My First Peek-a-Boo Animals (The World of Eric Carle) - Hardcover

Carle, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1534401059 ISBN 13: 9781534401051

Publisher: Little Simon, 2017

Synopsis

From beloved author-illustrator Eric Carle comes this brand-new peek-a-boo book that features an animal guessing game and lift-the-flaps throughout—sure to endlessly entertain little ones!

I have a long trunk
and big floppy ears
I roam in the grass
where I’ll live for many years

Peek-a-boo! There’s an elephant hiding under that flap! With all sorts of animals, lift-the-flaps, lively rhyming text, and Eric Carle’s bright, colorful artwork this charming new board book is sure to keep little ones busy. It’s a must-have for every Eric Carle collection!

About this title

About the Author:

Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of more than seventy books for very young children, including The Tiny Seed, Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, and his most well-known title, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Born in Syracuse, New York, Eric Carle moved to Germany with his parents when he was six years old. He studied at the prestigious art school, the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, in Stuttgart, before returning to the United States, where he worked as a graphic designer for The New York Times and later as art director for an advertising agency. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, now considered a modern classic, has sold nearly fifty million copies and has been translated into sixty-five languages. With his late wife, Barbara, Eric Carle cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts in 2002. Eric Carle lives in the Florida Keys.

Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of more than seventy books for very young children, including The Tiny Seed, Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, and his most well-known title, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Born in Syracuse, New York, Eric Carle moved to Germany with his parents when he was six years old. He studied at the prestigious art school, the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, in Stuttgart, before returning to the United States, where he worked as a graphic designer for The New York Times and later as art director for an advertising agency. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, now considered a modern classic, has sold nearly fifty million copies and has been translated into sixty-five languages. With his late wife, Barbara, Eric Carle cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts in 2002. Eric Carle lives in the Florida Keys.

From School Library Journal:

Toddler-PreS—With a winning combination of descriptive rhymes, sturdy peek-a-boo flaps, and iconic colorful collage images, Carle introduces young listeners to an elephant, tiger, turtle, monkey, horse, butterfly, frog, and lion. This is part guessing game, part interactive manipulation, and pure fun. Sure to be a lapsit favorite.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Simon
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1534401059
• ISBN 13: 9781534401051
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 18
• Illustrator: Carle Eric