Eric Carle's Very Little Library

Marc Notes: Collects three of Carle's singular picture books: The very hungry caterpillar eats its way to being a butterfly; The very busy spider works all day building her web, and rests well at night; The very lonely firefly searches for (and finds) other fireflies.; Title from container.; The very hungry caterpillar has variously-sized pages with holes to mark the caterpillar's progress; The very busy spider has some textured features; The very lonely firefly has a last page that shows fireflies lights (battery included.). Publisher Marketing: Children all over the world have grown up with Eric Carle and his "very" books. Now, for the first time, three of these classic board books are together in their own little library! Packaged in a beautiful slipcase, the timeless "The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Lonely Firefly," and "The Very Busy Spider" make a collection essential for every new baby, and every child beginning the road to reading. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/03/2003 (EAN 9780399242045, Board Books) PW Notes and Reprints 11/03/2003 pg. 77 (EAN 9780399242045, Board Books) Contributor Bio:  Carle, Eric Eric Carle is the creator of more than seventy picture books for young readers. Eric Carle was born in New York, USA. However, when he was just six, he moved with his parents to Germany. In 1952, after graduating from the prestigious Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Stuttgart, he fulfilled his dream of returning to New York. Eric Carle has received many distinguished awards and honours for his work, including, in 2003, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his lifetime contribution to children's literature and illustration. In 2002, fifty years after Carle's return to the United States, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art was opened in Amherst, Massachusetts. Here visitors of all ages can enjoy, in addition to Eric Carle's work, original artwork by other distinguished children's book illustrators from around the world. Eric Carle es el creador de mas de setenta libros ilustrados para ninos. Nacio en Syracuse, Nueva York, pero a los seis anos de edad se traslado con sus padres a Alemania. En 1952, tras graduarse de la prestigiosa Akademie der Bildenden Kunste de Stuttgart, logro cumplir su sueno de regresar a Nueva York. Ha recibido muchos e importantes premios y distinciones, entre ellos el Laura Ingalls Wilder Award en 2003, por su aportacion global a la literatura y a la ilustracion infantil. En 2002, cincuenta anos despues de su regreso a los Estados Unidos, se inauguro en Amherst, Massachusetts, el Museo Eric Carle de Libros Ilustrados, donde se exhibe, ademas de la obra completa de Eric Carle, un buen numero de originales de los mas destacados ilustradores de libros infantiles del mundo entero.