Stuart Little 《精灵鼠小弟》(ISBN9780141305066)

Stuart Little is no ordinary mouse. Born to a family of humans he lives in New York City with his parents, his older brother George and Snowball the cat. Though he's shy and thoughtful, he's an adventurous and heroic little mouse. His daring escapades include racing a toy boat in a Central Park pond, retrieving his mother's ring from a drain, and crawling inside a piano to fix the keys for his brother. When his best friend, a beautiful little bird called Margalo disappears from her nest, Stuart is determined to track her down. He ventures away from home for the very first time in his life and finds himself embroiled in one exciting adventure after another, making new friends and meeting old ones along the way.

本书讲了美国纽约一个叫利特尔的普通家庭，他们有了一个像老鼠一样大小，长得也像老鼠的男孩斯图尔特，模样活脱脱就是一只小老鼠。这位老鼠小弟心地善良、聪明伶俐，一家人里头，除了那只名叫“野茉莉”的猫，没有不喜欢它的。斯图尔特最要好的朋友是寄居在他们家的小鸟玛加洛，为了让美丽的玛加洛不受“野茉莉”的欺负，鼠小弟可真是鼓足了勇气，动足了脑筋。他发誓要把玛加洛找回来，于是开动玩具车就上了路。一路上，险情趣事层出不穷，鼠小弟历尽千辛万苦……鼠小弟最后到底有没有找到玛加洛呢？你一定猜不着。好莱坞根据本书改编的电影，让倔强可爱的鼠小弟征服了全世界。

E. B. White was born in New York in 1899 and died in 1985. He kept animals on his farm in Maine and some of these creatures crept into his books, such as STUART LITTLE which was made into a blockbusting film in 2000. He received many awards including the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1970, an award given every five years to authors who have 'made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children'.

埃尔文·布鲁克斯·怀特（1899－1985），美国当代著名散文家、评论家，以散文名世。生于纽约蒙特弗农，毕业于康奈尔大学。作为《纽约客》主要撰稿人的怀特一手奠定了影响深远的 “《纽约客》文风”。怀特对这个世界上的一切都充满关爱，他的道德与他的文章一样山高水长。除了他终生挚爱的随笔之外，他还为孩子们写了三本书：《夏洛的网》、《精灵鼠小弟》与《吹小号的天鹅》，同样成为儿童与成人共同喜爱的文学经典，被誉为“二十世纪读者最多、最受爱戴的童话”。