
Awarded the Caldecott Medal forthe most distinguished picture book of 1971 One fine day a foxtraveled through the great forest. When he reached the other sidehe was very thirsty. The jaunty red fox stole milk from an old farmwoman, lost his tail under the annoyed woman's knife, and spent theday bargaining to get it back. This humorous retelling of afavorite Armenian folktale is a story small children will followand read along with ease.
這是一則古老的亞美尼亞民間故事,特別適合孩子大聲朗讀。
一只調(diào)皮的狐貍無(wú)意間偷喝了一位老婆婆的牛奶,被惱羞成怒的老婆婆剪下了尾巴,要他用牛奶來(lái)交換,可是想得到牛奶并不那么容易,狐貍接下去都經(jīng)歷了什么事情呢?
諾尼·霍格羅根是兩屆卡爾德科特獎(jiǎng)牌得主。1966年,她又獲得了一次“總有一個(gè)房間”的獎(jiǎng)?wù)拢?972年,她又獲得了一個(gè)“晴天”的獎(jiǎng)?wù)拢@是她寫的和插圖的第一本書。
她開(kāi)始了她的職業(yè)生涯,作為一個(gè)書商,但很快開(kāi)始說(shuō)明她自己的書。自從贏得第一枚卡爾德科特獎(jiǎng)?wù)潞螅蛣?chuàng)造了一份令人印象深刻的實(shí)用書籍清單。其中有蘋果,一本無(wú)言的圖畫書;帕茲;關(guān)于智者和傻子的故事,格林的十二個(gè)故事;美麗的瓦西里莎;哈維拉的里貝克爵士。最后兩本是洛杉磯著名的書。