| Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me Contributor(s): Carle, Eric (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0689829590 ISBN-13: 9780689829598 Publisher: Little Simon OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Board Books - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: A father is willing to get the moon for his beloved little girl. Along with a heartwarming tale about love, children learn nature's cycles. Originally written by the author for his own daughter. Color illustrations and collages throughout. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General - Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams |
| Dewey: E |
| Lexile Measure: 450 |
| Series: Classic Board Book |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7" (0.75 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 1966 Reading Level: 2.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Monica wants the moon to play with, so her Papa sets out to get it. It isn't easy to climb to the moon, but he finally succeeds -- only to find the moon is too big to carry home. Children will love the joyful way in which this problem is solved. Now available as a Classic Board Book edition, this delightful story literally unfolds as pages open dramatically, extending both outward and upward. |
Contributor Bio(s): Carle, Eric: - 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.Carle, Eric: - Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of more than seventy books for very young children including 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 Kunste, 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 international advertising agency. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, now considered a modern classic, has sold more than 41 million copies and has been translated into sixty-two languages. With his late wife, Barbara, Eric Carle cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts in 2002. Eric Carle divides his time between the Florida Keys and the hills of North Carolina. |