Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings + Leo and Diane Dillon = puremagic!

A depression era story that is just as timely as it isenchanting, this is a stunning picture book for the ages.

There’s just not enough…not enough money, not enough food, notenough fish for her daddy to sell at the market. Hard times havecome to the forest, but Calpurnia wants to turn them back into softtimes. With her little dog Buggy Horse and a tip from old MotherAlbirtha, the wisest person in the forest, Calpurnia finds a secretriver and uses the pink paper roses from her hair to catch enoughbeautiful catfish to feed the whole swamp land —with some left overfor Daddy to sell. When she tries to find the river again the nextday, Mother Albirtha tells her, “Child, sometimes a thing happensonce, and does not ever happen anymore….You caught catfish whencatfish were needed…you will not find the river again.” This storyby the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Yearling and literaryicon Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings is about living in a time of want,yet it is overflowing with riches—stunning language, mysticalhappenings, wondrous, wondrous artwork. Beautiful in all ways thata book can be beautiful, this unforgettable picture book is aclassic in the making.

紐伯瑞文學獎是英語世界兒童文學的**獎，凱迪克獎是美國圖畫書屆**獎。
時隔55年，1956年紐伯瑞銀獎作品The Secret River 《神秘河》，由凱迪克金獎畫手再度演繹
不可臆斷，大師跨越時空的聯袂一定是**之作、妙不可言
毋庸置疑，出眾而沉寂了許久的《神秘河》確實得到了漂亮的重生
文：Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 美國小說家，普利策獎得主，代表作有《鹿苑長春》；《神秘河》是她**一部寫給孩子的書，獲得1956年紐伯瑞文學銀獎
圖：Leo and Diane Dillon 這對夫婦是凱迪克金獎兩度得主，代表作有African Traditions《非洲傳說》、Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears《為什么蚊子老在耳邊》
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions 非洲傳說
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears 為什么蚊子老在耳邊
magic!
enchanting, this is a stunning picture book for the ages.
enough fish for her daddy to sell at the market. Hard times have
come to the forest, but Calpurnia wants to turn them back into soft
times. With her little dog Buggy Horse and a tip from old Mother
Albirtha, the wisest person in the forest, Calpurnia finds a secret
river and uses the pink paper roses from her hair to catch enough
beautiful catfish to feed the whole swamp land —with some left over
for Daddy to sell. When she tries to find the river again the next
day, Mother Albirtha tells her, “Child, sometimes a thing happens
once, and does not ever happen anymore….You caught catfish when
catfish were needed…you will not find the river again.” This story 紐伯瑞文學獎是英語世界兒童文學的**獎，凱迪克獎是美國圖畫書屆**獎。
時隔55年，1956年紐伯瑞銀獎作品The Secret River 《神秘河》，由凱迪克金獎畫手再度演繹
不可臆斷，大師跨越時空的聯袂一定是**之作、妙不可言
毋庸置疑，出眾而沉寂了許久的《神秘河》確實得到了漂亮的重生
作者簡介
文：Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings美國小說家，普利策獎得主，代表作有《鹿苑長春》；《神秘河》是她**一部寫給孩子的書，獲得1956年紐伯瑞文學銀獎
圖：Leo and Diane Dillon 這對夫婦是凱迪克金獎兩度得主，代表作有AfricanTraditions《非洲傳說》、Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People'sEars《為什么蚊子老在耳邊》
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions非洲傳說
WhyMosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears 為什么蚊子老在耳邊
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings + Leo and Diane Dillon =pure
magic!

A depression era story that is just as timely as it is
enchanting, this is a stunning picture book for the ages.

There’s just not enough…not enough money, not enough food,not
enough fish for her daddy to sell at the market. Hard timeshave
come to the forest, but Calpurnia wants to turn them back intosoft
times. With her little dog Buggy Horse and a tip from oldMother
Albirtha, the wisest person in the forest, Calpurnia finds asecret
river and uses the pink paper roses from her hair to catchenough
beautiful catfish to feed the whole swamp land —with some leftover
for Daddy to sell. When she tries to find the river again thenext
day, Mother Albirtha tells her, “Child, sometimes a thinghappens
once, and does not ever happen anymore….You caught catfishwhen
catfish were needed…you will not find the river again.” Thisstory
by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Yearling andliterary
icon Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings is about living in a time ofwant,
yet it is overflowing with riches—stunning language, mystical
happenings, wondrous, wondrous artwork. Beautiful in all waysthat
a book can be beautiful, this unforgettable picture book is a
classic in the making.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953) isthe
celebrated American author of The Yearling, which was
awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1939. ^Leo and
Diane Dillon are an award winning illustrator pair thathave
collaborated of book projects for more than fifty years,winning
two consecutive Caldecott Medals for Why Mosquitoes BuzzIn
People's Ears and Ashanti To Zulu: African
Traditions. They have also received five New York
Times Best Illustrated Books Awards, five Coretta Scott
King Honors and one Coretta Scott King Award and many other
awards and distinctions. They live and work in Brooklyn, New
York.

紐伯瑞文學獎是英語世界兒童文學的**獎，凱迪克獎是美國圖畫書屆**獎。

時隔55年，1956年紐伯瑞銀獎作品The Secret River 《神秘河》，由凱迪克金獎畫手再度演繹

不可臆斷，大師跨越時空的聯袂一定是**之作、妙不可言

毋庸置疑，出眾而沉寂了許久的《神秘河》確實得到了漂亮的重生