Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings + Leo and Diane Dillon = pure magic! A depression era story that is just as timely as it is enchanting, this is a stunning picture book for the ages. There’s just not enough…not enough money, not enough food, not enough fish for her daddy to sell at the market. Hard times have come to the forest, but Calpurnia wants to turn them back into soft times. With her little dog Buggy Horse and a tip from old Mother Albirtha, the wisest person in the forest, Calpurnia finds a secret river and uses the pink paper roses from her hair to catch enough beautiful catfish to feed the whole swamp land —with some left over for Daddy to sell. When she tries to find the river again the next day, Mother Albirtha tells her, “Child, sometimes a thing happens once, and does not ever happen anymore….You caught catfish when catfish were needed…you will not find the river again.” This story by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Yearling and literary icon Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings is about living in a time of want, yet it is overflowing with riches—stunning language, mystical happenings, wondrous, wondrous artwork. Beautiful in all ways that a book can be beautiful, this unforgettable picture book is a classic in the making.

纽伯瑞文学奖是英语世界儿童文学的**奖，凯迪克奖是美国图画书届**奖。

时隔55年，1956年纽伯瑞银奖作品The Secret River 《神秘河》，由凯迪克金奖画手再度演绎

不可臆断，大师跨越时空的联袂一定是**之作、妙不可言

毋庸置疑，出众而沉寂了许久的《神秘河》确实得到了漂亮的重生。

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953) is thecelebrated American author ofThe Yearling, which wasawarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1939.^Leo andDiane Dillonare an award winning illustrator pair that havecollaborated of book projects for more than fifty years, winningtwo consecutive Caldecott Medals forWhy Mosquitoes Buzz InPeople's EarsandAshanti To Zulu: AfricanTraditions.They have also received fiveNew YorkTimesBest Illustrated Books Awards,five Coretta ScottKing Honors and one Coretta Scott King Awardand many otherawards and distinctions.They live and work in Brooklyn, NewYork.