編輯推薦:The Caldecott award-winning book that speaks simply and elegantly of the many pleasures a tree provides.
內容簡(jiǎn)介:Trees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from one of its limbs. Cows and babies can nap in the shade of a tree. Birds can make nests in the branches. A tree is good to have around. A tree is nice.
作者簡(jiǎn)介:Janice May Udry is the author of several books for children, including the 1957 Caldecott Medal-winning A Tree is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont, as well as The Moon Jumpers and Let's Be Enemies, both illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Ms Udry lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
賈尼思?梅?伍德里(Janice May Udry),1928年生于美國伊利諾伊州的杰克遜威爾城,這是一個(gè)因榆樹(shù)而聞名的城市。從小到大,伍德里過(guò)的都是鄉間生活。1950年從西北大學(xué)畢業(yè)以后,她在芝加哥的一家托兒所工作。由于朝夕接觸繪本和兒童,伍德里深諳繪本的趣味和重要,1956年,她和畫(huà)家馬可?塞蒙合作了本作品,并于1957年獲得凱迪克金獎。隨后,她和莫里斯?桑達克合作《跳月的精靈》,榮獲了1960年度的凱迪克獎。