| Have You Seen My Cat?: A Slide-And-Peek Board Book Reissue Edition Contributor(s): Carle, Eric (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 141698514X ISBN-13: 9781416985143 Publisher: Little Simon OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Board Books - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: A little boy's cat is missing and he is worried. Beautiful illustrations and a brief, easy-to-read text lead small readers on a round-the-world quest for the lost cat, and to an ending that is a wonderful surprise. Along the way, the little boy meets a wide variety of people, all trying to be helpful, and sees many beautiful members of the cat family strikingly pictured in Eric Carle's distinctive collage technique. This popular book, first published more than a decade ago, has now been completely re-illustrated by Eric Carle and is more appealing than ever. We are proud to re-introduce it now for the delight of a new generation of readers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Cats - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2010290667 |
| Series: World of Eric Carle |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.9" W x 4.9" (0.60 lbs) 16 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this charming board book adaptation of Eric Carle's popular story, Have You Seen My Cat?, little boy worries about his missing cat and travels to different places in search of his pet. The sturdy pages of this board book slide out to reveal the numerous feline counterparts--including lions, leopards, and tigers--the boy encounters along the way. It isn't until the last page that he finds his missing pet--and receives a wonderful surprise |
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. |