Julius the Baby of the World[朱莉斯，世界的小宝宝]

图书标准信息

• 作者 Kevin Hawkes（凯文·霍克斯） 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 2008-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780688143886
• 定价 59.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 32页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

TheriotouslyfunnyLilly,lastseeninChester'sWay(Greenwillow),thinkshernewbabybrother,Julius,isdisgusting--ifhewasanumber,hewouldbezero.ButwhenCousinGarlanddarestocriticizeJulius,LillybulliesherintoloudlyadmiringJuliusasthebabyoftheworld.Lillyknowsherbabybrotherisnothingbutdreadful--untilsheclaimshimforherown."Henkesdisplaysadeepunderstandingofsiblingrivalryandachild'sfragileself-esteem...Lillyisasuperbandtimelyheroine.

【作者简介】

KevinHenkeslivesinMadison,Wisconsin.HisnovelsincludeProtectingMarieandWordsofStone.AmonghispicturebooksareOwen,a1994CaldecottHonorBook;Lilly'sPurplePlasticPurse;andJulius,theBabyoftheWorld.

InHisOwnWords...

"Irememberdrawingataveryearlyage.Ilovedit.AndmyparentsandteacherstoldmeIwasgoodatit--thatmademeloveitallthemore."

"Ialsolovedbooks,andtheonesIwasluckyenoughtoownwerereread,lookedatoverandover,andregardedwithgreatrespect.Tomegreatrespect'meantthatItookthemeverywhere,andtheonesIstillownproveit.They'rebrimmingwithallthetelltalesignsoftruelove:dog-earedpages,fingerprintsonmyfavoriteillustrations,mynameandaddressinscribedonbothfrontandbackcoversininch-highcrayonlettering,andthefaintsmellofstalepeanutbutteronthebindings."

"Iwonderedaboutauthorsandillustratorsbackthen--Whatdidtheylooklike?Wheredidtheylive?Didtheyhavefamilies?Howoldwerethey?--butIneverimaginedthatonedayIwouldbeonemyself."

"Ibecameanauthor-illustratorwhenIwasnineteenyearsold.IflewfrommyhomeinRacine,Wisconsin,toNewYorkCitywithmyportfolio,hopingtofindapublisher.AndmagicallyenoughSusanHirschmanatGreenwillowBooksmademydreamcometrue.Myfirstpicturebook,AllAlone,waspublishedin1987.SincethenI'vewrittenandillustratedmanypicturebooksandwrittenseveralnovels.Ilikethevarietyoftryingnewwaystofillthepagesbetweentwocovers.Experimentingwithwordsandpaintandinkkeepsmyjobinteresting."

"Iusedtolivewithmyparentsandbrothersandsisterandworkatacardtableinmybedroom.NowIlivewithmywife,myson,andmydaughterinourownhouseandworkatadrawingtableinmyownstudio.IneverthoughtI'dbeluckyenoughtobearealauthorandillustrator.Iwouldn'ttradeitforanything."