Eric Carle'S Animals Animals

Eric Carle'S Animals Animals

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). From Publishers Weekly Inspired by a wide-ranging array of animal poems and poets from Benjamin Franklin to Clarence Day, Carle "depicts his menagerie at full tilt, with sensuous succulence," said PW. All ages. (Sept.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review 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). From the Back Cover Busy, busy, busy, busy, Busy little squirrel -- Running, running, jumping, In a dizzy whirl.... Phyllis Halloran About the Author Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into more than 25 languages and sold over twelve million copies. Since the Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than sixty books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote.