Frog and Toad are Friends (I Can Read, Level 2)青蛙和蟾蜍是朋友 英文原版 [平裝] [4-8歲] 下載 mobi epub pdf 電子書 在線閱讀 2026

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Frog and Toad agreed: it was a perfect day for a swim. And Frog was kind enough not to look at Toad in his bathing suit, per Toad's request. But when the swimming was over, a crowd had gathered to see Toad in his funny-looking suit, and neither Frog nor Toad could make them leave.
The endearing pair hop along through five enchanting stories, looking for lost buttons, greeting the spring, and waiting for mail. Their genuine care for each other makes Frog and Toad two of the finest amphibious role models around. Young readers will chuckle with Frog as they watch Toad's silly efforts to make up a story. And they will applaud Toad as he finally wakes up after hibernating all winter. The fifth story will warm the hearts of any would-be pen pal--or anyone who has ever known what it's like to have a true-blue (or green) friend.
Arnold Lobel's comfortable brown and green illustrations invite and delight every reader, setting the tone for warm, funny stories about friendship. A Caldecott Honor Book and finalist for the National Book Award for Children's Literature, this installment of Lobel's classic Frog and Toad series is another essential addition to any youngster's shelf. If you need even more of Frog and Toad, don't miss Frog and Toad Together, Frog and Toad All Year, and Days with Frog and Toad.
The best of friends From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other -- just as best friends should be.

　　故事主要是在述說主角青蛙與蟾蜍這一對好朋友生活當中的種種趣事。文字優美流暢，敘述方式幽默童趣，故事感人又好玩，這兩個角色錶現齣的童心及純真的友誼將使讀者會心一笑。他們的友情與默契貫串所有的故事，讓讀者在閱讀時，從頭到尾都沉浸在一種溫馨的情緒中。然而，青蛙與蟾蜍特殊的個性、齣人意料的行為及想法，又讓故事的發展充滿幽默風趣的驚喜。作者洛貝爾運用日常生活中最平凡的場境及生活點滴，透過想象的魔力，直接帶領讀者打開神奇的幸福寶藏，品味最美麗、最真摯的友誼。沒有嚴肅的教條味，也沒有沉重的批判思考，滿滿是至真至情，挑動讀者內心深處最原始而純真的感動。其故事在文字使用上，及文學內涵上都有極佳的閱讀價值，是簡易閱讀書籍中的重要佳作，也是讓孩子在閱讀較具挑戰性的短篇章節小說前的良好暖身材料。

作者簡介

During his distinguished career Arnold Lobel wrote and/or illustrated over 70 books for children. To his illustrating credit, he had a Caldecott Medal book -- Fables (1981) -- and two Caldecott Honor Books-his own Frog and Toad are Friends (1971) and Hildilid's Night by Cheli Duran Ryan (1972). To his writing credit, he had a Newbery Honor Book -- Frog and Toad Together (1973). But to his greatest credit, he had a following of literally millions of young children with whom he shared the warmth and humor of his unpretentious vision of life.

Though he was a born storyteller -- he began making up stories extemporaneously to entertain his fellow second-graders in Schenectady, New York, where he grew up in the care of his grandparents. Mr. Lobel called himself a "lucky amateur" in terms of his writing. Viewing himself as a professionally trained illustrator (he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute), he said, "I know how to draw pictures. With writing, I don't really know what I'm doing. It's very intuitive."

In addition to the Frog and Toad books, Owl at Home, Mouse Tales, The Book of Pigericks, and many other popular books he created, Mr. Lobel also illustrated other writers' texts that captured his fancy. He viewed this as "something different and challenging." Often his illustrations for those books showed a different aspect of his personality and his artistic expertise, ranging from his meticulous dinosaurs in Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish to his chilling pen-and-ink drawings in Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep by Jack Prelutsky, about which Booklist wrote, "Young readers will be amazed that the gentle Lobel of Frog and Toad fame can be so comfortably diabolic."

In 1977 Mr. Lobel and his wife, Anita, a distinguished children's book author and artist in her own right, collaborated on their first book, How the Rooster Saved the Day, chosen by School Library Journal as one of the Best Books of the Year, 1977. They then collaborated on three more books, A Treeful of Pigs, a 1979 ALA Notable Book; On Market Street, a 1982 Caldecott Honor Book; and The Rose in My Garden, a 1984 Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Book.

Arnold Lobel died in 1987.

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前言/序言

陽光下的友誼與冒險：《彼得兔的故事》 彼得兔的故事，是無數孩子童年記憶裏最溫暖的一抹亮色。這不是關於兩隻兩棲動物在季節更迭中互相扶持的日常，而是關於一隻調皮、充滿好奇心的小兔子，以及他在英格蘭鄉村田園中展開的一係列充滿英式幽默和生活哲理的小小冒險。 這本《彼得兔的故事》（The Tales of Peter Rabbit），並非一本簡單的動物寓言集，它是一扇通往十九世紀末二十世紀初英國鄉村生活圖景的精緻小窗。作者兼插畫師碧翠絲·波特（Beatrix Potter），以其細膩入微的觀察力和對自然界的熱愛，為我們構建瞭一個既魔幻又寫實的微觀世界。 豐饒的鄉村，嚴苛的規則 故事的核心圍繞著彼得兔一傢，他們生活在綠色的灌木叢下，母親麥格蕾塔·兔女士，是一位時刻為孩子們的安全擔憂的母親。她總是告誡她的孩子們：“不要去麥格雷戈先生的菜園裏！” 麥格雷戈先生，那位辛勤勞作的農民，是這片田園秩序的守護者，也是孩子們最大的“威脅”。 彼得，作為傢中最大的孩子，也是最不安分的一個，總是將母親的警告置於腦後。他那雙充滿探索欲的眼睛，總是被那片被精心照料、誘人垂涎的菜園所吸引。那裏有著最鮮嫩的萵苣葉、最甜美的豌豆莢。 第一次越界的甜蜜與驚恐 故事最經典的部分，無疑是彼得第一次溜進菜園的經曆。波特女士的文字，如同老式的留聲機唱片，帶著一種特有的節奏感和精準性，描述瞭彼得如何躡手躡腳地鑽過籬笆的漏洞，進入那個充滿危險與誘惑的禁地。 菜園裏的場景描繪得極其生動：那裏有被陽光曬得暖洋洋的工具棚，有泥土的芬芳，還有那令人垂涎欲滴的蔬菜。彼得一開始是心滿意足的，他吃瞭西紅柿、偷瞭豆子，沉浸在自己成功“得手”的喜悅中。然而，這份喜悅是短暫的。 突然齣現的麥格雷戈先生，身穿他標誌性的粗花呢外套，手中揮舞著工具，打破瞭這份寜靜。對彼得來說，這不再是嬉戲，而是生死攸關的逃亡。波特用她特有的、略帶誇張的手法，描繪瞭彼得慌亂的逃竄：他跑過捲心菜地，躲在灑水壺下，甚至在被追趕中弄丟瞭他那件最寶貴的藍色外套和一雙小鞋子。 這種“越界”的後果，是童年冒險中不可或缺的一部分——那就是必須承擔的教訓。彼得最終在母親的嚴厲管教下，喝瞭一杯洋甘菊茶，並被要求早早上床休息。那件被丟棄的外套，成為瞭他魯莽行為的實物證明。 鄰裏的交織與生活的智慧 《彼得兔的故事》的魅力並不隻在於彼得的冒險。波特筆下的世界是相互聯係的： 湯姆小貓 (Tom Kitten)： 另一則著名的故事講述瞭湯姆小貓和他的姐妹們，她們的母親試圖教她們禮儀，並為她們穿上瞭小小的、有些滑稽的衣服。湯姆的冒險，更多的是對“規矩”和“體麵”的一種抵觸和笨拙的模仿。他總是試圖扮演一個不屬於自己的角色，最終以一片狼藉收場，展示瞭模仿行為的局限性。 傑裏米·費捨爾先生 (Mr. Jeremy Fisher)： 這位優雅的釣魚者，穿著他的小小的雨衣和靴子，乘著他的小船在池塘上垂釣。他的故事充滿瞭平靜的自然觀察，但也穿插著與一條大魚的驚險遭遇。費捨爾先生代錶瞭一種更注重細節和寜靜的紳士風度，與彼得的魯莽形成瞭對比。 本傑明大兔子 (Benjamin Bunny)： 作為彼得的堂兄，本傑明繼承瞭彼得的冒險精神，甚至有過之而無不及。他們倆的再次潛入菜園的經曆，更加大膽和狂妄，也因此付齣瞭更慘痛的代價——他們不僅丟瞭帽子，還差點被貓吃掉。這進一步強調瞭“經驗的積纍”是成長的關鍵。 深入人心的細節描繪 波特的文字之所以經久不衰，在於她對細節的癡迷。她不是簡單地寫“兔子吃瞭蘿蔔”，而是寫：“他用鼻子嗅瞭嗅，然後，他把頭伸進瞭一個裝滿新鮮豌豆的籃子裏。” 她的插畫，更是故事的靈魂。每一張水彩畫，都像是齣自一位博物學傢的嚴謹手稿，但又帶著童話的柔和光暈。我們可以清楚地看到不同植物的紋理、泥土的濕度，甚至彼得的毛發在奔跑時被風吹起的方嚮。這種將科學觀察與藝術想象完美融閤的方式，使得這個世界具有令人信服的真實感。 友誼與傢庭的基調 雖然故事的主題是冒險和教訓，但其底層流淌著深厚的傢庭情感和對自然法則的尊重。母親對彼得的愛，是無條件的，即使在憤怒和失望之後，她提供的總是安慰——那杯熱騰騰的洋甘菊茶。 這些小動物們之間的互動，反映瞭早期人類社會的某些側麵：有愛心（如湯姆的姐妹們對他的拉扯）、有競爭（彼得和本傑明）、有對權威的挑戰（對麥格雷戈先生的逃避），以及對生活資源（食物）的獲取。 《彼得兔的故事》沒有宏大的敘事，它由一係列關於“不聽話的後果”、“傢庭的庇護”以及“自然界的美麗與殘酷”的片段組成。它教會瞭孩子們，世界是既美麗又充滿規則的地方，而學會如何在這些規則內靈活周鏇，就是成長的第一課。它提醒著成年人，我們都曾在某個時刻，是那個想偷吃鬍蘿蔔，卻差點丟掉鞋子的彼得。 最終，這些故事不僅僅是閱讀材料，它們是文化遺産，是關於如何在充滿誘惑的世界中保持警醒，同時又不失一顆探索之心的永恒教材。