Under the bridge, a family

Author: Carlson (USA) Author, Wang Zongwen Translator
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: To further enhance the experience of classic literature and appreciate excellence, Xinlei Publishing House launched a large-scale prize-winning writing campaign titled "Read Award-Winning Novels, Write Reading Testimonials, and Visit Times Square in New York to Search for Crickets" across the country from September 2004 to August 2005. Young readers could submit their reflections on reading any book in the series to Xinlei Publishing House (No. 35 Xikang Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300051) between September 2004 and March 2005. Outstanding essays selected would be published in Writing Communications, Primary School Students' Essays, Fairyland, and on Xinlei Publishing House's website. The publisher would also fund two winners of the first prize and one outstanding organizer of the campaign to travel to New York in the summer of 2005 to search for the famous cricket from the children's literature author Selden's Times Square and visit Disneyland in Los Angeles and Universal Studios Hollywood.
In Paris, there lived an elderly homeless man named Armand. Under the bridge spanning the Seine River was his dwelling. One evening, as he returned to his place, he discovered that his territory had been taken over by three unfamiliar children and a puppy. He was both surprised and angry, wanting to drive them away. However, after interacting with the children, he gradually changed his attitude, even taking care of them during the day when their mother worked in the laundromat. The three children had long since taken him as their dear grandfather. Armand rediscovered a sense of belonging, while he also deeply understood that what the children most desired and needed was a true home. To fulfill their wishes, Armand resolved to get back on his feet and no longer rely on begging for a living. With a fresh spirit, he found a job that suited him and would work together with the children's mother to build a home that truly belonged to them.
This book won the Silver Medal for the Newbery Honor in 1959.