the cold winds begin to blow from the north, the animals of the woods and meadows, big and small, prepare for the long, cold winter ahead when the countryside is hidden under a deep blanket of snow. They gather food and look for warm, snug places in the ground, trees, caves or thickets, where they can...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 It takes only a few high-quality stocks for a stock portfolio to make the big money. Finding winning stocks is a skill that any serious investor can learn, says Fred Kobrick, veteran stock picker and legendary mutual-fund manager. In The Big Money , Kobrick draws on a lifetime of investing experience to show how he identified four qualities that reliably predict whic...(展开全部)

In this new brief introduction to the rich and complex discipline of sociology, Jon Witt cuts to the core of the sociological perspective, supplying answers to two main questions: "Why do we think the way we think?" and "Why do we act the way we act?" Providing students with a glimpse of the "Big Picture," the author offers a top-down look at the structure of society, which all...(展开全部)

When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in. "Chandler [writes] like a slumming angel and invest[s] the sun-blinded streets of Los Angelos with a rom...(展开全部)