Today it is Eddie’s birthday, and Maisy is walking to Eddie’s house so that
she can attend his party. Her first stop is Cyril’s house, and when the door is
opened, Maisy can see that Cyril is all ready for the party. He even has a
special party hat. Further down the street Maisy walks past the doctor’s office. Dr. Duck is
inside and he is working. At the Café, Maisy’s friend Charley is having a snack,
and a few buildings down the street, Maisy meets Tallulah who is at the shoe
store. Right next to Eddie’s house there is the bakery. Look! There is Dotty and
she is buying a birthday cake. For this delightful novelty title, Lucy Cousins has created a fold out book
that has flaps that you can lift so that you can explore inside the buildings
that Maisy walks past. Little children will love being able to see inside the
costume shop, the fire station, and the other places along Maisy’s street.
Dot and Dash love to play in this action-packed novelty book. With sturdy tabs
to push and pull on every spread, a giant pop-up finale and a foiled cover with
die-cuts to peep through, this new Dot and Dash adventure will capture the
imagination of toddlers and preschoolers everywhere.
库尼,1917年和她的孪生兄弟出生于纽约的布鲁克林。父亲是一位证券商,母亲是一位业余艺术家。是母亲引导她走上了画家之路,她长大成名以后,曾不断有人问她:“你是如何成为一位艺术家的?”她回答道:“我想这源自于我的家学,因为我的曾祖父是一位艺术家,他从德国移民到曼哈顿……我的母亲是一位油画与水彩画家,她不在意我弄乱她的画笔及画布,她教给我惟一的一件事就是洗干净我的画笔,她常常让我一个人画画。” 1938年毕业于麻萨诸塞州史密斯学院,主修艺术史。之后她一边在纽约市的艺术学生联盟学习石版印刷及蚀刻版技法,一边开始向出版社毛遂自荐自己的作品,1940年出版了她的第一本插图作品《卡尔·马姆伯格的阿奇和他的世界》(Carl Malmberg’s Ake and His World)。1941年,她出版了自写自画的图画书《毁灭岛之王》(King of Wreck Island)。在此后的近六十年里,她陆陆续续创作了一百多本图画书,是美国最伟大的图画书画家之一。她的主要作品除了与杰弗里·乔瑟(Geoffrey Chaucer)合作、获得了1959年凯迪克奖金奖的《金嗓子和狐狸》(Chanticleer and the Fox,1958)、与唐纳德·霍尔(Donald Hall)合作,获得1980年凯迪克奖金奖的《驾牛篷车的人》(Ox-Cart Man,1979)以外,蜚声海内外的作品还有《艾玛》(Emma,1980)、《篮子月亮》(Basket Moon,1999)等多部。她是一个习惯挑战的人,总是喜欢不断地尝试各种新的技法与媒材,比如她用刮版画(Scratchboard)的技法来画《金嗓子和狐狸》,用压克力颜料来画《驾牛篷车的人》,是一个以风格去配合主题的画家。她的画风也以写实朴素取胜,她曾经说过:“我画画,尽量从真实生活中撷取题材,不用我不确定、模糊的线条去创造或建议成为事实。” 1942年和1949年她曾两度结婚,第一次婚姻她嫁给了一位随军记者、作家,第二次婚姻她嫁给了乡村医生查尔斯·塔尔博特·波特。再婚后,她搬到了缅因州一个靠海的地方,住在一幢建于19世纪、新英格兰风格的大房子里,直到2000年3月14日逝世。