Thanks from The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

This colorful companion to Eric Carle's classic has one goal — gratitude. Who better to teach young minds what it means to say "thanks" than the Hungry Caterpillar?

NATIONAL BESTSELLER• Show friends and family just how much you appreciate them with The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s joyful book of thanks! Learn the power of thankfulness with this charming keepsake, filled with Eric Carle’s signature illustrative style and words of gratitude.

Thanks for reminding me
To wonder about everything
And to dream of a peaceful world.

Say “Thank You” to that special someone with help from the world’s favorite caterpillar! This charming book filled with Eric Carle’s signature illustrative art is the perfect way to show your appreciation for loved ones, and to celebrate all that makes us most thankful.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780515158069
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	08/15/2017
Series:	World of Eric Carle Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	AD430L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

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

Hometown:

Northampton, Massachusetts and the Berkshires

Date of Birth:

June 25, 1929

Place of Birth:

Syracuse, New York

Education:

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Stuttgart, 1946-50

Website:

http://www.eric-carle.com/