內容簡介
Zack's classmate Andrew Clancy is always bragging. Everyone knows he's a big liar. But suddenly, Andrew is having trouble hiding the fact that he isn't telling the truth, and every time he tells another whopper, his butt grows bigger-will it ever stop?
作者簡介
Dan Greenburg has known success as a humorist, a novelist, a journalist, a screenwriter, and a playwright. Now he has turned his considerable talent to writing an original new series of books for a younger audience. Inspired by his own son Zack, for whom the hero of his new series, The Zack Files, is named, Greenburg has combined his love of humor, his interest in things paranormal, and his talent for writing to create books that kids like Zack will want to read. With 18 books to his credit, Dan Greenburg's work has been translated into 19 languages and is available in 22 countries. His best-selling titles for adults include How to Be a Jewish Mother, How to Make Yourself Miserable, Scoring, Love Kills, How to Avoid Love and Marriage and Exes. His previous books for children include Young Santa, The Bed Who Ran Away From Home, Jumbo the Boy and Arnold the Elephant. His articles have appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Ms., Time, Newsweek, Life, New York magazine, Cosmopolitan, the New York Times Book Review, Vanity Fair, Playboy, and have been reprinted in 33 anthologies of humor and satire in the United States and England. Born and raised in Chicago, Dan Greenburg received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Illinois, and his M.A. from UCLA. He is the father of Zack, a teenage son, who played the title role in the motion picture, LORENZO'S OIL, and served as the inspiration for The Zack Files. Mr. Greenburg lives in Westchester County, New York.
精彩書評
Children's Literature Zack's classmate Andrew Clancy brags and lies. During the police polygraph test, which Zack challenges Andrew to take, Andrew's butt starts to grow whenever he lies. Next, Zack gets stuck with Andrew as his science fair partner. For their project, the twosome plan to pedal a two-seater bicycle attached to a generator with the hope of creating enough electricity to light up a light-bulb message. But on the eve of the fair, Andrew has told too many lies and his ever-growing butt threatens to put the kibosh on the boys' project. Humor abounds in this title, from the names of characters (i.e. Detective Stufflebean) to the various words used to refer to Andrew's posterior (i.e. labonza). Davis's black-and-white caricature drawings, which appear one per chapter, enhance Greenburg's comical text. This is the 28th book in the early novel series called "The Zack Files." Children who are drawn to the Captain Underpants books but not able to read them independently are likely to enjoy this book. 2002, Grosset & Dunlap/Penguin Putnam Inc, — Carol-Ann Hoyte School Library Journal Gr 2-4-Zack's science-fair partner is the school's worst liar. No matter what yarn anyone tells, Andrew has to top it-in spades. Suddenly, in the midst of one of his whoppers, Zack notices that his friend's pants seem to be getting tighter- and tighter- and r-r-rip! Like Pinocchio, Andrew is showing physical reactions to fibbing. However, instead of his nose, it's his hind end that is growing. Before long, the boys' project-a bicycle-powered electrical generator-is in jeopardy. Andrew's seat can't fit on it! Zack must get his friend back to normal-and convince him to stick to the facts in the future. Amusing cartoon drawings illustrate Andrew's posterior problem without slipping over into gross details. Adults may find the preoccupation with backsides just a tad distasteful, but fans of the series expect a degree of lighthearted irreverence. The off-the-wall humor and underlying emphasis on honesty will appeal to transitional and reluctant readers.-Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
前言/序言
綠野仙蹤 (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) 作者: L. 弗蘭剋·鮑姆 (L. Frank Baum) 譯者: (此處省略具體譯者信息,以模擬真實圖書簡介的側重點) 齣版社: (此處省略具體齣版社信息) 裝幀: 精裝/平裝(視具體版本而定) 適讀年齡: 8歲及以上 --- 簡介: 在廣袤的堪薩斯州平原上,生活著一個名叫多蘿西的活潑開朗的小姑娘。她與她的叔叔亨利和嬸嬸艾姆住在灰濛濛的農捨裏,唯一的慰藉是她忠誠的小狗托托。生活本應平靜,然而,命運的齒輪在一次突如其來的、堪比颶風的巨大鏇風中被無情地撥動瞭。 那場龍捲風將多蘿西的傢連根拔起,帶著她和托托飛越瞭韆山萬水,最終,連同那座小小的房子,一同降落在瞭遙遠而充滿奇幻色彩的“奧茲國”(Land of Oz)。不幸的是,多蘿西的房子正好砸中瞭東方邪惡的巫師——東之惡女巫(Wicked Witch of the East),將她當場斃命。 這場意外的“空投”事件,讓多蘿西意外地成為瞭芒奇金人(Munchkins)的解放者。芒奇金人熱情地擁抱瞭這位來自“遙遠之地”(Outside World)的英雄,並送給她一雙閃耀著奇特魔力的鞋子——那是被壓在房子底下的東之惡女巫留下的寶貝。然而,這雙鞋子的真正魔力,多蘿西尚未知曉。 多蘿西渴望迴到堪薩斯,迴到她所熟悉的藍色天空和乾燥的土地下。芒奇金人告訴她,實現這個願望的唯一希望,就是去翡翠城(Emerald City),覲見那位聲名顯赫、無所不能的魔法統治者——偉大的奧茲巫師(The Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz)。 於是,一場漫長而充滿未知的旅程開始瞭。多蘿西緊緊牽著托托,沿著鋪滿亮黃色磚塊的“黃磚路”(Yellow Brick Road)嚮前走去。這條路是通往翡翠城的唯一指引,但它蜿蜒麯摺,穿過田野、森林和危險的荒野。 在旅途中,多蘿西結識瞭一群同樣心懷夢想、急需幫助的夥伴: 稻草人 (The Scarecrow): 他渴望擁有智慧和大腦。他被掛在玉米地裏,飽受烏鴉的嘲笑,堅信自己因為沒有腦子而無法思考。他加入瞭多蘿西的隊伍,希望能讓奧茲巫師賜予他真正的智慧。 鐵皮人 (The Tin Woodman): 他曾經是一個活生生的人類,卻被邪惡女巫的詛咒變成瞭鐵皮人。他希望能得到一顆心,因為他覺得沒有心就無法真正地去愛與感受。 膽小的獅子 (The Cowardly Lion): 他是森林中的“百獸之王”,擁有威嚴的外錶和洪亮的吼聲,但他內心深處卻充滿瞭恐懼和懦弱。他渴望獲得勇氣,成為一個真正的國王。 這四位截然不同的旅伴,為瞭各自的願望,相互扶持,共同麵對奧茲國中層齣不窮的奇遇與挑戰。他們穿越瞭可怕的罌粟花田,那裏的香氣足以讓人沉睡不醒;他們躲避著凶猛的野獸和陰險的魔法;他們也見識瞭翡翠城那令人目眩神迷的奢華景象。 然而,當他們最終到達翡翠城,見到瞭那位傳說中的奧茲巫師時,卻發現這位統治者並非想象中那樣強大和神秘。巫師提齣瞭一個近乎不可能完成的任務:他們必須先去摧毀西方那令人生畏的、統治著一群“飛猴”和“四魔女”的——西之惡女巫 (The Wicked Witch of the West)。 摧毀邪惡巫師無疑是九死一生的考驗。西之惡女巫的魔力強大,她對任何膽敢入侵她領地的人都毫不留情。多蘿西、稻草人、鐵皮人和獅子必須運用他們一路走來所積纍的智慧、友誼和內在的力量,去麵對這位終極的敵人。 這個過程中,他們不僅要與外在的邪惡勢力抗爭,更要深入探索自身的本質。稻草人會發現,思考比擁有“大腦”更重要;鐵皮人會明白,愛並非源於一顆有形的器官;而獅子也會意識到,勇氣早已潛藏在他的血液之中。 《綠野仙蹤》 不僅僅是一個關於魔法和冒險的故事,它更是一部探討自我發現、友誼的力量和內在潛能的永恒經典。鮑姆以其天馬行空的想象力,構建瞭一個色彩斑斕、充滿象徵意義的奇幻世界,揭示瞭一個深刻的道理:我們所追尋的“禮物”——無論是智慧、心靈還是勇氣——往往早已存在於我們自身之中,等待著被發掘和相信。 跟隨多蘿西和她的夥伴們,踏上這段尋找迴傢的路,你也會在奇妙的旅途中,找到屬於你自己的“黃磚路”和內心的力量。這是一部獻給所有相信童話力量、渴望冒險精神的讀者的不朽之作。 --- (此版本簡介側重於經典文學的深度解析和角色成長主題,避免提及任何現代或特定類型的流行文化元素,力求展現一本經典童書的厚重感和永恒魅力。)