书名：The Year of Billy Miller神奇的一年
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数620L
作者：Kevin Henkes
出版社名称：Greenwillow Books
出版时间：2015
语种：英文
ISBN：9780062268143
商品尺寸：14 x 1.7 x 20.3 cm
包装：平装
页数：240
The Year of Billy Miller《神奇的一年》由美国著名作家、插画家凯文汉克斯创作、插画。其作品的特色是创作主题紧紧围绕孩子的内心世界，反映出孩子的心声。

成长充满惊喜，平凡即是神奇！好孩子都有高情商和一颗金子般的心！这本书只讲了一个问题：怎样做个好孩子？
1.懂得尊重，心怀诚恳；
2.学会谦让，照顾弱小；
3.体谅他人，不惧挑战。
★美国纽伯瑞文学奖银奖 
★美国《纽约时报》畅销书
★美国《号角图书》杂志年度童书
★美国《柯克思书评》年度童书
★美国图书馆协会推荐童书
★美国《学校图书馆期刊》年度童书

媒体推荐：
“比利·米勒的二年级虽然平凡却处处见惊喜，文笔平实、贴近人心。作者让我们明白，人生体验不一定要多么惊天动地，也可以很重要、深刻。”——美国《柯克思书评》

“凯文·汉克斯的文字活灵活现，丰富图画仿佛跃然纸面。”──美国《纽约时报》

“生动又扎实地呈现一个小男孩在成长过程中，变得更有自信。全书节奏从容，非常适合小读者，文字细腻有人性。”──美国《号角图书》杂志

“有趣且令人印象深刻。故事中的比利或许会觉得这本书实在太厚了，但现实生活中热忱的小读者一定会喜欢，是很适合自己阅读和分享的书。”──美国《学校图书馆期刊》

“非常温暖动人。”──美国《书单》

“贴心的主角将赢得广大共鸣，本书成功捕捉低年级小读者和他们的日常生活。”──美国《出版人周刊》

“能自己读完本书的小读者一定会很乐在其中，也非常适合在教室或家里朗读。”──美国童书中心《告示牌月刊》

A 2014 Newbery Honor Book
A New York Times Bestseller
Award-winning, nationally bestselling author Kevin Henkes introduces second-grader Billy Miller in this fast-paced and funny story about friendship, sibling rivalry, and elementary school. The Year of Billy Miller includes black-and-white art by Kevin Henkes and is perfect for fans of the Ramona books; Frindle, by Andrew Clements; and the Clementine series.
The New York Times declared: “Henkes’s delightful story is restrained and vivid... forgoing the overdramatic or zany, it shows the substance, warmth and adaptability of beautifully common family love.” When Billy Miller has a mishap at the statue of the Jolly Green Giant at the end of summer vacation, he ends up with a big lump on his head. What a way to start second grade, with a lump on your head! As the year goes by, though, Billy figures out how to navigate elementary school, how to appreciate his little sister, and how to be a more grown up and responsible member of the family and a help to his busy working mom and stay-at-home dad. Newbery Honor author and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes delivers a short, satisfying, laugh-out-loud-funny school and family story that features a diorama homework assignment, a school poetry slam, cancelled sleepovers, and epic sibling temper tantrums. This is a perfect short novel for the early elementary grades.

Review
“Billy Miller’s second-grade year is quietly spectacular in a wonderfully ordinary way.... Henkes offers... a sense that experiences don’t have to be extraordinary to be important and dramatic.... Sweetly low-key and totally accessible.”  —Kirkus Reviews(starred review)
“Henkes’s delightful story is restrained and vivid in just this way: forgoing the overdramatic or zany, it shows the substance, warmth and adaptability of beautifully common family love.”  —New York Times
“A vivid yet secure portrait of a boy coming into his confidence... [with] a comfortable rhythm perfectly suited to young readers.... Nuanced and human.”  —Horn Book(starred review)
“Funny and often poignant... Billy himself might have been daunted by a book with more than 200 pages, but eager young readers will find this a great first chapter book to share or read solo.”  —School Library Journal(starred review)
“A story with a lot of heart.”  —Booklist
“Smartly attuned to emerging readers, and its warmth, relatable situations, and sympathetic hero give it broad appeal.”  —Publishers Weekly
“Thoughtful kids able to tackle a book of this length will enjoy reading this on their own, but it would also make a fine choice for reading aloud in the classroom or home.”  —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
今天是比利·米勒在二号教室的一天，他担心得不得了，怕自己不够聪明，没办法应付新生活…… 

那天风很大，比利跑在家人前──准备快步登上观景台。当他站在绿巨人庞大无比的脚踝中间时，一阵强风突然掀起他头上的棒球帽。比利想也没想，便立刻踩上栏杆，努力往前倾，想伸手抓回帽子……哎呀！
凯文·汉克斯以生动的文字描述比利·米勒在二号教室的这一年。全书分成老师、爸爸、妹妹和妈妈四大部分，从比利和这四位在他生活中很重要的人的互动中，可以看到一开始比利担心自己可能不够聪明而无法应付二年级、怕老师误会自己，到渐渐变得有自信、更融入小学生活，在家里也更能包容年幼的妹妹等，是个幽默可爱的低年级成长故事。
It was a blustery day. The flag on the nearby pole snapped in the wind. Billy raced ahead of his family—up the steps to the lookout platform. As he stood between the Giants enormous feet, a sudden gust lifted his cap from his head. His cap sailed away. Without thinking, Billy stepped onto the middle rung of the guardrail, leaned over, and reached as far as he could... 

凯文·汉克斯（Kevin Henkes），美国知名作家及插画家。生于1960年，从小就热爱阅读和画画，很幸运地年仅二十一岁便成为图文作家，出版自己的图画书All Alone，从此迈入全职创作的人生。作品众多，包括纽伯瑞文学奖银奖小说《奥莉的海洋》。他也创作了不少图画书，读者耳熟能详的有凯迪克金奖《小猫咪第1次看满月》、凯迪克银奖《阿文的小毯子》，以及《勇敢的莎莎》、《我好担心》、《莉莉的紫色小皮包》、《我的名字克丽桑丝美美菊花》、《莉莉的大日子》等书，其中为小小读者所创作的一系列以老鼠为主角的作品非常受欢迎。

Kevin Henkeshas been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors—one for Olive’sOcean and one for The Year of Billy Miller—and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Egg,Old Bear,A Good Day,Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin.
It was the first day of second grade and Billy Miller was worried. He was worried that he wouldn’t be smart enough for school this year.

There was a reason he was worried. Two weeks earlier on their drive home from visiting Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills of South Dakota, Billy Miller and his family stopped in Blue Earth, Minnesota, to see the statue of the Jolly Green Giant. Billy instantly recognized the Giant from the labels of canned and frozen vegetables. The statue was spectacular—so tall, and the greenest green Billy had ever seen.
Billy was wearing his new baseball cap that said BLACK HILLS in glossy silver embroidery. It was a blustery day. The flag on the nearby pole snapped in the wind. Billy raced ahead of his family—up the steps to the lookout platform. As he stood between the Giant’s enormous feet, a sudden gust lifted his cap from his head. His cap sailed away. Without thinking, Billy stepped onto the middle rung of the guardrail, leaned over, and reached as far as he could. He fell to the pavement below. The next thing Billy remembered was waking up in a hospital. His parents, whom he called Mama and Papa, were with him, as was his three-year-old sister, Sally, whom everyone called Sal.
After tests were done, the doctor proclaimed Billy miraculously unharmed, except for a lump on his head. “You fell exactly the right way to protect yourself,” the doctor told him. “You’re a lucky young man.”
“And Papa got your hat back!” said Sal.
When they returned home, Billy proudly showed his lump—and his cap—to his best friend, Ned. He called his grandmother on the phone and told her about the incident, too. Everything seemed all right until a few nights later when Billy overheard his parents talking in the kitchen.
“I’m worried about him,” said Mama. “He’s fine,” said Papa. “Everyone said he’s fine. And he seems fine. He is fine.”
“You’re probably right,” said Mama. “But I worry that down the line something will show up. He’ll start forgetting things.”
“He already forgets things,” said Papa. “He’s a seven-year-old boy.”