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适读人群 :8-12岁 Although the Little House stories are traditionally seen as "girl" books, boys might be happily surprised if they take another peek at their sisters' shelves. Little House in the Big Woods--the first book of the series and Laura Ingalls Wilder's first children's book--is full of the thrills, chills, and spills typically associated with "boy" books. Any boy or girl who has fantasized about running off to live in the woods will find ample information in these pages to manage a Wisconsin snowstorm, a panther attack, or a wild sled ride with a pig as an uninvited guest. Every chapter divulges fascinatingly intricate, yet easy-to-read, details about pioneer life in the Midwest in the late 1800s, from bear-meat curing to maple-tree sapping to homemade bullet making.
Wilder's autobiographical tales ring with truth and excitement. Readers will receive a perfectly painless history lesson, and in fact will clamor for more. Beloved illustrator Garth Williams spent years researching young Laura's pioneering family. His soft-line illustrations bring to life the full, simple days and nights in the family's log cabin. No one can read just one Little House book! (Ages 9 to 12)
内容简介
Laura Ingalls's story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Four-year-old Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their trusty dog, Jack.
Pioneer life is sometimes hard, since the family must grow or catch all their own food as they get ready for the cold winter. But it is also exciting as Laura and her folks celebrate Christmas with homemade toys and treats, do the spring planting, bring in the harvest, and make their first trip into town. And every night they are safe and warm in their little house, with the happy sound of Pa's fiddle sending Laura and her sisters off to sleep.
And so begins Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved story of a pioneer girl and her family. The nine Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier past and a heartwarming, unforgettable story.
作者简介
Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867 in the log cabin described in Little House in the Big Woods. She and her family traveled by covered wagon across the Midwest. Later, Laura and her husband, Almanzo Wilder, made their own covered-wagon trip with their daughter, Rose, to Mansfield, Missouri. There, believing in the importance of knowing where you began in order to appreciate how far you've come, Laura wrote about her childhood growing up on the American frontier. For millions of readers Laura lives on forever as the little pioneer girl in the beloved Little House books.
精彩书评
Although the Little House stories are traditionally seen as "girl" books, boys might be happily surprised if they take another peek at their sisters' shelves. Little House in the Big Woods--the first book of the series and Laura Ingalls Wilder's first children's book--is full of the thrills, chills, and spills typically associated with "boy" books. Any boy or girl who has fantasized about running off to live in the woods will find ample information in these pages to manage a Wisconsin snowstorm, a panther attack, or a wild sled ride with a pig as an uninvited guest. Every chapter divulges fascinatingly intricate, yet easy-to-read, details about pioneer life in the Midwest in the late 1800s, from bear-meat curing to maple-tree sapping to homemade bullet making.
Wilder's autobiographical tales ring with truth and excitement. Readers will receive a perfectly painless history lesson, and in fact will clamor for more. Beloved illustrator Garth Williams spent years researching young Laura's pioneering family. His soft-line illustrations bring to life the full, simple days and nights in the family's log cabin. No one can read just one Little House book!
--Emilie Coulter
前言/序言
《神秘的星图》 作者:艾米莉亚·文森特 译者:张 伟 出版社:远方文化 出版日期:2023年10月 页数:480页 装帧:精装 适合年龄:10-14岁 内容简介: 夜空,是人类永恒的谜题与梦想的画布。当主人公,十二岁的少年探险家里奥·卡文迪许,无意中发现他那身为天文学家、却神秘失踪的祖父留下的最后遗物时,一个跨越星辰与时间的宏大冒险就此拉开了序幕。 里奥的生活本该是平淡无奇的:在城郊那栋堆满了旧书和天文仪器的老宅里,他唯一的慰藉是望远镜和祖父留下的那些晦涩难懂的星图手稿。然而,这一切都在一个暴风雨的夜晚被彻底颠覆。祖父留下的那枚刻着奇异符号的黄铜怀表,突然发出微弱的光芒,激活了隐藏在阁楼最深处的一个古老木箱。 木箱里,躺着一卷用某种未知材质制作的星图——《星际迷航者之书》。它并非描绘我们已知的星座,而是标注着一些从未被现代科学记录的“幽灵星系”和“失落的轨道”。更令人震惊的是,星图上有一个用祖父笔迹写下的警告:“当双子座之眼重叠,‘界域之门’将会短暂开启。不要让‘守夜人’得逞。” 里奥很快意识到,这不仅仅是一张地图,它是一把钥匙,指向一个隐藏在宇宙深处,由古代文明建立的知识宝库——“奥德赛图书馆”。这个图书馆被传说蕴含着足以改变时间流速、甚至重塑生命形态的终极智慧。 然而,并非只有里奥一人对这份遗产感兴趣。一股黑暗而古老的势力,自称“永恒编织者”,也一直在追踪这份星图。他们相信,只有掌控了奥德赛图书馆,才能彻底消除宇宙中所有“不确定性”,将一切导向他们预设的、冰冷而永恒的秩序。他们派出了一位冷酷无情的特工——代号“夜枭”——来夺取星图并阻止里奥。 里奥被迫踏上逃亡之路。他唯一能信任的伙伴,是祖父的机器人助手——一个名叫“卡西欧”的、脾气古怪但拥有极高计算能力的旧式人工智能。卡西欧不仅精通古老的星象学,还能通过分析宇宙微波背景辐射来预测“夜枭”的下一步行动。 他们的旅程首先从地球上的“维度交汇点”开始。第一个目的地是位于秘鲁安第斯山脉深处,一座被遗忘的印加神庙。这座神庙的祭坛,据星图记载,是校准星图能量的“第一个指南针”。在那里,里奥和卡西欧必须解开基于太阳历和月相的复杂机械谜题,同时躲避“夜枭”的首次伏击。里奥凭借着他从小对天文学的热忱和对祖父笔记的熟悉,成功启动了神庙的古代定位系统,打开了通往下一站——一个漂浮在木星卫星欧罗巴冰层下的“水下观测站”的短暂传送门。 在冰冷、高压的水下观测站,里奥不仅要面对恶劣的环境,还要解读那些漂浮在液态甲烷中的全息图谱。他发现,祖父在失踪前一直在研究一个关于“时间涟漪”的理论——即通过精确地观测某些超新星的衰变,可以回溯特定区域的历史事件。里奥开始怀疑,祖父的失踪可能与他试图干预某一个关键的历史时间点有关。 随着故事的深入,里奥和卡西欧的足迹遍布了地球上各个与星空观测相关的古老遗址:从埃及吉萨高塔的秘密地下室,到中国敦煌莫高窟中被石灰覆盖的壁画下的星盘,再到格陵兰岛冰盖下被冻结的古代观测站。在每一次的探险中,里奥不仅解开了星图上的谜题,也在不断拼凑出祖父留下的更深层的讯息:奥德赛图书馆的知识并非用来统治,而是用来“维护”宇宙的平衡。 “永恒编织者”的核心理念是消除混乱,但宇宙的本质恰恰是永恒的运动与变化。图书馆的真正守护者并非某种生物,而是一套精妙的法则和陷阱,用来阻止那些心怀不轨的人获取过度的力量。 在故事的高潮部分,里奥终于抵达了星图指示的最终坐标——一片位于仙女座星系边缘,被称为“静默之环”的区域。这里没有恒星,只有一片由无数微小、稳定运行的量子结构组成的巨大空间站,这就是奥德赛图书馆。 “夜枭”在这里等待着他。在一场关于“自由意志与既定命运”的哲学对峙中,里奥明白了“夜枭”的真正目的:他并非想毁灭知识,而是想利用知识将自己变成宇宙的“唯一作者”,重写所有历史,抹去所有他认为的错误。 里奥没有选择武力对抗。他利用那枚黄铜怀表,配合卡西欧计算出的“双子座之眼”重叠的精确时刻,将祖父留下的最后一组坐标输入了图书馆的核心系统。这组坐标触发的不是毁灭程序,而是一个“平衡校准”。它瞬间向整个宇宙广播了图书馆的核心秘密——知识的本质在于分享与流动,而非独占。 “夜枭”的计划因此瓦解,他的力量源于对信息垄断的控制。随着平衡的恢复,他被迫退回到他原本的维度。 里奥最终没有带走图书馆的任何实体物品。他明白,他带走的是更宝贵的东西——对宇宙运行法则的理解,以及对探求未知的勇气。他与卡西欧回到了地球,但他们的视野已不再局限于他们的小小星球。里奥知道,他现在是新一代的“星际迷航者”,他的冒险才刚刚开始。他将利用所学到的知识,在地球上默默地引导着人类文明,警惕着任何试图打破宇宙自然平衡的阴影。 《神秘的星图》是一部融合了硬科幻设定、古老谜团解密和青少年成长的史诗级冒险故事。它探讨了知识的责任、家庭的羁绊,以及在浩瀚的宇宙中,渺小的个体如何通过勇气和智慧,影响宏大的命运。 本书特色: 深度融合天文学与历史学: 谜题设计参考了真实存在的古代天文遗址和复杂的天文现象。 角色成长曲线饱满: 里奥从一个沉迷书本的内向少年,成长为敢于直面宇宙级威胁的探险家。 科幻设定严谨且富有想象力: 创造了“幽灵星系”、“维度交汇点”等令人信服的未来科学概念。 精致的插图与地图: 全书配有大量手绘风格的星图、机械设计草图和场景速写,帮助读者构建宏大的世界观。