罗伯特·罗素作品集（插图版 套装共8册）

by [美]罗伯特·罗素（Robert Lawson） 伍雅清，等

《罗伯特·罗素作品集》包含《本和我》《兔子坡》《艰难的冬季》《尾巴的故事》《利维尔和我》《麦克维尼先生的旅行》《我发现哥伦布了》《基德船长的猫》八部作品。纵观这位曾两度获得纽伯瑞儿童文学奖的罗伯特·罗素的作品，我们不难发现，其主要作品更多的是希望通过轻松、幽默的方式逐步开启孩子们的理性之思。
为什么麦克维尼先生可以骑着自行车在空中环游世界，这其中到底有什么秘密？美洲大陆的发现者真的是哥伦布吗，或者还是另有其人？是什么事情让原本平静的兔子坡顿时沸腾起来，到处叽叽喳喳？暴风雪肆虐的艰难冬季里，兔子坡的小动物们是怎样度过的？

Genres: Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Childrens, Animals

Paperback

First published January 1, 1956

Reviews

[Niki (nikilovestoread) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story of Captain Kidd's life and death told from the perspective of his cat, McDermot. The tale is rather a sad one with Kidd being betrayed by everyone he believed he could trust.

[Sarah TheAromaofBooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh man, mixed feelings about this one!! It's well-told and includes lots of Lawson's delightful illustrations. McDermot, our feline narrator, is likable and intelligent. He also tells us from the beginning that things aren't going to go well for Kidd, and boy was he right! This book is, frankly, SAD. Poor Captain Kidd just wants to live a peaceful, law-abiding life, but instead he's bullied and jerked around and then, after doing everything the way he's supposed to, also gets betrayed, punished, and eventually put to death for his supposed crimes. In the meantime, his entire time at sea is nothing but bad luck, with people dying left and right, and all sorts of other troubles plaguing him the entire time. It's an engaging story, but it's not one I would hand to younger readers or ones who are more on the sensitive side. And while I found it interesting for a one-off read, I don't think I'll revisit this one the way have many of Lawson's other works.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Poor Captain Kidd - he was set up. In this telling of the story by McDermot the cat, Kidd is a likable guffin who trusts all the wrong people and end up at Tyburn with a rope around his neck as a result. The good news in this sad story is that McDermot lives happily after. Lawson's pen and ink illustrations are marvelous. As a child I used to stare entranced at the color cover which showed McDermot's pierced ear with its ruby ring. Today I look instead at Moko and Koko, the African innkeepers, as they defend McDermot from an unscrupulous showman and I wince.

[Adelina · Rating 4 out of 5]

It took awhile to read, only because I was reading it to the boys as our night time book, and life got very busy.

I don’t know that the kids understood half of what was going on, but it was fun for me to learn more about Captain Kidd, at least from a cat’s perspective. We took a trip to the Indianapolis Children’s Museum, and discovered they have a small display of relics from a sunken ship believed to be Captain Kidd’s - I felt more knowledgeable having been reading this book.

[Janice · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very entertaining read. I recommend it to the readers of all ages.

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not as pleasant a read as Mr. Lawson's two other animal-perspective biographies but still remains quite a fun read-aloud story with the family. The vocabulary is expansive!

[Lydia Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Y’all, just do yourself a favor and checkout all of the Robert Lawson books your library has. So fun!

[Lance Fletcher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book in middle school. Bought it from the school library for $.25. I've read it so many times and am still able to get lost in the adventure. If you love books such as Ben & Me, you'll adore this amazing book. It brings back so many childhood memories for me.

[Meghan · Rating 4 out of 5]

My parents bought this book for me when I was a kid, and I saved it to share with my own.

I do have to confess that this book has made me fantasize about piercing my cats' ears for the last 30years =P