Sophie is an artist who wants to spin beautiful creations all day long and, someday, a masterpiece. As a spider, though, Sophie has a hard time finding a welcoming place in which she can be free to live and spin. She's shooed and shuffled all over Beekman's Boardinghouse until one day she finally finds the warm, comfortable, safe home for which she always yearned -- and the inspiration for the masterpiece of her lifetime.
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作者:艾琳·斯安内利(Eileen Spineli)
畅销故事作家,擅长处理温馨、生活化的题材。她年轻时住在出租公寓里,认识了一位年轻又穷困的妈妈,因为没有钱买毯子,只好拿房东太太提供的咖啡色破旧毯子给刚出生的婴儿用。多年以后,史宾那莉仍然深刻记得那个事件。她创作苏菲的故事,一偿当年想送那个婴儿一条美丽毯子的心愿。她和同为作家的先生定居在美国宾州。
绘者:简·戴尔(Jane Dyer)
得奖插画家,已有二十几本图画书的插画作品。她为了画苏菲的故事寻找数据,从一种名为Pisaurina mira的蜘蛛身上获得创作灵感。多数的蜘蛛结网是为了觅食,但这种擅长育儿的蜘蛛几乎完全把牠们的网当成保护幼子的工具。戴尔成功的塑造了苏菲这个角色,编织出细腻动人的故事舞台。她现住在美国麻州。
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