• The Very Busy Spider

The Very Busy Spider

Author
Illustrator
Eric Carle
Publication Date
March 03, 2011
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
The Very Busy Spider

Description
Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider has been a favorite way for parents to teach young children about determination and persistence for more than 25 years. Now this classic story-with its delightful farm animals and the spider's tactile, raised web-comes to a new, oversized board book format, perfect for storytime or for playtime. The extra-large pages will invite children and parents alike to cuddle up with this enduring, diligent spider.
Publication date
March 03, 2011
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780399256011
Lexile Measure
330
Publisher
Philomel Books
Series
World of Eric Carle
BISAC categories
JUV029000 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | General
JUV002090 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Farm Animals
JUV002140 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Insects, Spiders, etc.
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
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