A Mother for Choco

图书标准信息

• 作者 Keiko Kasza 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 1996-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780698113640
• 定价 44.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 铜版纸
• 页数 32页

【内容简介】

Chocowasalittlebirdwholivedallalone.Hewishedhehadamother,butwhocouldhismotherbe?"Justrightforthepreschoolgrouporbeginningreader".--KirkusReviews,pointerreview."Younglistenerswillbecharmedbythebook'shumor,warmth,andsurpriseending".--HornBook.Fullcolor.Age3-6.

【作者简介】

KeikoKaszawasbornonasmallJapaneseislandintheInlandSeaofJapan.ShegrewupinatypicalJapaneseextendedfamilywithherparents,twobrothers,andgrandparents.Uncles,aunts,andcousinsalsolivednearby."AllthestepsItookgrowingupwereverynormal,"Ms.Kaszasays."TheonlyunusualthingIdidwasgotocollegeintheUnitedStates."ShegraduatedwithadegreeingraphicdesignfromCaliforniaStateUniversityatNorthridge.Ms.KaszamarriedanAmerican,andtheUnitedStateshasbeenherhomeeversince.Afterpublishingfivechildren'sbooksinJapanandworkingasagraphicdesignerforfourteenyears,Ms.Kaszadecidedin1988todevotehertimetopicturebooks.Shesays,"Havingtwosmallboysandtwoprofessionswastoomuchtohandle."Ms.Kaszaadmiresmanygreatpicture-bookcreators,suchasLeoLionniandMauriceSendak,butsaysthattheworkofArnoldLobelhasinfluencedherthemost.Thesubtlehumorandwarmthhecreatedinhisbookscontinuestoinspireme,"shesays."IoftengobacktohisworkwhenIgetdiscouragedorloseconfidence."Ms.Kaszacomparestheprocessofmakingabooktoactingonstageunderthelights:"IbecomethecharacterthatI'mworkingonatthatmoment.IpretendthatI'mabirdlookingforamother,orapigtryingtoimpresshisgirlfriend.WhenI'macting,I'machildmyself."Ms.Kasza'sambitionisnottocreateahundredbooks,butto"createonereallygoodbookthatwillbekeptonthefamilybookshelvesforgenerations,althoughahundredreallygoodbookswouldbeevenbetter,ofcourse!"KeikoKaszalivesinIndianawithherhusbandandtwosons.copyright?2000byPenguinPutnamBooksforYoungReaders.Allrightsreserved.