A dynamic collection from the internationally-acclaimed author and illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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).
* An ALA Notable Book
* A Child Study Children's Book Committee Children's Book of the Year
* An IRA Teachers' Choice Book
* An NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children
* A Booklist Editors' Choice Book
* A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
* A Redbook Top Ten Picture Book
* A Picture Puffin
* Full-color illustrations
* 96 pages
* All ages
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.)
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Poetry
- Anthologies
- Poetry
Publisher : World of Eric Carle
Author : Carle, Eric
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :1989-08-17
Number Of Pages : 96
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0399217444
ISBN-13 : 9780399217449
Item weight : 1.55 lb
Dimensions : 0.6 in x 9 in x 11.3 in
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