Eric Carle's Animals, Animals
by Eric Carle (Author)
In his distinctive, vibrantly colored collage style, Carle has created stunning illustrations to accompany more than 50 poems from such sources as the Bible, William Shakespeare, Pawnee Indian verse, and Ogden Nash. "Joyous. A book to be shared."--"Booklist." Full-color illustrations.
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Publishers Weekly
Exuberantly illustrated by Carle ( The Very Hungry Caterpillar ), this collection of animal poems contains many pleasant surprises. Benjamin Franklin observes, "What is a butterfly? At best / He's but a caterpillar dressed," and Clarence Day reports, "The ant is knowing and wise; but / he doesn't know enough to take a vacation." "A discovery!" announces Yaku in a haiku. "On my frog's smooth green belly /there sits no button." Meanwhile, Carle's brilliant patchwork of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish and insects parades up and down tree trunks, alongside cityscapes and--most memorably--is enfolded in the billowing currents of oceans. Seeing and evoking all with a childlike, primitive verve, the illustrator depicts his menagerie at full tilt, with sensuous succulence. All ages. (Sept.)
Eric Carle
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
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780399217449
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
O
Publisher
World of Eric Carle
Publication date
August 17, 1989
Series
-
BISAC categories
JNF042000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
Library of Congress categories
Animals
Children's poetry
Poetry
Children's poetry
Poetry
