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Monica Kulling（莫妮卡·柯林） 著

出版社： Random House

ISBN：9780679885733

版次：1

商品编码：19016262

包装：平装

丛书名： Step Into Reading: A Step 4 Book (Paperback)

出版时间：2000-03-01

用纸：胶版纸

页数：48

正文语种：英文

商品尺寸：23x15.2x0.4cm

内容简介

Harry Houdini was a great escape artist, but perhaps his greatest trick was becoming the famous magician that we have come to know. As a child, Houdini worked hard—and even quit school—to help support his family. But his dream always was to become a great magician and performer. He practiced day and night, thinking up new tricks and more and more dangerous stunts. His intense ambition paid off, and soon Harry Houdini became known worldwide! This kid-appealing Step 3 traces Houdini's life from his poor beginnings to his eventual success as the most famous mystical magician and escape artist of all time.

作者简介

Monica Kulling was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. When she was seven, she moved with her family to her father's boyhood home in Switzerland. Here Monica continued with grade one, the big difference being she didn't understand a word anyone was saying!

The big adventure lasted only a year. Monica and her family moved back to British Columbia to live in the small town of Chilliwack in the heart of the Fraser Valley. Monica's parents operated a delicatessen, where Monica and her four siblings worked, each in their turn.

Monica was now in grade two and speaking English all the time, which suited her better. She wasn't the kind of girl who always had her nose in a book or kept a diary of all the great girl things she was doing, and she never won a spelling bee!

Monica was an outdoor girl. She loved recess and playing marbles or dodge ball, red rover or baseball. After school, Monica climbed trees, played baseball even in the rain, and rode her bike all over town. On weekends, she took her younger sister and brother to the movies.

Monica loved comic books. They gave her a chance to practice her reading! Nancy and Sluggo and the Superheroes were special favourites.

Monica lived the life of a free-range kid. She had plenty of time to go where she wanted, to sit under a tree and daydream, and to have adventures.

Monica still didn't read much, even in high school. She did love the illustrated classic comic books and had the entire collection of almost 200. These comics gave her an intimate knowledge of the great works of literature in the English language.

If Monica didn't especially like to read or write, how did she get started as a writer? She loved music, especially the music of the sixties and the lyrics of poets like Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell. When she was sixteen, Monica heard the words of Paul Simon in his song "The Boxer" and those of Joni Mitchell in her song "Both Sides Now," and she was blown away.

Monica was glued to the radio and records, going over the poetry of the lyrics in her mind. She had long ago put away comic books and taken up the guitar. She soon became hooked on the passion and poetry of the wonderful song writers of the day--Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Laura Nyro, and many more. Monica was also studying poetry in school and was soon reading the great poets, because she wanted to, not because she had to.

Monica started to write her own poems and, after high school, studied creative writing at the University of Victoria. In her final year, she took a course in children's literature. She loved it so much, she began to write for children. In 1992, she published her first book, a picture book about an orange cat, called I Hate You, Marmalade!

Monica Kulling lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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精彩书评

"Harry Houdini was the stage name of Ehrich Weiss, a Hungarian Jewish immigrant who became world famous for his showmanship as an escape artist. It wasn't easy. Harry practiced thousands of hours and read thousands of books about magic and illusion. His tricks--such as the disappearing elephant, and escaping from handcuffs, ropes, and straight jackets--amazed audiences in Europe and America. His success was due to hard work, perseverance, and skill, which serve as a good example today. This early reader will also appeal to older kids who are having difficulty developing their reading skills."
--Children's Literature

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分级读物。趁活动收了一些。

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在德比郡的立普顿公学，他是级长的小跟班，在他的早年比较重要的一部份中，他拥有了他自己的小书桌。他的个子很高，在成年后有1.98米，他擅长运动，因而成为学校的壁手球和回力球队的队长，还是学校足球队的成员，这令他十分受人欢迎。那个时候，他逐渐喜欢上了摄影。在他就读这所学校期间，吉百利食品公司（Cadbury），一家巧克力制造厂，偶尔会寄新的巧克力产品到他的学校让学生测试味道。达尔常常想自己发明一些新的巧克力，希望得到吉百利食品公司的赞扬，而这也触发了他的灵感，并以此写出他的第三本书，《查理与巧克力工厂》。

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很好的英语原版小说，适合初中孩子阅读！

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非常棒的儿童图书，很好很喜欢

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先囤着,不错的分级读物.

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打完价还近13元一本，贵了不少

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还不错，活动收入200-100，陆续收集

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可以学英语，还能看看魔幻大师的成长故事

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在1920年，罗尔德3岁的时候，他7岁的姊姊艾丝翠得（Astrid）死于盲肠炎。大约一个月之后，他父亲死于肺炎，时年57岁。他的母亲虽然可以选择回到挪威与亲戚一起生活，但她还是决定留在英国，因为罗尔德的父亲生前一直十分希望他的儿女能在英国接受教育，他认为英国的教育是最好的。