Mike Mulligan and More：Four Classic Stories by Virginia Lee Burton

图书标准信息

• 作者 Virginia Lee Burton 著
• 出版社 Oversea Publishing House
• 出版时间 2002-10
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780618256273
• 定价 221.20元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 24开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 208页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

BestknownfortheeverpopularMikeMulliganandHisSteamShovelandtheCaldecottMedalwinnerTheLittleHouse,VirginiaLeeBurtonwroteandillustratedstoriesthathavebeenentertainingchildren,parents,andgrandparentsformorethansixtyyears.Manyofherbooks—withthemesthathonorasimplewayoflifeandcelebrateheroeswhoendurethroughdeterminationandbyadaptingtochange—havebecomeclassicAmericantales.WithanintroductionbyBarbaraElleman,authorofVirginiaLeeBurton:ALifeinArt,thishandsomecollectioncommemoratesfourofBurton’smostpopularstories,eachfeaturedcompleteandunabridged.Theirappealtoday,asstrongaswhenthebookswerefirstpublished,isatributetooneofAmerica’smostinnovativeillustrators,designers,andwritersofstoriesforchildren.AcollectionoffourbooksbyCaldecottMedalwinnerVirginiaLeeBurtonwhichfeaturecharacterswhobecomeheroesthroughdeterminationandtheabilitytoadapttochange.

【作者简介】

VirginiaLeeBurton(1909-1968)wasthetalentedauthorandillustratorofsomeofthemostenduringbookseverwrittenforchildren.Thewinnerofthe1942CaldecottMedalforTHELITTLEHOUSE,Burton'sbooksincludeheroesandhappyendings,livelyillustrations,andadashofnostalgia.Shelivedwithhertwosons,AristidesandMichael,andherhusbandGeorgeDemetrios,thesculptor,inasectionofGloucester,Massachusetts,calledFollyCove.HereshetaughtaclassindesignandfromitemergedtheFollyCovedesigners,agroupofinternationallyknownprofessionalartisans.Sheistheauthorofmanyclassicchildren'spicturebooks,includingMIKEMULLIGANANDHISSTEAMSHOVELandKATYANDTHEBIGSNOW.