婉达·盖格绘本典藏:Wanda Gag Treasury

Millions of catsWinner of Newbery Honor, Wanda Gág's timeless tales tells of an oldman who sets off in search of a beautiful cat to bring home as a companion forhis wife. But instead of one cat, he comes back with “Hundreds of cats,thousands of cats, Millions and billions and trillions of cats”…Snippy and SnappyIn this charming book, we are introduced to brother and sister fieldmice living with their mother and father in a cozy nook in a hay field. Theirfather enthralls them with stories about gardens in big fields, houses in biggardens, kitchen cupboards in big houses, and bigyellow cheeses in big kitchen cupboards.One day Snippy and Snappy wander away from home while playing withtheir mother's yarn ball. Their journey takes them to a large house full ofmysterious things, including cupboards full of wonderful-smelling cheese. Justas Snappy begins to nibble at a piece of cheese in a mousetrap, their fatherjumps down to rescue them and lead them safely back home.Gág's delightfully detailed illustrations capture the coziness, wonder,and playfulness of Snippy and Snappy's adventures.Nothing at all"Nothing-at-all" is the name of an orphaned puppy living withhis two brothers until two children come to adopt them. Unfortunately,Nothing-at-all gets inadvertently left behind－not out of cruelty, but because he is invisible!He is horribly lonely until he meets a bird, a Jackdaw, who saysthat he knows how to make the puppy visible. Nothingat- all doesn't think muchof the bird at first, but follows the instructions anyway, and after a littletime, hard work, and a lot of dizziness, the puppy becomes visible and isadopted along with his brothers.The Funny ThingThe Funny Thing is Wanda Gág’s follow-up to her well-loved classic,Millions of Cats . It tells the story of a curious dragonlike “aminal” thateats children’s dolls. A kindly man named Bobo cannot stand by and allow thisto happen. He entices it to eat the concoction “jum-jills.”A happy ending is assured when the Funny Thing discovers he lovesthem and never eats another doll.THE ABC BUNNYAn unfortunate accident with an Apple drives Bunny from Bunnyland toElsewhere. Every letter in the alphabet is represented in Bunny’s journey,through what he eats (Greens), to whom he meets (Insects, Jay, Kitten, Lizard),and then a little sleep (Nap), to Tripping back to town, right side Up andUp-sidedown.This edition is a special ABC book for children, Wanda Ga'g illustratesthe pictures with 26 letters, Karen L. Smith from Canada is invited to bringyoung readers with the story of Bunny. A marvelous book for family reading!GONE IS GONEIn this delightful story we meet Fritzl, a farmer who lives with hiswife Liesi, theirbaby kinndli, and Spitz, their dog. Fritzl works hardin the fields every day. Liesi works hard all day, too, but Fritzl somehowfeels that he works harder. When he complains about how hard he works and howeasy Liesi has it, and Liesi suggests they trade places.The tale’s sly peasant humor and conversational style combined withGág’s expressive black-and-white illustrations made the book an instantclassic. The hilarious outcomes of Fritzl's calamitous day at home areportrayed in Gág's singular illustrations. In the end Fritzl admits that hiswife's work is "none too easy” and begs to return to his fields and not do housework anotherday. And they live in peace and happiness for ever andever.