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Ilikecars/Redcars,greencars/Sportslimousinecars/Ilikecars...Since1954parentsandchildrenhaveadoredTheFriendlyBook,whereeverythingislikable,frombugstoboatsandfromcarstostars.GarthWilliams'slivelyillustrationsareaperfectcounterparttoMargaretWiseBrown'splayfullistsofwonderfulthings.
作者简介
WhenMargaretWiseBrownbegantowriteforyoungchildren,mostpicturebookswerewrittenbyillustrators,whosetrainingandtalentslaymainlyinthevisualarts.Brown,theauthorofGoodnightMoon,wasthefirstpicture-bookauthortoachieverecognitionasawriter,andthefirst,accordingtohistorianBarbaraBader,"tomakethewritingofpicturebooksanart."Aftergraduatingcollegein1932,Brown'sfirstambitionwastowriteliteratureforadults;butwhensheenteredaprogramforstudentteachersinNewYork,shewasthrilledbytheexperienceofworkingwithyoungchildren,andinspiredbytheprogram'sprogressiveleader,theeducationreformerLucySpragueMitchell.Mitchellheldthatstoriesforveryyoungchildrenshouldbegroundedin"thehereandnow"ratherthannonsenseorfantasy.Forchildrenagedtwotofive,shethought,realexperiencewasmagicalenoughwithoutembellishments.Fewchildren'sauthorshadattemptedtowritespecificallyforsoyounganaudience,butBrownquicklyprovedherselfgiftedatthetask.Shewasappointededitorofanewpublishingfirmdevotedtochildren'sbooks,whereshecultivatedpromisingnewwritersandillustrators,helpeddevelopinnovationsliketheboardbook,andbecame,asherbiographerLeonardS.Marcusnotes,"oneofthecentralfiguresofaperiodnowconsideredthegoldenageoftheAmericanpicturebook."ThoughBrownwasintenselyinterestedinmodernistwriterslikeGertrudeStein(whomshepersuadedtowriteachildren'sbook,TheWorldIsRound),itwasamedievalballadthatprovidedtheinspirationforTheRunawayBunny(1942),illustratedbyClementHurd.TheRunawayBunnywasBrown'sfirstdeparturefromthehere-and-nowstyleofwriting,andbecameoneofhermostpopularbooks.
