The Devil's Dream

The Devil's DreamBy: Lee Smith Now back in print from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Girls. It was in 1833 or '34 that Moses Bailey brought young Kate Malone down to Cold Spring Holler to be his wife. But Moses, wanting to become a preacher like his daddy was, left Kate time and again to look after the kids while he went out in search of a sign from God. Though he warned them about the evils of playing the fiddle, a kind of music he likened to the

and Indians who fought to determine the fate of a continent

are preparing to settle down into a life of purrfect luxury in Pickax

while Valkyrie has to pass for an ordinary schoolgirl

and changed her life for ever

her purpose

They’ll have to build their very own battlebots

Nicholas Nickleby

and unforgettable story of the struggle of native peoples in the Americas to keep

畢業於韓國京仁教育大學社會教育系，教育研究所小學特殊教育碩士。現為小學老師，也經營YouTube頻道《Happy李老師》，探討小學教育與學校生活議題，並積極從事演講和寫作，廣為分享教育現場的豐富經驗和心得。他強調，平日學習最終仍需由孩子自主進行，為此努力讓孩子建立「計畫→實踐→檢討」的常規，養成記錄學習日記、了解複習的重要性、確認並檢查學習成果等習慣，學會自我主導式的學習。著有《沒有哪個年級比小三更重要》、《日後不留遺憾的小學家長生活》、《小學，沒有什麼比寫作更重要》，以及合著有《教科書裡的詞彙拼圖》（以上暫譯）等作品。

By: Roger Stern

《老伯伯的雨傘》是佐野洋子繼《活了100萬次的貓》之後，另一本膾炙人口的作品。書中的老伯伯太珍愛他的傘了，下雨天竟然怕它淋濕而不撐開它，看來愚鈍好笑的故事，實則暗諷了諸多愛的不得當。 這個乍看之下乖僻的歐吉桑緊抱著傘，就像我們每個人都多少有過的因為太喜歡而過度保護某些東西，為其做出許多傻事。也像是某些我們緊抓不放的原則，而落入不知變通的窠臼。佐野洋子藉這位看起來有點傻氣的老伯伯，來傳達「轉念」這個老生常談，提醒我們別總是被「執念」所綁架，當我們將心中的看法轉個彎，就有機會發現雨滴打在傘上的美妙感覺，就能發現新的體驗所帶來的喜悅，也能讓我們所愛之物有機會發揮他們最重要的才能與功用。

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