Days with Frog and Toad

图书标准信息

• 作者 Arnold Lobel（阿诺德·罗贝尔） 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 1984-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780064440585
• 定价 25.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 64页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 I Can Read； Level 2

【内容简介】

The five simple chapters in Arnold Lobel's Days with Frog and Toad say more about the rewards of friendship than any adult tome ever could. Frog and Toad, the amiable amphibian duo, fly kites, clean house, and tell ghost stories together. And, in a surprisingly sophisticated, yet perfectly easy-to-grasp, segment, they even learn about the value of being alone. Frog is ever-so-slightly more sagacious than Toad; his gentle and supportive way with his chum shows that personal variances don't have to get in the way of friendship. On the contrary: vive la différence! Arnold Lobel's illustrations in warm frog and toad tones create the perfect atmosphere for this wise and touching early reader, an ALA Notable Children's Book.
Lobel has created four "Frog and Toad" stories for the "I Can Read" books, an immensely popular series with large type, abundant illustrations, and ample spacing that first launched with Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear. Fans of the foot-flapping friends won't want to miss Frog and Toad Are Friends (a Caldecott Honor book); Frog and Toad Together (a Newbery Honor book); and Frog and Toad All Year (an ALA Notable Children's Book). Children will be overjoyed to spend an evening--or days on end--with these affectionate friends.

　　故事主要是在述说主角青蛙与蟾蜍这一对好朋友生活当中的种种趣事。文字优美流畅，叙述方式幽默童趣，故事感人又好玩，这两个角色表现出的童心及纯真的友谊将使读者会心一笑。他们的友情与默契贯串所有的故事，让读者在阅读时，从头到尾都沉浸在一种温馨的情绪中。然而，青蛙与蟾蜍特殊的个性、出人意料的行为及想法，又让故事的发展充满幽默风趣的惊喜。作者洛贝尔运用日常生活中最平凡的场境及生活点滴，透过想象的魔力，直接带领读者打开神奇的幸福宝藏，品味最美丽、最真挚的友谊。没有严肃的教条味，也没有沉重的批判思考，满满是至真至情，挑动读者内心深处最原始而纯真的感动。其故事在文字使用上，及文学内涵上都有极佳的阅读价值，是简易阅读书籍中的重要佳作，也是让孩子在阅读较具挑战性的短篇章节小说前的良好暖身材料。

【作者简介】

DuringhisdistinguishedcareerArnoldLobelwroteand/orillustratedover70booksforchildren.Tohisillustratingcredit,hehadaCaldecottMedalbook--Fables(1981)--andtwoCaldecottHonorBooks-hisownFrogandToadareFriends(1971)andHildilid'sNightbyCheliDuranRyan(1972).Tohiswritingcredit,hehadaNewberyHonorBook--FrogandToadTogether(1973).Buttohisgreatestcredit,hehadafollowingofliterallymillionsofyoungchildrenwithwhomhesharedthewarmthandhumorofhisunpretentiousvisionoflife.

Thoughhewasabornstoryteller--hebeganmakingupstoriesextemporaneouslytoentertainhisfellowsecond-gradersinSchenectady,NewYork,wherehegrewupinthecareofhisgrandparents.Mr.Lobelcalledhimselfa"luckyamateur"intermsofhiswriting.Viewinghimselfasaprofessionallytrainedillustrator(hereceivedaBachelorofFineArtsdegreefromPrattInstitute),hesaid,"Iknowhowtodrawpictures.Withwriting,Idon'treallyknowwhatI'mdoing.It'sveryintuitive."

InadditiontotheFrogandToadbooks,OwlatHome,MouseTales,TheBookofPigericks,andmanyotherpopularbookshecreated,Mr.Lobelalsoillustratedotherwriters'textsthatcapturedhisfancy.Heviewedthisas"somethingdifferentandchallenging."Oftenhisillustrationsforthosebooksshowedadifferentaspectofhispersonalityandhisartisticexpertise,rangingfromhismeticulousdinosaursinDinosaurTimebyPeggyParishtohischillingpen-and-inkdrawingsinNightmares:PoemstoTroubleYourSleepbyJackPrelutsky,aboutwhichBooklistwrote,"YoungreaderswillbeamazedthatthegentleLobelofFrogandToadfamecanbesocomfortablydiabolic."

In1977Mr.Lobelandhiswife,Anita,adistinguishedchildren'sbookauthorandartistinherownright,collaboratedontheirfirstbook,HowtheRoosterSavedtheDay,chosenbySchoolLibraryJournalasoneoftheBestBooksoftheYear,1977.Theythencollaboratedonthreemorebooks,ATreefulofPigs,a1979ALANotableBook;OnMarketStreet,a1982CaldecottHonorBook;andTheRoseinMyGarden,a1984BostonGlobe/HornBookHonorBook.

ArnoldLobeldiedin1987.

【目录】

TOMORROW

THE KITE

SHIVERS

THE HAT

ALONE