"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.
《TITCH》是一个关于成长的故事。主人公是小Titch，他有一个哥哥和一个姐姐，哥哥姐姐的东西都是大的，Titch的都是小的。哥哥姐姐有大的自行车，Titch只有小的三轮车；哥哥姐姐有大风筝，Titch只有小风车；哥哥姐姐有大鼓和喇叭，Titch只有小木笛；哥哥姐姐有大锯子和大锤子，Titch只有小钉子；哥哥姐姐有大锹和花盆，Titch只有一粒小种子，但Titch的小种子却长成比哥哥姐姐还要高大树。重复的句式，大和小的对比概念，表达着小Titch想要快快长大的愿望。彭懿的《图画书阅读与经典》中写到“这种无形的渴望变成了一棵有形的大树”。 Titch is little. Everything he has is little -- his littlepinwheel, his little tricycle. He even plays a little whistle.Peep. Pete and Mary are big. Everything they have is bigger thanTitch's, and better. Their big bikes go faster. Their big kites flyhigher. And their huge instrument
Illus. in full color. "While Granny is a-rockin' and a-knittin'and Ma's a-cookin' and Pa's a-fixin', that old possum in his tophat and vest just keeps on knocking. The narrator, a redheaded boy,tries to tell family members about the possum, and when the familychecks, the possum hides. Should be popular with story-hourgroups."-- Booklist.
