女孩朵娜天生是个巨人，镇上的女孩子嘲笑她的 “ 傻个子 ” ；然而当她们上学要迟到的时候，朵娜毫不犹豫地带上她们，三步两步到了学校。朵娜长大之后，自己住在镇子附近的山岗上，有一天镇上的人们被怪物的叫声吓坏了，会是什么样的猛兽呢？朵娜决定亲自去找找看。她可以安抚飓风，也可能在着急地时候跳起来把太阳的眼睛撞青，她尊重动物朋友们的智慧，并终找到了 “ 猛兽 ” 。原来是一只调皮的小豹子，吼声在山谷中回荡被 “ 放大 ” 了 …… 危险消除了，这时候，朵娜发现镇上的人们即使对未知的猛兽心怀恐惧，也手拉着手，在寻找她。人们为这个大个子朵娜担心呢 …… Dona Flor is a giant woman who lives in a puebla with lots offamilies. She loves her neighbors-she lets the children use herflowers for trumpets, and the families use her leftover tortillasfor rafts. So when a huge puma is te
"We will make a quilt to help us always remember home," Anna'smother said. "It will be like heaving the family in backhome Russiadance around us at night. And so it was. From a basket of old clothes,Anna's babushka, Uncle Vladimir's shirt, Aunt Havalah's nightdressand an apron of Aunt Natasha's become The Keeping Quilt, passed along from mother to daughter for almost a century. For fourgenerations the quilt is a Sabbath tablecloth, a wedding canopy,and a blanket that welcomes babies warmly into the world. In strongly moving pictures that are asheartwarming as they are real, patricia Polacco tells the story ofher own family, and the quilt that remains a symbol of theirenduring love and faith.
A young man, brave in battle and a leader in the buffalo hunt,is too shy to speak to the woman he loves. Sad and lonely, hewanders far into the woods. There, he meets two Elk men. They givehim a a flute that the birds and animals have made for him. When heplays it, the harmony of nature is in his melodies and he speaksstraight to the heart of the girl he loves.
Exuberantly coloured artwork and favourite animals make this rhythmic story the perfect introduction to looking and learning about colours. Each spread leads seamlessly into the next and young children will delight in Eric's colourful collage of animals and simple repetitive language. 一本充满各种动物和鲜亮色彩的图画书，一问一答的句型琅琅上口，重复着明快的节奏和韵律。动物们你看我，我看你，就在这个有趣的循环里，孩子们逐一认识了动物的名字，和他们斑斓的色彩。 Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see I see a red bird looking at me .. 这些句子读起来郎朗上口 《棕熊，棕熊，你在看什么？》是《好饿的毛毛虫》的作者艾瑞-卡尔的首本图画书。 它的文字作者，儿童教育家和语言学博士Bill Martin Jr. 找到了当时在给广告公司做设计的艾瑞-卡尔，提出自己想请他画这样一本儿童书。 艾瑞-卡尔读过这些
Ars Armitage arrives on the beach with her surfboard and herfaithful dog Breakspear, and paddles out to sea to wait for the BigWave. But, of course, Mrs Armitage can't be satisfied with just anordinary surfboard and she is soon adding a hilarious variety ofgadgets and contraptions. And when the Big Wave finally arrives,Mrs Armitage certainly surfs with style!
