书名：Abel's Island 老鼠阿贝漂流记
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数920L
作者：William Steig
出版社名称：Square Fish
出版时间：2007
语种：英文
ISBN：9780312371432
商品尺寸：13.2 x 0.9 x 19.6 cm
包装：平装
页数：128（以实物为准）

★荣获美国纽伯瑞银奖。
★美国著名儿童作家威廉史塔克的代表之作

精彩书评：
 
 阿贝代表了我们所有人，他骄傲、足智多谋、绝望、坚持不懈，终取得了胜利。这也是史塔克先生小说写作的胜利——虽然他的小说数量没有图画书多，但这本小说在质量上超过了他的图画书。—《纽约时报》
                                                                                                          
史塔克以他一贯的文采、热情和洞察力描写了阿贝的冒险经历。同时，他还亲自配插图，让这本书更加有趣。从所有方面来看，这本书都是优秀之作。—《学校图书馆杂志》
                                                                                                  
史塔克以独特的风格讲述了一只老鼠的故事。阿贝继承的财富使他可以过着花花公子般的悠闲生活，但这高调的优裕生活后面隐藏着一个金子般的灵魂：一旦面临生存的需要，阿贝就奋勇地去迎接挑战。—《书单》杂志
                                                                                        
阿贝是典型的史塔克式的英雄：和蔼、高雅、彬彬有礼、在恰当的时候勇敢地进行自我反省——这让他能迎接极危险的挑战。史塔克对隐喻的生动动用使得这本书很适合大声朗读出来。—《华尔街杂志》

这本书不仅仅能启发孩子。史塔克是这样的作家，他的观察力会引发不同年龄段的人从不同的角度去思考。—《洛杉矶时报》

Abel's Island is a 1976 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year, and a 1977 Newbery Honor Book.

Review
“There was no trouble in locating the best book of the year, William Steig's Abel's Island . . . Abelard is, one hopes, all of us-proud, resourceful, despairing, persevering and, eventually, triumphant. And so is Mr. Steig triumphant in the quality of his prose-nor has he stinted on the quality and quantity of his illustrations.”―George A. Woods, The New York Times

“Abel's adventures are presented with Steig's usual grace, warmth, and insight, and the delights of the text are further enhanced by his drawings. On all counts, it's a winner.”―School Library Journal, Starred Review

“With inimitable style, Steig tells the story of a mouse, Abelard Hassam di Chirico Flint, who gets swept away in a driving rainstorm while rescuing his wife's scarf and winds up stranded on a river island for a year. Abel isn't just a mouse. He's a fastidious Edwardian dandy whose inherited wealth ensures the leisurely comforts he takes such pleasure in. But Abel's high-toned life of leisure conceals a soul full of true grit: once faced with the necessity of surviving. Abel rises to the challenge.” ―Booklist, Starred Review

“Abel is a classic Steig hero: amiable, dignified, polite and given to moments of brave self-understanding that cause him to rise to desperate challenges. Steig's lively use of metaphor makes his books a joy to read aloud.”―The Wall Street Journal

“It's not only for kids that Steig's work offers revelations. He's one of those writers whose observations one can contemplate at different ages with different insights. In Abel's Island, Abel, a mouse accustomed to a life of luxury, is wrenched from his beloved wife by a violent storm and 

阿贝生活在他所熟悉的老鼠的世界里，一直都很安全。他从妈妈那里获得生活的给养，有一个舒适的家，一个可爱的妻子——阿曼达。在八月里吹着大风的某一天，汹涌的洪水把他冲走，将他扔到了一个荒无人烟的小岛上。尽管阿贝离开小岛的决心很大，倔强地想出了各种方法——试着用小舟、绳子甚至垫脚石去跨过河流，但他还是无法踏上回家的路。
荒岛上的日子让阿贝对远离的、过去的生活有了新的理解。在这个离群索居、充满危险的居所，每天都面对着生存的挑战，他反思起以前过惯了的舒适生活，并发现了自己的才能和天赋；如果终能回到莫斯威利镇，回到阿曼达身边，他一定能凭着这些才能和天赋过上更有意义的生活。
Abel's place in his familiar, mouse world has always been secure; he had an allowance from his mother, a comfortable home, and a lovely wife, Amanda. But one stormy August day, furious flood water carry him off and dump him on an uninhabited island. Despite his determination and stubborn resourcefulness―he tried crossing the river with boats and ropes and even on stepping-stones―Abel can't find a way to get back home.

Days, then weeks and months, pass. Slowly, his soft habits disappear as he forages for food, fashions a warm nest in a hollow log, models clay statues of his family for company, and continues to brood on the problem of how to get across the river―and home.

Abel's time on the island brings him a new understanding of the world he's separated from. Faced with the daily adventure of survival in his solitary, somewhat hostile domain, he is moved to reexamine the easy way of life he had always accepted and discovers skills and talents in himself that hold promise of a more meaningful life, if and when he should finally return to Mossville and his dear Amanda again.

威廉·史塔克，1907年11月14日出生于美国纽约的布鲁克林区。他从小即受到家庭的影响，对绘画怀有浓厚的兴趣。从23岁起，他开始了漫画家的生涯，被《新闻周刊》誉为“漫画之王”，曾担任著名杂志《纽约客》艺术总监长达三十年之久。1968年，61岁的他才开始创作童书，一出手就不同凡响。1970年的《驴小弟变石头》和1977年的《会说话的骨头》分别获得凯迪克金奖、银奖，1976年的《老鼠阿贝漂流记》和1983年的《老鼠牙医生》都获得了纽伯瑞银奖。其他深受欢迎的作品还有《斯宾奇发脾气》《小老鼠和大鲸鱼》《农夫帕默的篷车之旅》，以及被改编成电影的《怪物史莱克》等。他本人在1988年获得国际安徒生奖画家奖的提名。
William Steig (1907-2003) was a cartoonist, illustrator and author of award-winning books for children, including Shrek!, on which the DreamWorks movies are based; the Caldecott Medal-winner Sylvester and the Magic Pebble; The Caldecott Honor book The Amazing Bone; and the Newbury Honor Books Abel's Island and Doctor De Soto. Stieg also published thirteen collections of drawings for adults, including The Lonely Ones, Male/Female, and Our Miserable Life.