书名：It Could Always Be Worse 好一个馊主意

阅读对象：3-6岁

作者：Margot Zemach

出版社名称：Square Fish

出版时间：1990

语种：英语

ISBN：9780374436360

商品尺寸：22.8 x 0.2 x 25.6 cm

包装：平装

页数：32（以实物为准）

《It Could Always Be Worse》是1977年美国纽约时报书评推荐的年度佳儿童书，并获得了1978年的美国凯迪克荣誉奖。这是一个源自犹太民族的传说，作者用一幅幅彩色插图，生动地再现了这个可怜的人家因长老出的“馊主意”而导致的一个又一个灾难式的糟糕场面，十分诙谐有趣，也十分精彩。故事以反转来结束，既在情理之中，又使人颇感出乎意料。吸引读者，津津乐道。

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本书描述一个经常抱怨的苦命人，向一个名叫雷比的人请求帮助,结果雷比帮他想了一个馊主意，先是把家里的鸡鸭鹅都养在屋子里，之后是羊啊，牛啊都往屋子里住……

几经波折，爱抱怨的苦命人苦不堪言。后，他终于体悟雷比主意的神妙，不但从此与家人快乐的生活着，更学会珍惜周遭所拥有的。

Once upon a time a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a one-room hut.

Because they were so crowded, the children often fought and the man and his wife argued. When the poor man was unable to stand it any longer, he ran to the Rabbi for help.

As he follows the Rabbi's unlikely advice, the poor man's life goes from bad to worse, with increasingly uproarious results. In his little hut, silly calamity follows foolish catastrophe, all memorably depicted in full-color illustrations that are both funnier and lovelier than any this distinguished artist has done in the past.

It Could Always Be Worse is a 1977 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year, and a 1978 Caldecott Honor Book.

Margot Zemach (1931-89) was born in Los Angeles, California. She began illustrating stories by her husband, Harve, in 1959, and their subsequent collaborations led to many enduring children's books, including The Judge: An Untrue Tale, a Caldecott Honor Book; A Penny a Look, an ALA Notable Book; and Duffy and the Devil, recipient of the Caldecott Medal.

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