《The Hundred
Dresses一百条裙子》荣获纽伯德儿童文学奖银奖。旺达?佩特罗斯基是一个有着奇怪名家的女孩。也正是因为她的怪名字和旧裙子,所有的女生都喜欢捉弄她。直到有一天,旺达突然声称她家里有一百条各式各样的裙子,随之而来的却是更多的嘲笑。根本没有人会相信她,而且大家都会拿这件事捉弄她,旺达都默默地忍受着。有一天,旺达终于因为受不了这些嘲笑而转学了,她给大家留下了她那一百条“裙子”。捉弄过她的那些女生发现原来旺达是多么爱她们,而且旺达是一个非常可爱、非常聪明的女孩,于是她们决定写信向她道歉,并且去把她找回来。可是旺达再也不会回来了……旺达到底有没有原谅大家呢?Never
out of print since its 1944 publication, this tender story offers
readers of all ages a timeless message of compassion and
understanding. At its heart is Wanda Petronski, an immigrant girl
in an American school, who is ridiculed for wearing the same faded
blue dress every day. When she tells her classmates that she has
one hundred dresses at home, she unwittingly triggers a game of
teasing that eventually ends in a lesson for all.
In restoring the reproduction of Louis Slobodkin''s artwork, this
new edition recaptures the original vivid color. And to celebrate
the book''s enhanced beauty, Helena Estes, the daughter of the
author, has written a new letter to readers about the true story
behind The Hundred Dresses.
關於作者:
美国埃莉诺·埃斯特斯 插图作者:美国路易斯·斯洛博德金
埃莉诺·埃斯特斯是美国著名的儿童文学作家。她曾经担任儿童图书馆管理员的工作,直到1941年,她的首部小说《莫法特一家》出版并荣获纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖后,她才决定开始写作生涯。在20世纪初期,由于美国制定了“禁止使用童工、改善儿童教育环境”的法律,儿童的地位有了显著的提高,儿童文学作品也逐渐开始尊重儿童的个性以及儿童成长的自由。埃莉诺的作品也受到时代背景的影响,所以她笔下的人物都有着鲜明的个性,并且都热爱自由,能够勇敢地独立面对任何成长中的问题与困境。她所描述的人物通常都能在她的生活中找到原型,所以她的作品十分贴近生活。直到今天,她的作品被世界各国的小读者所津津乐道,永远也不会因为时间的流逝而褪色。
ELEANOR ESTES 1906-1988, a children''s librarian for many years,
launched her writing career with the publication of The Moffats in
1941. Two of her books about the Moffats are Newbery Honor Books,
as is The Hundred Dresses. She won the Newbery Medal for Ginger Pye
in 1952.
LOUIS SLOBODKIN 1903-1975 illustrated more than ninety books
for children, many of which he also wrote. Among his most enduring
illustrations are those for the Moffats series by Eleanor Estes,
and those for James Thurber''s Many Moons, for which Slobodkin
received the 1944 Caldecott Medal.
HELENA ESTES, the daughter of the author, is a children''s
librarian and a former bookseller. She lives in New Haven,
Connecticut.
目錄:
Wanda
The Dresses Game
A Bright Blue Day
The Contest
The Hundred Dresses
Up on Boggins Heights
The Letter to Room