A charmingly illustrated introduction to wildflowers that will encourage a child’s natural interest in botany. The four-colour illustrations makes for easy identification of wild flowers and the child-friendly text includes keynotes on plant parts and the seasons, complete with check boxes for those walks on the wild flower side roads.

In 1973 Moll Gladney goes missing from the Tipperary hillside where she was born. Slowly her parents, Paddy and Kit, begin to accept that she’s gone forever. But she returns, changed, and with a few surprises for her family and neighbours. Nothing is ever the same again for the Gladneys, who learn that fate cares little for duty, that life rarely conforms to expectation, that G...(展开全部)

多纳尔·瑞安 （1976— ） 爱尔兰作家，被誉为“爱尔兰文学新浪潮的王者”，两度入围布克奖。 最早两部长篇小说《旋转的心》《十二月纪事》曾因大胆的写作手法47次被出版商拒绝，最终得到了公正评价：前者斩获都柏林书展十年最佳图书桂冠、爱尔兰图书奖（最佳综合奖和最佳新人奖双料冠军）、欧盟文学奖、《卫报》处女作奖；后者入围爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖、让·莫内欧洲文学奖短名单。 创作生涯常踞巅峰：短篇小说集《太阳斜照》荣膺爱尔兰图书奖最佳短篇小说奖；长篇小说《我们所应知道的一切》入围爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖短名单；《来自静谧的浅海》获让·莫内欧洲文学奖，入围爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖、科斯塔图书奖短名单；《奇花异果》荣获爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖，入围达尔基文学奖短名单；《污岛皇后》再次入围爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖短名单。

谢丽尔·斯特雷德（Cheryl Strayed） 美国小说家、散文家、专栏作家。其文笔睿智温情，曾三度入选美国年度最佳随笔集（2000、2003、2015）。目前共出版过四本作品，被译成40种语言。《走出荒野》是她的代表作，据斯特雷德26岁那年夏天（1995年）的亲身经历写成。这本书在2012年一出版，便立即登上《纽约时报》畅销榜第一名，连续126周以上盘踞在《纽约时报》畅销榜上，罕见地横扫2012-2015年度17项图书大奖，并被执导过《达拉斯买家俱乐部》《大小谎言》的让-马克·瓦雷拍成高分口碑电影《涉足荒野》。目前，她与丈夫及两个孩子住在美国俄勒冈州波特兰。

埃米莉·休斯（Emily Hughes） 一位英国儿童插画家，但在夏威夷的成长经历给了她许多灵感，她的绘画强烈地表现出对自然的热情和向往。2012年，她凭借《娜娜的形状像香蕉》获得了麦克米伦图画书奖。2014年，她创作的《野孩子》广受赞誉，被Brain Pickings独立书评网誉为向四届凯迪克奖得主莫里斯·桑达克的《野兽国》致敬的作品，并被评选为当年的推荐儿童绘本。2015年出版的新作《小园丁》一出版就受到《柯克斯书评》、《出版人周刊》《赫芬顿邮报》、美国国家公共电台等媒体的一致好评推荐。

We’ve all seen red roses, blue irises, and yellow daffodils. But when we really look closely at a flower, whole new worlds of beauty and intricacy emerge. Using a unique process that far surpasses conventional macro photography, Robert Llewellyn shows us details that few of us have ever seen: the amazing architecture of stamens and pistils; the subtle shadings on a petal; the s...(展开全部)

With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intellige...(展开全部)

With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intellige...(展开全部)