Eric Carle's Animals Animals

An illustrated collection of poems by a variety of authors describing the peculiarities of pets and wild and domestic animals.

A dynamic collection from the internationally-acclaimed author and illustrator of <i>The Very Hungry Caterpillar</i><P>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" (<i>Booklist</i>, starred review).<P>* An ALA Notable Book<br>* A Child Study Children's Book Committee Children's Book of the Year<br>* An IRA Teachers' Choice Book<br>* An NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children<br>* A <i>Booklist</i> Editors' Choice Book<br>* A <i>School Library Journal</i> Best Book of the Year<br>* A <i>Redbook</i> Top Ten Picture Book<P>* A Picture Puffin <br>* Full-color illustrations <br>* 96 pages <br>* All ages

Publishers Weekly

Exuberantly illustrated by Carle ( The Very Hungry Caterpillar ), this collection of animal poems contains many pleasant surprises. Benjamin Franklin observes, ``What is a butterfly? At best / He's but a caterpillar dressed,'' and Clarence Day reports, ``The ant is knowing and wise; but / he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.'' ``A discovery!'' announces Yaku in a haiku. ``On my frog's smooth green belly /there sits no button.'' Meanwhile, Carle's brilliant patchwork of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish and insects parades up and down tree trunks, alongside cityscapes and--most memorably--is enfolded in the billowing currents of oceans. Seeing and evoking all with a childlike, primitive verve, the illustrator depicts his menagerie at full tilt, with sensuous succulence. All ages. (Sept.)

Children learn about the natural world in Eric Carle's original, charming books, which include classics such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me. Carle's vivid tissue-paper illustrations and innovations in book design have made him an author whose longevity and continued popularity are testaments to his beloved status among young readers and parents.