貝佛莉・剋利林，齣生於俄勒風州的麥剋明維勒小城，直到她上學的年幻纔住在芋山的一座

農場中。貝佛莉的母親是一位圖書館館員，因此從小她就受熏陶，喜歡看書，並決定寫有關

她童年時的趣事。�從加州柏剋大學畢業之後，貝佛莉進入華盛頓大學攻讀圖書管理。她緻

力研究有關兒童的圖書館工作，並在華盛頓擔任兒童圖書館館長。�當有的小孩問貝佛莉如

何尋找靈感時，她迴答說是由生活經驗及周遭的環境中得到的。

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貝佛莉的書為她贏得許多赫赫有名的奬章，譬如《親愛的漢斯先生》獲得1984年紐伯瑞金牌奬，並為她奪得1983年美國文學最傑齣貢獻奬，“雷夢拉係列則分彆贏得1978年及1982年紐伯瑞銀牌奬，還有其他奬多得不勝枚舉。�

貝佛莉的作品被譯成10種以上不同的語言版本。1988年PBS電視颱演齣的“雷夢拉”，即是依據雷夢係列改編而成，另外一小時的改編劇“The Mouse Motorycle and Ranaway Ralpf”也在ABG電視颱中演齣。

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Dear Mr. Henshaw, I wish somebody would stop stealing the good stuff out of my lunchbag. I guess I wish a lot of other things, too. I wish someday Dad and Bandit would pull up in front in the rig ... Dad would yell out of the cab, "Come on, Leigh. Hop in and I'll give you a lift to school." Leigh Botts has been author Boyd Henshaw's number one fan ever since he was in second grade. Now in sixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is the new kid at school. He's lonely, troubled by the absence of his father, a cross-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious thief steals from his lunchbag. Then Leigh's teacher assigns a letter-writing project. Naturally Leigh chooses to write to Mr. Henshaw, whose surprising answer changes Leigh's life. Winner of the Newbery Medal

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