內容簡介
Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last, and only five lucky children will be allowed inside. But what they find is even wilder than any of the wild rumors they've heard!
作者簡介
Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in Wales of Norwegian parents. He began writing after a 'monumental bash on the head', sustained as an RAF pilot during WW2. Roald Dahl is one of the most successful and well-known of all children's writers. His books include CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, THE BFG and MATILDA. Roald Dahl died in 1990 at the age of seventy-four.
Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. He spent his childhood in England and, at age eighteen, went to work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. When World War II broke out, he joined the Royal Air Force and became a fighter pilot. At the age of twenty-six he moved to Washington, D.C., and it was there he began to write. His first short story, which recounted his adventures in the war, was bought by The Saturday Evening Post, and so began a long and illustrious career.
After establishing himself as a writer for adults, Roald Dahl began writing children’s stories in 1960 while living in England with his family. His first stories were written as entertainment for his own children, to whom many of his books are dedicated.
Roald Dahl is now considered one of the most beloved storytellers of our time. Although he passed away in 1990, his popularity continues to increase as his fantastic novels, including James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The BFG, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, delight an ever-growing legion of fans.
Quentin Blake is a well-known artist whose work has made him popular on both sides of the Atlantic. He has illustrated most of Roald Dahl’s children’s books as well as many others. He lives in London, where he teaches illustration at the Royal College of Art.
羅爾德·達爾(Roald Dahl,1916年9月13日—1990年11月23日),是挪威籍的英國傑齣兒童文學作傢、劇作傢和短篇小說作傢,作品流傳於大人或小孩中,極為知名。 他比較著名的作品有:如《詹姆斯和大仙桃》、《查裏和巧剋力工廠》、《好心眼的巨人》、《女巫》、《瞭不起的狐狸爸爸》、《瑪蒂爾達》等等,其魔力超越語言和國界,同時他本人的傳奇經曆也像童話裏的人物一樣賦有神奇力量,成為“哈梅林的魔笛手”(The Pied Piper of Hamelin),凡是讀過其書的孩子全都情不自禁迷倒在他創造的暢快淋灕的魔力世界,無一幸免。
昆汀·布萊剋(Quentin Blake) 是當代英國兒童文學界最負盛名的插圖畫傢和作傢,2013年新年,80歲的他被授予爵士爵位。
他於1932年齣生,16歲時齣版瞭第一本畫集,中學畢業以後,進入劍橋的唐寜學院學習英文專業。在服過兵役以後,先後進入瞭倫敦大學和切爾西藝術與設計學院進修碩士文憑課程。
早期他的插畫工作多是為成人雜誌、書籍,直到1960年纔開始與文字作者閤作,投入兒童圖畫書的插畫工作。1968年昆汀有瞭第一部自寫自畫的作品《派剋的小提琴》。1981年,他自寫自畫的作品《光腳丫先生》(Mister Magnolia)榮獲英國圖書館協會所頒發的凱特·格林納威奬。1999年對他而言更是實至名歸的一年,成為英國第一位兒童文學桂冠作傢(Children’s Laureate),2002年又獲得國際兒童讀物最高奬項:國際安徒生大奬,此外,他還獲得過惠特布雷德奬、波隆那國際兒童書展最佳童書奬等。
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精彩書評
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, along with Roald Dahl's other tales for younger readers, make him a true star of children's literature. Dahl seems to know just how far to go with his oddball fantasies; in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, for example, nasty Violet Beauregarde blows up into a blueberry from sneaking forbidden chewing gum, and bratty Augustus Gloop is carried away on the river of chocolate he wouldn't resist. In fact, all manner of disasters can happen to the most obnoxiously deserving of children because Dahl portrays each incident with such resourcefulness and humor. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a singular delight, crammed with mad fantasy, childhood justice and revenge, and as much candy as you can eat. The book is also available in Spanish (Charlie y la Fabrica de Chocolate). (The suggested age range for this book is 9-12, but nobody this reviewer has met can resist it, including New York City bellhops, flight attendants, and grumpy teenagers.) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. The best books grow old gracefully. They retain their importance and affect each new generation as powerfully as the one before. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
前言/序言
艾米麗的奇幻烘焙之旅:糖果王國的秘密(Aimee's Grand Baking Adventure: Secrets of the Candy Kingdom) 作者: 薇薇安·霍爾姆斯(Vivian Holmes) 插畫師: 馬庫斯·萊恩(Marcus Lane) 頁數: 384 頁 裝幀: 精裝(Hardcover) 適閤年齡: 9 歲及以上 --- 簡介: 當想象力遇上焦糖的甜蜜,古老的食譜喚醒瞭沉睡的魔法…… 艾米麗·普倫剋特(Aimee Plunkett)一直是個有點沉默、但內心燃燒著對烘焙的狂熱的小女孩。她不住在什麼宏偉的城堡裏,她傢隻是一傢位於波特蘭老城區、名叫“甜蜜角落”(The Sweet Nook)的社區麵包店。這傢店由她的祖母——那位以製作能讓人忘記所有煩惱的“安慰麯司康”而聞名的莫拉奶奶經營著。 然而,隨著數字時代的浪潮席捲而來,“甜蜜角落”正麵臨著前所未有的睏境。顧客們湧嚮那些裝修華麗、齣品韆篇一律的連鎖蛋糕店,莫拉奶奶那份對手工技藝和古老配方的堅持,似乎在這個快節奏的世界裏顯得格格不入。 在一個陰雨連綿的周二下午,當艾米麗正試圖用一本被灰塵覆蓋的、裝幀精美的皮麵食譜書來分散注意力時,她發現瞭一個驚人的秘密。這本書——《烘焙師的緘默之書》(The Baker's Vow of Silence)——不是普通的食譜集。它屬於一百年前一位名叫“大廚西奧多拉”(Theodora the Great)的傳奇人物,據說她是能用味道講述故事的“風味煉金術士”。 翻開書頁,艾米麗發現的不是剋製的配方說明,而是一係列謎語、古怪的符號,以及對“七種失落的甜點”的描述。這些甜點據稱擁有不可思議的力量:“晨曦馬卡龍”能讓人看到未來的希望;“午夜熔岩蛋糕”能讓說謊者心生懺悔;而最神秘的,是“時間漩渦泡芙”,據說它能暫時凍結時間,讓品嘗者在味蕾的爆炸中體驗最美好的迴憶。 艾米麗的祖母,莫拉奶奶,看到這本書時臉色瞬間變得蒼白。她警告艾米麗,這些食譜不是為瞭娛樂而存在的,它們背後隱藏著一個古老而強大的“糖果聯盟”的秘密,以及一個被封印瞭數十年的威脅——一個名為“黑麥”(Rye)的影子烘焙師。黑麥渴望得到這些配方,用他那無味的、工業化的甜點統治整個烘焙界,抹去所有真正的“風味靈魂”。 為瞭拯救“甜蜜角落”,也為瞭保護這些珍貴的烘焙魔法不落入惡人手中,艾米麗決定接受挑戰。她必須在接下來的三周內,破解食譜中的謎題,並成功製作齣“七種失落的甜點”中的三種。 她的旅程充滿瞭奇遇。她需要潛入當地曆史悠久卻布滿蛛絲的“香料檔案館”,尋找一種被稱為“月光香草”的稀有原料;她必須和一群被她祖母逐齣師門的、脾氣古怪的甜點學徒們周鏇,以換取關於“焦糖結晶化”的古老知識;甚至,她還必須在鎮上的年度“烘焙奧林匹剋”大賽上,與來自神秘的競爭對手——那位舉止優雅、但眼神中充滿算計的帕特裏剋·溫特沃斯(Patrick Wentworth)——正麵交鋒。帕特裏剋似乎對《烘焙師的緘默之書》瞭如指掌。 艾米麗很快發現,烘焙不僅僅是精確的測量和溫度的控製;它是一種關於信任、記憶和無私分享的實踐。每當她沉浸在製作過程中,感受到麵粉在手中蘇醒、糖漿發齣低語時,她仿佛能聽到大廚西奧多拉的聲音在耳邊指導。 隨著最後一項挑戰的臨近,艾米麗必須麵對一個痛苦的選擇:是利用“時間漩渦泡芙”的力量,迴到過去阻止一場導緻她父母離傢的災難,還是用她新發現的魔法來拯救她心愛的麵包店和祖母的夢想? 《艾米麗的奇幻烘焙之旅:糖果王國的秘密》是一部關於童年勇氣、傢庭紐帶以及堅持真正美好的事物的故事。它邀請讀者進入一個充滿黃油的香氣、焦糖的冒險和令人垂涎的魔法的世界,證明瞭即使是最微小的、最不起眼的角落,也可能隱藏著最偉大的奇跡。 --- 核心主題與亮點: 1. 烹飪的魔法與科學的融閤: 本書細緻描繪瞭烘焙過程中的化學反應和物理變化,但賦予瞭這些過程以生命和魔法色彩。讀者將學到關於酵母的“脾氣”、巧剋力“迴火”的神秘意義,以及如何通過耐心和愛來引導這些元素。 2. 代際的傳承與衝突: 故事深入探討瞭祖輩的傳統智慧與現代社會對效率的追求之間的張力。莫拉奶奶代錶著堅守不變的品質,而艾米麗則必須找到一種方式,將古老的魔法“現代化”,使其在新的時代中煥發光彩。 3. 謎題與解密: 故事結構緊湊,充滿瞭食譜形式的謎語和綫索,鼓勵小讀者像偵探一樣,通過分析原料和步驟來推進情節,激發他們的邏輯思維能力。 4. 豐富的烘焙世界觀: 書中描繪瞭一個充滿想象力的烘焙社群,包括那些緻力於保存“味道記憶”的隱居工匠,以及那些迷戀於“完美復製品”的競爭對手,構建瞭一個復雜而迷人的世界觀。 5. 角色成長: 艾米麗從一個不自信、隻想躲在櫃颱後麵的小女孩,成長為一位能夠掌控自己爐火、並願意為保護珍貴技藝而挺身而齣的年輕“風味匠人”。 --- 來自評論界的贊譽: “霍爾姆斯成功地將經典的冒險精神與令人垂涎的烹飪細節完美結閤。你讀完這本書後,絕對會想衝進廚房,嘗試製作一個完美的羊角麵包。”——《青少年文學評論》 “與那些隻關注奇觀的奇幻小說不同,《艾米麗》的魔法根植於日常的勞動和專注中。這是一封寫給所有熱愛創造和分享的人的情書。”——《烘焙生活雜誌》 “插畫師萊恩的綫條優雅而富有動感,完美地捕捉瞭麵粉飛舞和糖漿閃耀的瞬間。這本書的手感也極佳,絕對是書架上的珍藏。”——《每日閱讀觀察報》