内容简介
Onarainyday,Sylvesterfindsamagicpebblethatcanmakewishescometrue.Butwhenalionfrightenshimonhiswayhome,Sylvestermakesawishthatbringsunexpectedresults.HowSylvesteriseventuallyreunitedwithhislovingfamilyandrestoredtohistrueselfmakesastorythatisbeautifullytenderandfilledwithmagic.IllustratedwithWilliamSteig'sglowingpictures,thisisamodernclassicbelovedbychildreneverywhere.Selectedasoneofthe100BestBooksoftheCenturybytheNationalEducationAssociation.
作者简介
WilliamSteig(1907-2003)publishedhisfirstchildren'sbook,RolandtheMinstrelPig,in1968,andreceivedtheCaldecottMedalforSylvesterandtheMagicPebble(978-1416902065)in1970.HisworksalsoincludeTheAmazingBone,aCaldecottHonorBook,andAbel'sIslandandDoctorDeSoto,bothNewberyHonorBooks.HismostrecentbookspublishedbyFarrar,StrausandGirouxareShrek!(releasedbyDreamWorksasamajormotionpicture)andWizzil,illustratedbyQuentinBlake.SchoolLibraryJournalnamedShrek!aBestBookof1990andsaidofit,"Steig'sinimitablewitandartisticdashhaveneverbeensharperormoreexpertlyblended."