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.
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!
《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
In this classic book, a winsome, winning inchworm is proud ofhis ability to measure anything under the sun.