A DAY AT SCHOOL WITH THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
A DAY AT SCHOOL WITH THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar for the first day of school in this new tabbed board book!
Follow The Very Hungry Caterpillar and his friends through the school day as they dance along in music lessons, read at quiet time, and paint a wonderful picture to take home.
What's the best part of a school day?
With8 chunky tabs this tabbed board book is perfect for reassuring little caterpillars starting at a new school or nursery and introducing them to a new daily routine away from home.
ERIC CARLE
He's 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 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.
CARLE ERIC
Eric Carle nació el 25 de junio de 1929 en Siracusa, Nueva York, y pasó parte de su infancia en Alemania, donde estudió en la Akademie der Bildenden Künste de Stuttgart. En 1952 regresó a Estados Unidos y trabajó como diseñador gráfico antes de iniciar su carrera como ilustrador y autor de libros infantiles. Su obra más famosa, La oruga glotona, publicada en 1969, ha sido traducida a más de 60 idiomas y vendió millones de ejemplares. Carle desarrolló un estilo artístico único basado en collages de papeles pintados a mano, que se convirtió en su sello distintivo. A lo largo de su vida ilustró más de 70 libros y recibió numerosos premios. Falleció el 23 de mayo de 2021 en Massachusetts a los 91 años.
