About Laura Numeroff

关于 Laura Numeroff

Laura Joffe Numeroff is the acclaimed #1 New York Times best-selling children’s author of “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” and the subsequent If You Give… series. First printed in 1985, “Mouse” is now beyond its 60th printing. The fourth book in the series, “If You Take a Mouse to the Movies” was on the New York Times Children’s Best Seller list for five months- nine weeks at number one.

Laura Joffe Numeroff 是著名的《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜第一的儿童作家，著有《如果你给一只老鼠一块饼干》和随后的《如果你给… … 》系列。《老鼠》于1985年首次印刷，现在已经超过了第60版。该系列的第四本书《如果你带一只老鼠去看电影》(If You Take a Mouse to The Movies)在《纽约时报》(New York Times)儿童畅销书榜上连续五个月名列第一，为期九周。

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Laura grew up as the youngest of three girls, surrounded by art, music, and books. She attended Pratt Institute and graduated with a degree in communications and a contract for her first children’s book, “Amy for Short,” published in 1975 by Macmillan.

劳拉出生在纽约的布鲁克林，在三个女孩中最小的一个长大，周围环绕着艺术、音乐和书籍。她就读于普拉特学院(Pratt Institute) ，获得了传播学学位，并与麦克米伦于1975年出版的第一本儿童读物《简短的艾米》(Amy for Short)签订了合同。

In 2000, If You Give a Pig a Pancake” was featured on the Oprah show three times, and was recommended by Oprah’s first kids’ book club, as well as being noted as Oprah’s favorite children’s book of the year on her Christmas show. “Pig” was also on Publishers Weekly Bestseller List for over a year. In addition, the series has sold over 4.5 million copies, been printed in fourteen languages, and won the prestigious Quill Award in the picture book category.

2000年，《如果你给猪一个煎饼》三次出现在奥普拉的脱口秀节目中，并被奥普拉的第一个儿童读书俱乐部推荐，同时也被奥普拉在她的圣诞节目中评为最受欢迎的儿童读物。《猪》也在出版商周刊畅销书排行榜上占据了一年多的时间。此外，这套丛书已经售出450万册，以14种语言印刷，并赢得了享有盛誉的绘本类奎尔奖。

An avid animal lover, Laura, with co-creator Sean Hanrahan, released “Raising a Hero,” about a puppy learning to become a service dog and help children with disabilities and special needs. A portion of all sales supports Canine Companions for Independence, a non-profit providing skilled service dogs to children, adults and veterans with disabilities, free of charge.

一个狂热的动物爱好者，劳拉，与联合创作者肖恩汉拉汉，发布了“提高一个英雄,”关于一只小狗学习成为一个服务狗，并帮助残疾和特殊需要的儿童。所有销售额的一部分用于支持“犬类独立伙伴”，这是一个非营利组织，为残疾儿童、成人和老兵免费提供熟练的服务犬。

President George W. Bush, First Lady Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton have all read Numeroff’s books to children. First Lady Michelle Obama, with her mother and two daughters Malia and Sasha, read Laura’s “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” at the 2010 Easter Egg Roll on the White House Lawn. Laura was one of ten children’s authors invited to a literacy day in Washington during the Bush administration in 2001. Laura has also visited over 100 elementary schools and has been a speaker at teacher conferences around the country.

乔治 · w · 布什总统、第一夫人劳拉 · 布什和希拉里 · 克林顿都给孩子们读过 Numeroff 的书。在2010年白宫草坪的复活节滚彩蛋活动上，米歇尔·奥巴马和她的母亲，两个女儿 Malia 和 Sasha 在阅读 Laura 的《 If You Give a Mouse a Cookie 》。劳拉是2001年布什政府时期受邀参加华盛顿扫盲日的10名儿童作家之一。劳拉还走访了100多所小学，并在全国各地的教师会议上发言。

In addition to her work with service dogs and kids with disabilities, Laura donates a portion of her book royalties to First Book, a non-profit organization that provides brand new books to children who otherwise would not have access to them. She donated all royalties from “The Hope Tree – Kids Talk About Cancer,” to the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

除了与服务犬和残疾儿童一起工作，劳拉还向第一本书捐赠了部分版税，第一本书是一家非营利组织图书馆，为那些无法接触到这些书的儿童提供全新的书籍。她将《希望树——孩子们谈癌症》的全部版税捐给了苏珊 · 科曼乳腺癌基金会。