在美国，有一位小男孩阿罗，在他天马行空的世界里，凭借着一枝彩色笔，画出了自己的无数梦想。阿罗随心所欲，阿罗心想事成，阿罗在他的世界里涂涂抹抹，描绘着他自己的各种故事。 作者巧妙地运用孩子的逻辑和语言，真切地描画出他们自由想象的历程。作品简洁生动，充满奇异幻想。简单的线条，引领儿童走入奇异的世界，有益于拓展儿童的想象力、创造力，健全儿童情感世界。阿罗梦笔生花的奇妙故事让无数读者着迷，在美国、英国、法国、德国等国家，学龄前儿童及家长几乎都读过阿罗。美国《出版商周刊》将该书评为20世纪有影响力的作品之一。 Purple crayon in hand, Harold draws a tightrope and falls intoa circus [where he has many adventures].As in the previous books,the dauntless Harold is resourceful and loveable.
Pieces of broken pots are scattered over the desert hillsides of the Southwest. The Indians there treat them with respect -- "Every piece of clay is a piece of someone's life," they say. And the children try to imagine those lives that took place in the desert they think of as their own. Clay has its own small voice, and sings. Its song has lasted for thousands of years. And Byrd Baylor's prose-poem as simple and powerful as the clay pots, sings too.
At the first hint of chill in the air,Elmer’s friends start complaining about the cold, so Elmer decidesto show them what cold weather is really like. They set off for awalk up a mountain, and the higher they go the colder it gets. Theelephants agree that compared with the freezing mountain top, theirhome is not really that cold at all.
A cricket is born who cannot talk! A bigger cricket welcomes himto the world, then a locust, a cicada, and many other insects, buteach time the tiny cricket rubs his wings together in vain: nosound emerges. In the end, however, he meets another quiet cricket,and manages to find his "voice." Children will love the repetitivetext as they meet a steady parade of new creatures (including a"spittlebug, slurping in a sea of froth"); and of course they'lldelight in the happy ending. This is one of a series of large (11.5by 8.5 inches) format Eric Carle books with a mechanical twist: inthis case, the quiet cricket bursts into (surprisingly authentic)electronic song as you turn the last page. (The battery isreplaceable.) An amusement for the ears, but most of all--as ever,with Carle--a feast for the eyes. The colorful cut-paperillustrations are simply gorgeous, drawing you in even on thehundredth reading. (And there will be a hundredth reading, followedby many more.) (Baby to preschool) --Richard Farr --This textrefe
