Owl at Home (I Can Read, Level 2)猫头鹰在家 英文原版

DuringhisdistinguishedcareerArnoldLobelwroteand/orillustratedover70booksforchildren.Tohisillustratingcredit,hehadaCaldecottMedalbook--Fables(1981)--andtwoCaldecottHonorBooks-hisownFrogandToadareFriends(1971)andHildilid'sNightbyCheliDuranRyan(1972).Tohiswritingcredit,hehadaNewberyHonorBook--FrogandToadTogether(1973).Buttohisgreatestcredit,hehadafollowingofliterallymillionsofyoungchildrenwithwhomhesharedthewarmthandhumorofhisunpretentiousvisionoflife.Thoughhewasabornstoryteller--hebeganmakingupstoriesextemporaneouslytoentertainhisfellowsecond-gradersinSchenectady,NewYork,wherehegrewupinthecareofhisgrandparents.Mr.Lobelcalledhimselfa"luckyamateur"intermsofhiswriting.Viewinghimselfasaprofessionallytrainedillustrator(hereceivedaBachelorofFineArtsdegreefromPrattInstitute),hesaid,"Iknowhowtodrawpictures.Withwriting,Idon'treallyknowwhatI'mdoing.It'sveryintuitive."InadditiontotheFrogandToadbooks,OwlatHome,MouseTales,TheBookofPigericks,andmanyotherpopularbookshecreated,Mr.Lobelalsoillustratedotherwriters'textsthatcapturedhisfancy.Heviewedthisas"somethingdifferentandchallenging."Oftenhisillustrationsforthosebooksshowedadifferentaspectofhispersonalityandhisartisticexpertise,rangingfromhismeticulousdinosaursinDinosaurTimebyPeggyParishtohischillingpen-and-inkdrawingsinNightmares:PoemstoTroubleYourSleepbyJackPrelutsky,aboutwhichBooklistwrote,"YoungreaderswillbeamazedthatthegentleLobelofFrogandToadfamecanbesocomfortablydiabolic."In1977Mr.Lobelandhiswife,Anita,adistinguishedchildren'sbookauthorandartistinherownright,collaboratedontheirfirstbook,HowtheRoosterSavedtheDay,chosenbySchoolLibraryJournalasoneoftheBestBooksoftheYear,1977.Theythencollaboratedonthreemorebooks,ATreefulofPigs,a1979ALANotableBook;OnMarketStreet,a1982CaldecottHonorBook;andTheRoseinMyGarden,a1984BostonGlobe/HornBookHonorBook.ArnoldLobeldiedin1987.