George the Drummer Boy打鼓男孩乔治ISBN9780064441063

作者：  Benchley

出版社：HarperCollins 1987年02月

简介：Nathaniel Benchley (November 13, 1915 – December 14, 1981) wasan American author.Born in Newton, Massachusetts to a literary family, he was theson of Gertrude Darling and Robert Benchley (1889-1945), the notedAmerican writer, humorist, critic, actor, and one of the foundersof the Algonquin Round Table in New York City.Nathaniel Benchley was the highly-respected author of manychildren's/juvenile books that provided learning for the youthfulreaders with stories of various animals or through the book'shistorical settings. Benchley dealt with diverse locales and topicssuch as "Bright Candles", which recounts the experiences of a16-year-old Danish boy during the German occupation of his countryin World War II; and "Small Wolf", a story about a Native Americanboy who meets white men on the island of Manhattan and learns thattheir ideas about land are different from those of his ownpeoples'.Film director/producer, Norman Jewison made Benchley's 1961novel The Off-Islanders into a motion picture titled The RussiansAre Coming, the Russians Are Coming for which he received thenomination for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. Hewas a close friend of actor Humphrey Bogart and wrote his biographyin 1975.Benchley's novel Welcome to Xanadu was made into the 1975 motionpicture Sweet Hostage.His elder son, Peter Benchley (1940-2006), was a writer bestknown for writing the novel Jaws and the screenplay of the 1975Steven Spielberg film made from it. His younger son, Nat Benchley,is a writer and actor who has portrayed his grandfather, RobertBenchley, in a one-man, semi-biographical stage show, "BenchleyDespite Himself". The show was a compilation of Robert Benchley'sbest monologues, short films, radio rantings and pithy pieces asrecalled, edited, and acted by his grandson Nat, and combined withfamily reminiscences and friends' perspectives."Nathaniel Benchley died in 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts and wasinterred in the family plot at Prospect Hill Cemetery inNantucket.  Don Bolognese is the illustrator of many popular books ofhistorical fiction, including the I Can Read Books Buffalo Bill andthe Pony Express by Eleanor Coerr and Wagon Wheels by BarbaraBrenner. He lives in New York City and Vermont.

Chang's Paper Pony小男孩的纸马ISBN9780064441636

作者：  Coerr

出版社：HarperCollins 1993年03月

简介：

　　Moving is not easy. Rosie is the meanest cow in the world --and Marvin's best friend. When his family moves to a new farm,Marvin is sad and lonely . . . until he finds Rosie again. But nowshe's making a lot of trouble for everyone. Will she and Marvinever adjust to the changes of a new life in a new place?

　　"It's the time of the Gold Rush in this I Can Read title;young Chang and his Grandpa Li work in the kitchen of the GoldDitch Hotel in San Francisco. Since arriving from China, Chang hassuffered indignities: he has been ostracized by American childrenand teased by the miners. Chang longs for a pony of his own, a ponyto love and to ease the loneliness, but Grandpa says the only onethey can afford is a paper onethe painting tacked above the stove.Kindly Big Pete, a miner, shows Chang how to dig and pan for gold,but he lacks enough for a pony. Then he finds gold dust where heleast expects it. Although brief and simple, the story is rich inatmosphere, history and emotion. Coerr brings to young readers notonly a satisfying tale, but a portrayal of an aspect of 19thcentury California history rarely attempted at this level. Ray'sforceful drawings support the text well and firmly establish thedusty mining-town environment. She is particularly adept at showingthe vulnerability of children, as well as the ways in which largeand small joys affect them. Ages 5-8.
　　--Publishers Weekly

Josefina Story Quilt, The何塞菲娜故事录ISBN9780064441292

作者：  Coerr

出版社：HarperCollins 1989年04月

简介：

　　California, here we come Faith's Pa says there's no room on awagon train for Josefina, a chicken who's too tough to eat and tooold to lay eggs. But Faith loves her pet. Can Josefina show Pa thatshe still has a few surprises left in her?

AWARD-WINNING SERIES: *I Can Read Books have won many of themost prestigious awards in children’s literature, including theNewbery Honor (FROG AND TOAD TOGETHER), Caldecott Honor (FROG ANDTOAD ARE FRIENDS, LITTLE BEAR’S VISIT), ALA Notable Children’s Book(21 titles), and IRA/CBC Children’s Choice Award (17 titles)AMAZING SALES YEAR IN, YEAR OUT: *Series is still vital today, withaverage sales income of over $12,000,000 per year. BELOVED CLASSICSAND EXCITING NEW CHARACTERS: *Eleanor Coerr and Bruce Degen’sheartwarming story THE JOSEFINA STORY QUILT has sold over 600,000copies since its first publication STUNNING NEW DESIGN: *Bold,eye-catching new full-bleed cover design brings new life to theseperennial favorites