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Eric Carle's Animals Animals - (Paperback)

Name: Eric Carle's Animals Animals - (Paperback)
Brand: World of Eric Carle
SKU: 11818318
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From leaping, flying fish to dancing butterflies, and camels that "trollop along," Eric Carle's brilliant and colorful collage designs bring to life animal poems from such diverse sources as Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, Emily Dickinson, and Jack Prelutsky, as well as Bible verses, Japanese haiku, American Indian poems and more.
6-9 Years
11.38" x 8.76" Paperback
96 Pages
Juvenile Nonfiction, Poetry

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About the Book

Brilliant collage designs bring to life animal poems by world-renowned authors such as William Shakespeare and Rudyard Kipling.

Book Synopsis

From leaping, flying fish to dancing butterflies, and camels that "trollop along," Eric Carle's brilliant and colorful collage designs bring to life animal poems from such diverse sources as Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, Emily Dickinson, and Jack Prelutsky, as well as Bible verses, Japanese haiku, American Indian poems and more. This celebration of the wonder and variety of earth's animals is "joyous...a book to be shared" (Booklist, starred review).

From the Back Cover

Busy, busy, busy, busy, Busy little squirrel -- Running, running, jumping, In a dizzy whirl....

Phyllis Halloran

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From leaping flying fish to dancing butterflies and camels that "trollop along", Eric Carle's brilliant and colorful collage designs bring to life animal poems from such diverse sources as Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, Emily Dickinson, and Jack Prelutsky, as well as Bible verses, Japanese haiku, American Indian poems, and more. This celebration of the wonder and variety of earth's animals is "joyous ... a book to be shared" (* Booklist, starred review).

About the Author

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. www.eric-carle.com

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 11.38 Inches (H) x 8.76 Inches (W) x .3 Inches (D)

Weight: .96 Pounds

Suggested Age: 6-9 Years

Number of Pages: 96

Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction

Sub-Genre: Poetry

Publisher: World of Eric Carle

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Street Date: September 1, 1999

TCIN: 11818318

UPC: 9780698118553

Item Number (DPCI): 248-24-9556

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.3 inches length x 8.76 inches width x 11.38 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 0.96 pounds

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