An ordinary trip to the zoo turns out to be extraordinary? as an imaginative, fun-filled, animal adventure takes hold of a little girl. (Meanwhile, her poor beleaguered parents experience an adventure of their own.) It's a trip youngest animal lovers (and dreamers) will want to take again and again.

In our world today a hummingbird is a small, brilliantly coloured bird that lives in the tall trees of tropical forests. In the far distant future, Hummingbird (Hummy for short) is a girl of sixteen who lives somewhere in the Galaxy, on a planet called Just Like Home. She has the name 'Hummingbird' in big letters on all her clothes, but she has never seen a real hummingbird. Sh...(展开全部)

In our world today a hummingbird is a small, brilliantly coloured bird that lives in the tall trees of tropical forests. In the far distant future, Hummingbird (Hummy for short) is a girl of sixteen who lives somewhere in the Galaxy, on a planet called Just Like Home. She has the name 'Hummingbird' in big letters on all her clothes, but she has never seen a real hummingbird. Sh...(展开全部)

It is widely known that such Western institutions as the museum, the university, and the penitentiary shaped Japan’s emergence as a modern nation-state. Less commonly recognized is the role played by the distinctly hybrid institution—at once museum, laboratory, and prison—of the zoological garden. In this eye-opening study of Japan’s first modern zoo, Tokyo’s Ueno Imperial Zool...(展开全部)

It is widely known that such Western institutions as the museum, the university, and the penitentiary shaped Japan’s emergence as a modern nation-state. Less commonly recognized is the role played by the distinctly hybrid institution―at once museum, laboratory, and prison―of the zoological garden. In this eye-opening study of Japan’s first modern zoo, Tokyo’s Ueno Imperial Zool...(展开全部)

It is widely known that such Western institutions as the museum, the university, and the penitentiary shaped Japan’s emergence as a modern nation-state. Less commonly recognized is the role played by the distinctly hybrid institution—at once museum, laboratory, and prison—of the zoological garden. In this eye-opening study of Japan’s first modern zoo, Tokyo’s Ueno Imperial Zool...(展开全部)

It is widely known that such Western institutions as the museum, the university, and the penitentiary shaped Japan’s emergence as a modern nation-state. Less commonly recognized is the role played by the distinctly hybrid institution―at once museum, laboratory, and prison―of the zoological garden. In this eye-opening study of Japan’s first modern zoo, Tokyo’s Ueno Imperial Zool...(展开全部)

约翰•伯宁罕(John Burningham) 于1936年生于英国萨里郡。童年就读于夏山学校，在校时大部分时间用来作画。1959年毕业于伦敦中央艺术学院。曾经设计海报、圣诞卡及画漫画。以图画书创作技巧来说，伯宁罕具有纯熟的绘图技巧与设计概念，透过运用不同的媒质，掌握其特色，并加上明暗及线条的运用，在画面上制造许多对比或惊喜等视觉效果，和文字一搭一唱，使故事呈现得更生动丰富，深深吸引全世界无数的读者。 1963年，他的第一本图画书《宝儿》（Borka）出版，即获得英国最高图画书奖项凯特•格林纳威大奖（Kate Greenaway Award)。《宝儿》是一个“丑小鸭”式的故事，是一本关于生命的励志书，跟随宝儿的奇异之旅，读者可以从中感受坚强品格的可贵，领悟到生命的奇遇。 1970年，他以《和甘伯伯去游河》（Mr. Gumpy’s Outing）再度获...(展开全部)