克罗格特·约翰逊，Crockett Johnson（1906-1975），在众星如云的美国儿童文学史上，克罗格特·约翰逊的创作数量并不多，这位戏称自己为“世界上最懒的人”的男人却以最原始的观念和表现手法，开创了一种新的图画类型与风格，至今无人可取代或模仿，他的创作紧紧抓住了孩子的心，作者笔下的阿罗形象聪明、单纯、可爱，热爱幻想并有一定的幽默感，其大面积的空白形式被称为“儿童图书历史上最有价值的空白”。阿罗这个名字在美国家喻户晓，孩子和家长们都喜欢阿罗，称他为“世界上最富有想像力的小孩”。 克罗格特·约翰逊的作品风靡全球40年，打动了世界各地无数读者的心，从面民为世界儿童文学史上永不磨灭的奇迹。

Harold travels to the sky with the help of his purple crayon.

With his magic purple crayon, Harold draws himself into a rocket voyage to Mars, then safely back to earth just in time for breakfast.

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Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne’s prophetic novel of man’s race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen. When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes that...(展开全部)

Stung by the pioneering space successes of the Soviet Union - in particular, Gagarin being the first man in space, the United States gathered the best of its engineers and set itself the goal of reaching the Moon within a decade. In an expanding 2nd edition of How Apollo Flew to the Moon, David Woods tells the exciting story of how the resulting Apollo flights were conducted by...(展开全部)

Between 1968 and 1972, twenty four daring men journeyed from Earth to the Moon. This fascinating book traces what was a massive accomplishment right from the early launches through manned orbital spaceflights, detailing each step. Out of the battlefields of World War II came the gifted German engineers and designers who developed the V-2 rocket, which evolved into the powerful ...(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)

Through a two-year publishing program, we have been privileged to welcome back into print hardcover editions of twenty-one treasures from the Sendak backlist. The program has showcased Sendak's varied and distinctive styles, from the serious to the silly, the dreamlike to the dramatic.In the program's final season, we are happy to reintroduce a book that uses all of those style...(展开全部)

As the sun grows tired and drops behind the drowsy hills, four barefoot children and a black cat dance and play and tell each other stories in their moon drenched garden.