This is a book about farm animals, and what happens during one year on a farm.
In January, the cows stay in the barnyard, and the chickens don't lay many eggs. By March, you can tell spring is coming: the barn is filled with baby animals. Month by month, the animals at Maple Hill Farm sense the changing seasons and respond to the changes.
Through gently humorous text and charming illustrations, Alice and Martin Provensen capture one year at their beloved Maple Hill Farm in a way sure to delight city slickers and country folk alike.
Alice and Martin Provensen夫婦的代表作之一，描寫(xiě)了楓樹(shù)山農(nóng)場(chǎng)里一年四季的變化。從一月到十二月，繁重的農(nóng)活和簡(jiǎn)單的快樂(lè)——從鳥(niǎo)兒遷徙到馬慵懶的享受夏日的陽(yáng)光，從奶牛在稗到小動(dòng)物充滿農(nóng)場(chǎng)，人類(lèi)和動(dòng)物在這里和平共存。插圖很簡(jiǎn)單，輕輕彩色，灑在整個(gè)微妙的細(xì)節(jié)里。幽默的文字，也自然而有韻味。如果你住在鄉(xiāng)下，你會(huì)活回想起這里這么多有趣的點(diǎn)滴；如果你住在城里，你會(huì)感受到這本迷人發(fā)書(shū)的平和節(jié)奏。
Alice Provensen collaborated with her late husband, Martin, on numerous highly acclaimed picture books, including the Caldecott Medal-winning The Glorious Flight and Nancy Willard's Newbery Medal-winning A Visit to William Blake's Inn, which was also a Caldecott Honor Book. The Provensens have been on the New York Times list of the Ten Best Illustrated Books eight times. Alice lives in Staatsburg, New York, on Maple Hill Farm.
