内容简介
EloiseisalittlegirlwholivesatThePlazaHotelinNewYork.SheisnotyetprettybutsheisalreadyaPerson.HenryJameswouldwanttostudyher.QueenVictoriawouldrecognizeherasanEqual.TheNewYorkJetswouldwanttohaveheron"their"side.LewisCarrollwouldloveher(oncehegotovertheinitialshock).Sheknows"everything"aboutThePlaza.Sheisinterestedinpeoplewhentheyarenot"boring."ShehasInnerResources.Ifyoutakeherhomewithyou,youwillalwaysbegladyoudid.
作者简介
KayThompson(1909-1998)wasasinger,dancer,vocalarranger,andcoachofmanyMGMmusicalsinthe1940s.TheEloisecharactergrewoutofthevoiceofaprecocioussix-year-oldthatMissThompsonputontoamuseherfriends.CollaboratingwithHilaryKnightonwhatwasanimmediatebestseller,KayThompsonbecamealiterarysensationwhenEloisewaspublishedin1955.Thebookhassoldmorethantwomillioncopiestodate.KayThompsonandHilaryKnightcreatedfourmoreEloisebooks,EloiseinParis,EloiseatChristmas,EloiseinMoscow,andEloiseTakesaBawth.^HilaryKnight,sonofartist-writersClaytonKnightandKatharineSturges,waseducatedattheArtStudentsLeague,wherehestudiedwithReginaldMarsh.BesidestheEloisebooks,HilaryKnighthasillustratedmorethanfiftybooksforchildren,sixofwhichhewrotehimself.HelivesandworksinNewYorkCity,notfarfromThePlazaHotel.
