The spell of rain, gulls, a foggy morning, the excitement of
sailing, the quiet of the night, the sudden terror of a hurricane,
and the peace of a Maine island as a family packs up to leave are
shown in poetic language and vibrant, evocative pictures.
Lisi Harrison was the Senior Director of Production Development
at MTV, Music Television, and was responsible for creating and
developing original programming for air on MTV. She also served as
Head Writer for MTV Production and before that had her own column
in Jane Magazine.
Lisi lives in Laguna Beach, California,
and is currently working on her eleventh Clique novel,
coming in July 2009.
罗伯特 麦克洛斯基(Robert
McCloskey,1914~2003)生于美国俄亥俄州汉密尔顿,他从小心灵手巧,喜欢绘画、音乐和机器装配,在读高中时就展现出对儿童有着天生的亲和力,教孩子吹口琴、制作手工等,颇受欢迎。他毕业于波士顿的Vesper
George
艺术学院,之后与一位资深儿童读物编辑相遇,在与她的合作下,创作和发表了处女作《蓝弟和口琴》(Lentil,1940,取材于他年轻时代与孩子们的交流),以此为契机,他得到奖学金,到纽约国家设计学院学习两年后,毕业后到波士顿从事绘制壁画的工作。
他通过上班路上在波士顿公园里看到鸭子一家得到灵感,并在家里养了一群鸭子,仔细观察它们的形态,创作出《让路给小鸭子》(Make Way
for
Ducklings,1941),荣获了1942年的凯迪克奖金奖,并使这鸭子一家闻名世界。之后罗伯特相遇了著名儿童文学家、故事讲述家卢斯?索亚的女儿玛格丽特杜兰德,并与她结婚。