Rufus M. 小淘气鲁夫 1944年纽伯瑞银奖 9780152025779
作者： Eleanor Estes 著,Louis Slobodkin 插图作者
出版社：Houghton Mifflin 2001年6月
简介：1944年美国纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖 你从未遇过像鲁夫 摩法多这样的男孩。别以为他什么都不会，他总有一套自己的方式，任何事都难不倒他。 当他第一次从图书馆借书回家时，他让自己学会了写字，管它看不看得懂；在粮食短缺的年代里，鲁夫种植了独一无二的“鲁夫的豆子”，尽管他每天都把它们挖出来检查一番，豆子竟还是长出来了。鲁夫也有一些不为人知的神秘朋友！他不但发现了镇上唯一的隐形钢琴师，而且还带着亦敌亦友的纸板男孩在小镇上到处兜风，甚至还骑上了他专属的飞马…… You've never met anyone quite like Rufus Moffat. He getsthings done, but he gets them done his way. When he wants to checkout library books, Rufus teaches himself to write...even though hedoesn't yet know how to read. When food is scarce, he plants somespecial "Rufus beans" that actually grow...despite his digging themup every day to check on them. And Rufus has friends that otherpeople don't even know exist He discovers the only invisible pianoplayer in town, has his own personal flying horse for a day, andtours town with the Cardboard Boy, his dearest friend-andenemy.Rufus isn't just the youngest Moffat, he's also thecleverest, the funniest, and the most unforgettable.Eleanor Estes'sbeloved Moffats stories are being published in new editions asOdyssey/Harcourt Young Classics. The original interiorillustrations have been retained, but handsome new cover art byTricia Tusa gives the books a fresh, timeless appeal for today'sreaders.
