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Informationen zum Autor Bill Martin Jr was an American educator, publishing executive, and author of more than 300 children's books including The Sounds of Mystery, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (co-authored with John Archambault), and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? The Bill Martin Jr. Award, which is the Kansas state award for best children's picture book, was established in his honor in 1996. 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 Klappentext Dieselloks bilden nach wie vor das Rückgrat des Eisenbahnverkehrs. Wer sich mit der Antriebstechnik beschäftigen will, hat auf den Nachdruck dieses erstmals 1967 im transpress Verlag erschienenen Bandes sehnsüchtig gewartet. Denn hier wird die Technik von Fachleuten kompetent und umfassend erklärt. Zahlreiche Detailzeichnungen und Tabellen sowie Fotos beantworten alle Fragen rund um die Technik des Dieselantriebs, dessen Grundlagen heute wie in den 60er-Jahren dieselben sind. Nicht zuletzt, weil auch heute noch zahlreiche Dieselloks, deren Aufbau hier beschrieben wird, auf der Schiene unterwegs sind. 'The natural history is a source for smiles, the illustrations in collage and paint are little works of art' The Times Educational Supplement 'Carle's books all have an educational element -- they teach about animals, numbers, colours and nature -- but a big part of their appeal is that they are not didactic or laboured, but light and entertaining. There's warmth and humour there too' Junior Zusammenfassung Baby Bear meets all sorts of different animals until he finally finds what he is looking for - his mother. Told through Bill Martin's rhythmic text and Eric Carle's vibrant images, this is the fourth companion title to the much-loved classic Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?...
