Product Description
My Very First Shapes with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Author(s): Eric Carle
Format: Board book
Introduce the first concept of shapes with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this playful early learning series - with peep-through flaps on every page!
Learn all about circles, squares, triangles and more with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and friends.
Each page of this chunky board book has been thoughtfully designed with a peep-through flap to encourage little ones to join in and guess the shape. Perfect for getting very little ones excited about learning their very first shapes!
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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 been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. www.eric-carle.com
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