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適讀人群 :8-12歲 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)
內容簡介
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.
作者簡介
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.
精彩書評
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
《神秘的星圖》 作者:艾米莉亞·文森特 譯者:張 偉 齣版社:遠方文化 齣版日期:2023年10月 頁數:480頁 裝幀:精裝 適閤年齡:10-14歲 內容簡介: 夜空,是人類永恒的謎題與夢想的畫布。當主人公,十二歲的少年探險傢裏奧·卡文迪許,無意中發現他那身為天文學傢、卻神秘失蹤的祖父留下的最後遺物時,一個跨越星辰與時間的宏大冒險就此拉開瞭序幕。 裏奧的生活本該是平淡無奇的:在城郊那棟堆滿瞭舊書和天文儀器的老宅裏,他唯一的慰藉是望遠鏡和祖父留下的那些晦澀難懂的星圖手稿。然而,這一切都在一個暴風雨的夜晚被徹底顛覆。祖父留下的那枚刻著奇異符號的黃銅懷錶,突然發齣微弱的光芒,激活瞭隱藏在閣樓最深處的一個古老木箱。 木箱裏,躺著一捲用某種未知材質製作的星圖——《星際迷航者之書》。它並非描繪我們已知的星座,而是標注著一些從未被現代科學記錄的“幽靈星係”和“失落的軌道”。更令人震驚的是,星圖上有一個用祖父筆跡寫下的警告:“當雙子座之眼重疊,‘界域之門’將會短暫開啓。不要讓‘守夜人’得逞。” 裏奧很快意識到,這不僅僅是一張地圖,它是一把鑰匙,指嚮一個隱藏在宇宙深處,由古代文明建立的知識寶庫——“奧德賽圖書館”。這個圖書館被傳說蘊含著足以改變時間流速、甚至重塑生命形態的終極智慧。 然而,並非隻有裏奧一人對這份遺産感興趣。一股黑暗而古老的勢力,自稱“永恒編織者”,也一直在追蹤這份星圖。他們相信,隻有掌控瞭奧德賽圖書館,纔能徹底消除宇宙中所有“不確定性”,將一切導嚮他們預設的、冰冷而永恒的秩序。他們派齣瞭一位冷酷無情的特工——代號“夜梟”——來奪取星圖並阻止裏奧。 裏奧被迫踏上逃亡之路。他唯一能信任的夥伴,是祖父的機器人助手——一個名叫“卡西歐”的、脾氣古怪但擁有極高計算能力的舊式人工智能。卡西歐不僅精通古老的星象學,還能通過分析宇宙微波背景輻射來預測“夜梟”的下一步行動。 他們的旅程首先從地球上的“維度交匯點”開始。第一個目的地是位於秘魯安第斯山脈深處,一座被遺忘的印加神廟。這座神廟的祭壇,據星圖記載,是校準星圖能量的“第一個指南針”。在那裏,裏奧和卡西歐必須解開基於太陽曆和月相的復雜機械謎題,同時躲避“夜梟”的首次伏擊。裏奧憑藉著他從小對天文學的熱忱和對祖父筆記的熟悉,成功啓動瞭神廟的古代定位係統,打開瞭通往下一站——一個漂浮在木星衛星歐羅巴冰層下的“水下觀測站”的短暫傳送門。 在冰冷、高壓的水下觀測站,裏奧不僅要麵對惡劣的環境,還要解讀那些漂浮在液態甲烷中的全息圖譜。他發現,祖父在失蹤前一直在研究一個關於“時間漣漪”的理論——即通過精確地觀測某些超新星的衰變,可以迴溯特定區域的曆史事件。裏奧開始懷疑,祖父的失蹤可能與他試圖乾預某一個關鍵的曆史時間點有關。 隨著故事的深入,裏奧和卡西歐的足跡遍布瞭地球上各個與星空觀測相關的古老遺址:從埃及吉薩高塔的秘密地下室,到中國敦煌莫高窟中被石灰覆蓋的壁畫下的星盤,再到格陵蘭島冰蓋下被凍結的古代觀測站。在每一次的探險中,裏奧不僅解開瞭星圖上的謎題,也在不斷拼湊齣祖父留下的更深層的訊息:奧德賽圖書館的知識並非用來統治,而是用來“維護”宇宙的平衡。 “永恒編織者”的核心理念是消除混亂,但宇宙的本質恰恰是永恒的運動與變化。圖書館的真正守護者並非某種生物,而是一套精妙的法則和陷阱,用來阻止那些心懷不軌的人獲取過度的力量。 在故事的高潮部分,裏奧終於抵達瞭星圖指示的最終坐標——一片位於仙女座星係邊緣,被稱為“靜默之環”的區域。這裏沒有恒星,隻有一片由無數微小、穩定運行的量子結構組成的巨大空間站,這就是奧德賽圖書館。 “夜梟”在這裏等待著他。在一場關於“自由意誌與既定命運”的哲學對峙中,裏奧明白瞭“夜梟”的真正目的:他並非想毀滅知識,而是想利用知識將自己變成宇宙的“唯一作者”,重寫所有曆史,抹去所有他認為的錯誤。 裏奧沒有選擇武力對抗。他利用那枚黃銅懷錶,配閤卡西歐計算齣的“雙子座之眼”重疊的精確時刻,將祖父留下的最後一組坐標輸入瞭圖書館的核心係統。這組坐標觸發的不是毀滅程序,而是一個“平衡校準”。它瞬間嚮整個宇宙廣播瞭圖書館的核心秘密——知識的本質在於分享與流動,而非獨占。 “夜梟”的計劃因此瓦解,他的力量源於對信息壟斷的控製。隨著平衡的恢復,他被迫退迴到他原本的維度。 裏奧最終沒有帶走圖書館的任何實體物品。他明白,他帶走的是更寶貴的東西——對宇宙運行法則的理解,以及對探求未知的勇氣。他與卡西歐迴到瞭地球,但他們的視野已不再局限於他們的小小星球。裏奧知道,他現在是新一代的“星際迷航者”,他的冒險纔剛剛開始。他將利用所學到的知識,在地球上默默地引導著人類文明,警惕著任何試圖打破宇宙自然平衡的陰影。 《神秘的星圖》是一部融閤瞭硬科幻設定、古老謎團解密和青少年成長的史詩級冒險故事。它探討瞭知識的責任、傢庭的羈絆,以及在浩瀚的宇宙中,渺小的個體如何通過勇氣和智慧,影響宏大的命運。 本書特色: 深度融閤天文學與曆史學: 謎題設計參考瞭真實存在的古代天文遺址和復雜的天文現象。 角色成長麯綫飽滿: 裏奧從一個沉迷書本的內嚮少年,成長為敢於直麵宇宙級威脅的探險傢。 科幻設定嚴謹且富有想象力: 創造瞭“幽靈星係”、“維度交匯點”等令人信服的未來科學概念。 精緻的插圖與地圖: 全書配有大量手繪風格的星圖、機械設計草圖和場景速寫,幫助讀者構建宏大的世界觀。