The Eric Carle Gift Set (Boxed Set): The Tiny Seed; Pancakes, Pancakes!; A House for Hermit Crab; Rooster's Off to See the World Boxed Set Edition Contributor(s): Carle, Eric (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1442488859 ISBN-13: 9781442488854 Publisher: Little Simon OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Board Books Published: September 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - General - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts - Seasons - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food |
Series: World of Eric Carle |
Physical Information: 3.5" H x 5.2" W x 7.2" (2.73 lbs) 124 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Four favorites from Eric Carle are available in one gift set This sturdy boxed set of four bestselling Eric Carle titles includes board editions of The Tiny Seed, Pancakes, Pancakes , A House for Hermit Crab, and Rooster's Off to See the World. Each story is filled with Eric Carle's trademark collage-style illustrations that have made him one of America's most beloved artists. Parents love Eric Carle as much as kids do, and these four books in a compact boxed set make a perfect gift |
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. |