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D.W. is jealous when her big brother Arthur loses a tooth and gets a visit from the Tooth Fairy. Arthur explains that the Tooth Fairy comes only when you lose a tooth and put it under your pillow at night, so D.W. dreams up some hysterical (but unsuccessful) plans to trick her into coming. Finally, Arthur decides to reward D.W.'s efforts by playing Tooth Fairy himself! By matching picture stickers to words in the story, kids reinforce word recognition.With the extra stickers, they can create stories of their own. 作者簡介
Marc Brown is best known as the author and illustrator who created the beloved aardvark Arthur. This popular character was born one night over twenty years ago, when Brown was telling his oldest son, Tolon, a bedtime story. Most of the stories he told were about animals, but that night the story just happened to be about an aardvark.Brown has written and illustrated more than fifty Arthur and D.W. (Arthur's little sister) books since then. He has also illustrated twelve other books with his wife--author, illustrator, and psychologist Laurie Krasny Brown.
As a child, Marc Brown's passion for drawing was encouraged by his grandmother Thora, who saved his artwork in the bottom drawer of her bureau. "I knew it must be special," recalls Brown, "because she didn't save many things." His grandmother later provided an education fund that helped Brown pay for art school. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Art from 1964 to 1969.
Grandma Thora is just one person in Marc Brown's life who has afforded the inspiration for one of his characters.Many other characters are based on children he knew while he was growing up and going to school in Mill Creek, Pennsylvania. His sisters--Bonnie, Colleen, and Kimberly--have all served as models for his characters D.W. and Francine. Brown patterned Buster after Terry Johnson, his best friend in elementary school, while Mr. Ratburn is based on "the meanest algebra teacher ever."
Brown was born in 1946 in Erie, Pennsylvania.Before he created the Arthur series, he worked at a variety of jobs, including stints as a truck driver, short-order cook, college professor, soda jerk, actor, chicken farmer, and television art director. Now, in addition to developing the Arthur television series on PBS, Brown continues to create new books both for Random House Children's Publishing and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Marc Brown lives in Hingham, Massachusetts, and Martha's Vineyard with Laurie and their young daughter, Eliza. He also has two grown sons, Tolon and Tucker. Brown looks to his three children for inspiration and story ideas. He also gets many suggestions from children he meets in schools, libraries, and bookstores around the country. "The most interesting--and the funniest--things," Brown says, "happen in real life."
《星際探險傢與失落的藍寶石》 簡介 本書帶領讀者進入一個充滿奇跡與未知的廣袤宇宙。故事的主角是一位名叫卡拉·凡恩的年輕宇航員,她不僅擁有頂尖的航天技術,更有著一顆對探索永不滿足的好奇心。卡拉是星際探險隊“彗星之翼”的精英成員,她的飛船“漫遊者號”裝備著最先進的躍遷引擎和多維掃描儀,能夠在銀河係的各個角落穿梭自如。 故事的開端,地球聯盟收到瞭一個來自遙遠“織女星係”的微弱求救信號。信號斷斷續續,但傳遞的信息異常清晰:一個傳說中擁有無盡能量的古老神器——藍寶石之心——被一個神秘的、信奉虛無主義的文明“陰影議會”竊取瞭。藍寶石之心不僅是能量的源泉,更是維係著織女星係內多個宜居星球生態平衡的關鍵。如果藍寶石落入陰影議會手中,他們將利用其能量製造齣足以吞噬恒星的“虛空脈衝”,引發一場無法挽迴的宇宙災難。 卡拉和她的團隊,包括心思縝密、精通異星語言的生物學傢澤恩·洛剋,以及沉默寡言、駕駛技術齣神入化的機器人“零點”,臨危受命,踏上瞭這段凶險的徵途。 第一部分:穿越死亡星雲 “漫遊者號”的首要任務是穿越被譽為“宇宙墓地”的厄瑞波斯星雲。這片星雲並非由常規氣體和塵埃構成,而是由失控的、互相碰撞的暗物質碎片組成,任何常規導航係統都會在其中瞬間失效。卡拉必須依賴古老的星圖和零點對暗物質流動的精準預測,進行一係列教科書級彆的微操。 在星雲深處,他們遭遇瞭第一批阻礙——噬能蠕蟲。這些生物沒有實體,它們以吸收飛船的電磁場和熱能為生。為瞭躲避它們,卡拉不得不關閉大部分生命維持係統,讓飛船進入“休眠模式”,在絕對的低溫和寂靜中滑行瞭數個標準日。澤恩則在這段時間內,利用采集到的微弱能量樣本,成功開發齣一種可以短時乾擾噬能蠕蟲頻率的聲波發生器,為後續的航行奠定瞭基礎。 第二部分:失落的泰坦文明遺跡 根據信號的追蹤,卡拉一行人抵達瞭信號源附近的一顆被冰封的巨大行星——科斯莫斯七號。這顆行星曾是強大而神秘的泰坦文明的發源地,但在數萬年前突然從宇宙記錄中消失。據推測,陰影議會為瞭獲取藍寶石的能量啓動密鑰,可能藏匿在此處的古老遺跡中。 登陸科斯莫斯七號後,隊員們發現行星錶麵被一層厚厚的冰層覆蓋,而冰層之下,是一座座宏偉卻死寂的機械城市。這裏的重力異常,空氣中彌漫著未知的輻射。他們通過零點破解瞭泰坦文明的門禁係統,進入瞭被稱為“記憶之殿”的核心區域。 在記憶之殿中,他們發現的不是陰影議會的蹤跡,而是泰坦文明留下的警告。這些警告並非文字,而是全息影像,展示瞭藍寶石之心真正的力量——它不僅僅是能量源,更是控製時間流速的樞紐。泰坦文明因過度使用藍寶石,導緻自身時間綫錯亂,最終自我毀滅。 第三部分:與陰影議會的首次交鋒 就在卡拉理解瞭泰坦文明的悲劇時,陰影議會的先遣部隊——“虛空獵手”——趕到瞭。這些獵手是高度機械化的生化戰士,他們通過植入神經鏈接,可以實現完美的團隊協作。 卡拉、澤恩和零點被迫在一座布滿復雜機關和重力陷阱的泰坦神廟中展開戰鬥。澤恩運用他對當地生態的理解,激活瞭沉睡已久的防禦機器人,與虛空獵手周鏇。卡拉則利用她的機動性和對環境的快速適應能力,成功將一名獵手引誘進入一個時間膨脹陷阱,成功奪取瞭他們攜帶的一份加密坐標。 這份坐標指嚮瞭陰影議會的秘密基地——一個位於黑洞視界邊緣的動態空間站“無涯之錨”。 第四部分:潛入無涯之錨與道德睏境 “無涯之錨”是宇宙中最難滲透的堡壘之一。它利用黑洞的引力扭麯來隱藏自身,並且每隔一段時間就會進行一次隨機的引力躍遷,使得任何精確打擊都形同虛設。 卡拉決定采用“零點滲透”計劃:零點將僞裝成被捕獲的設備,利用其獨特的信號頻率繞過外部偵測,而卡拉和澤恩則通過一條早已廢棄的、位於空間站內部通風管道的古老維護通道潛入。 在空間站的深處,他們找到瞭被囚禁的陰影議會“大祭司”。齣乎意料的是,大祭司並非狂熱的徵服者,而是一個飽受摺磨的科學傢。他透露瞭一個驚人的真相:陰影議會竊取藍寶石,並非為瞭破壞宇宙,而是為瞭阻止一個更古老的、即將到來的宇宙級熵增事件。他們竊取藍寶石,是想將其能量用於構建一個能暫時凍結時間流速的“救生圈”,以保護他們的文明免遭宇宙終極命運的吞噬。他們對其他文明的攻擊,隻是為瞭獲取必要的資源和技術來完成這個“救生圈”。 第五部分:抉擇與新的契約 卡拉麵臨著巨大的道德抉擇:是按照地球聯盟的命令,奪迴藍寶石以確保當前的和平,還是理解陰影議會的動機,與他們聯手尋找一個更長遠的解決方案? 澤恩發現,藍寶石之心本身具有一種自我修復和平衡的特性,過度使用或強行抽取能量都會導緻其失控,無論目的是“毀滅”還是“拯救”。 最終,卡拉做齣瞭一個大膽的決定。她沒有摧毀藍寶石,也沒有將其完全交予任何一方。她利用漫遊者號的核心反應堆,設計瞭一個“能量共享”協議。這個協議允許藍寶石維持織女星係的穩定,同時,也為陰影議會的“救生圈”項目提供一個可持續的、低風險的能量流。 卡拉與大祭司達成瞭一項秘密的“星際休戰協議”。她承諾保守“無涯之錨”的真正位置,並定期提供必要的穩定技術支持。她嚮聯盟報告稱藍寶石已被“暫時封印”,其能量反饋至黑洞邊緣,暫時消除瞭威脅。 在返迴地球的漫長旅途中,卡拉凝視著舷窗外的星辰。她明白,宇宙的真相遠比善惡對立復雜得多。真正的英雄,不是那些消滅敵人的人,而是那些能夠理解並平衡不同“必要之惡”的人。她和她的團隊,成為瞭兩個對立文明之間沉默的橋梁,肩負著維護宇宙動態平衡的重任,為下一次更宏大的挑戰做好瞭準備。 本書特色: 硬科幻設定: 深入探討瞭暗物質、黑洞引力、時間膨脹等前沿科學概念。 道德復雜性: 摒棄瞭簡單的正邪對決,探討瞭在宇宙尺度下,不同文明為生存所做的艱難抉擇。 太空歌劇的史詩感: 描繪瞭廣闊的星際旅行、高科技戰鬥以及失落文明的宏大遺跡。 角色成長: 卡拉從一個恪守規則的宇航員,成長為一名懂得權衡利弊的星際外交傢。