The Bad-tempered Ladybird

Informationen zum Autor 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 Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of books for very young children including his most well-known title The Very Hungry Caterpillar . With his late wife! Barbara! Eric Carle co-founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts in 2002. Eric Carle divides his time between the Florida Keys and the hills of North Carolina. Zusammenfassung The bad-tempered ladybird picks fights with every animal he meets, but soon learns the importance of friends and turns into a far nicer, happier bug. The beautifully illustrated pages of this entertaining book demonstrate the sizes of the different animals and the sun's path across the sky as time passes.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Carle, Carle Eric
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 2 to 5
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2011
• EAN: 9780141332031
• ISBN: 978-0-14-133203-1
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 262 mm x 262 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Puffin Books; Picture Puffins
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Picture books; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Manners & Etiquette, JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / General, Early learning: people who help us, Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), For children c 0-2 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, For children c 0–36 months, Early years: people who help us