内容简介
Eventhoughthereisnomoney,Anna'smotherfindsawaytomakeAnnaabadlyneededwintercoat.
作者简介
HarrietZiefertwasborninNewJersey.ShegrewupinNorthBergen,NewJersey,wheresheattendedthelocalschools.ShegraduatedfromSmithCollege,thenreceivedaMastersdegreeinEducationfromNewYorkUniversity."Abouttwelveyearsago,"saysZiefertina1995interview,"Itriedtogetajobasaneditor,butnoonewouldhiremeasatradeeditor.SoIdecidedtowritemyownbooks."Sincethen,shehaswrittenseveralhundredbooks,mostlypicturebooksandeasy-to-readbooks."Iwritebooksveryquickly,"shesays,"inabouttwelvehours.Irewritethemthreetimesoverthreedays,andthenthey'redone."Shewritesabouttwentybooksayear.Ziefert'spicturebookANewCoatforAnnaisaboutagirlinabombed-outEuropeancityduringthemonthsjustafterWorldWarII.Annahasoutgrownheroldcoat,andhermothertradesherfewsurvivingtreasures--awatch,alamp,anecklace,andaporcelainteapot--inordertoobtainwoolandhaveitspun,woven,andfinallysewnintoafineredcoatforAnna.AHornBookMagazinereviewerstated,"thesimpletext,basedonatruestory,carriesthenarrativealongeffectively."Thebook,whichwasillustratedbyAnitaLobel,waschosenasoneoftenbookstobereadaloudbyformerFirstLadyBarbaraBushaspartofaprogrampromotingreading.ZiefertwasinvitedtotheWhiteHousefortheoccasion.ThereasonZiefertbeganwritingeasy-to-readbookswasthatshefelt"theyweregettingtoohardforkidstoreadinthefirstgrade."Shesaysthatshewroteeasy-to-readbookswithseventy-fiveorfewerwords,evenoneswithfiftyorfewerwords,"toseehowmuchofastory"shecouldproducewiththatlimit.Sheenjoyedthechallenge,andcitesherbookSleepyDogasanexample."SleepyDogisthemostsuccessfulbookI'veeverdone,intermsofnumberofbookssold."She'salsobeenworkingonadevelopmentalprogramwithpublisherDorlingKindersley,madeupofbooksforbabies,toddlers,andpreschoolers.HerbookPete'sChicken,whichwasillustratedbyLauraRader,wasreviewedintheNewYorkTimesBookReviewas"asimple,sweet'SongofMyself'forchildren...[which]applaudsthespecialnessofeverychildasitremindsparentsofthehealingpowerofjustbeingthereforchildren."Amongherotherbooksisaseriesofeasy-to-readbooks,suchasTripDayandWormDay,aboutaninventivescienceteacherandhisrambunctiousclassofstudents.Ziefert'sbookLet'sGetaPetwasnamedanOutstandingScienceTradeBookforChildrenbyajointcommitteeoftheNationalScienceTeachersAssociationandtheChildren'sBookCouncil..Ms.ZiefertlivesinMaplewood,NewJerseyandLincoln,Massachusetts.Shehastwoadultsons.
