Why Does It Snow?: Weather with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator)

Overview

Learn why it snows with the help of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

In this nonfiction story, young readers will discover what makes snow fall. The wonders of nature come to life in this early-learning series centered around weather, featuring simple text and Eric Carle's classic illustrations!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593750230
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	10/08/2024
Pages:	10
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 5.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 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/