Synopses & Reviews
It's time to sleep! You can doze off standing on one leg, settle down for a nap on the sea floor, or crawl into a hole and snooze until spring. Or perhaps you'd rather slip into a slimy sleeping bag? In this bedtime book, Steve Jenkins and Robin Page take a look at some of the unusual ways animals get their rest. Try them yourself, orand#8212;just maybeand#8212;your own bed sounds more comfortable?
Now this bedtime book and its two companions, Time to Eat and Time for a Bath, are bolder and better than ever in their new big book format perfect for sharing!
Review
"The real zoological factsare as thrilling as monster stories....The beautiful cut- and torn-paper collage illustrations are as expertly colored, detailed, and expressive as in the creators' previous titles, and the layout, featuring plenty of white space, nicely spotlights each animal in action....Another stand-out science title from the husband-and-wife team."and#8212;Booklist, starred review"These will be an effective way to introduce animal habits and to link them to human behavior, and they may elicit audience interest in further discussion and exploration." and#8212;Bulletin
Review
"These will be an effective way to introduce animal habits and to link them to human behavior, and they may elicit audience interest in further discussion and exploration." and#8212;Bulletin
Synopsis
Are you ready?
Here we go!
Move yourself
From Head to Toe
I can do it! That's what kids will say when they wiggle, stomp, thump, and bend across the pages of this book. Laughter and squeals of delight will abound as boys and girls (and their elders, too!) participate in the action.
Synopsis
From Eric Carle, the New York Times bestselling creator of beloved books including The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Grouchy Ladybug, comes From Head to Toe, a colorful and energetic book that will have young readers clapping their hands, stomping their feet, and wiggling their toes This oversize paperback is perfect for classroom sharing.
Giraffes can bend their necks, monkeys can wave their hands, and donkeys can kick their legs. And so can you Throughout this interactive book, the animals of From Head to Toe invite young readers to copy their antics as they play.
Through Carle's vibrant collages and simple instructions, children will learn the importance of listening, exercising, and taking on a new challenge. Join the giraffes, monkeys, donkeys, seals, and more for a frolicking, fun adventure
Synopsis
Are you ready?
Here we go!
Move yourself
From Head to Toe
I can do it! That's what kids will say when they wiggle, stomp, thump, and bend across the pages of this book. Laughter and squeals of delight will abound as boys and girls (and their elders, too!) participate in the action.
Synopsis
Would you like to eat insects, worms, or rocks? Probably not, but some animals depend on just that to survive, and you can read all about them in the big book edition of Steve Jenkins and Robin Pageand#8217;s yummiest offering to date!
Synopsis
It's time to eat! How about a nice juicy worm? Or, if you'd rather, you can swallow a fly, an old shoe, or an entire deer. Steve Jenkins and Robin Page invite you to dine with a group of animals that have fascinatingand#8212;and often peculiarand#8212;eating habits. After reading this book, spinach may sound pretty good after all.
Now this delectable book and its two companions, Time to Sleep and Time for a Bath, are bolder and better than ever in their new big book format perfect for sharing!
Synopsis
Have you ever slept standing on one leg? How about underground for the whole winter? It might not sound too comfy to us, but to some animals it feels just right.
Synopsis
Itand#8217;s time for a bath! Would you like to dance in a cloud of dust, or perhaps perch in a tree in the rain? Thatand#8217;s precisely what some animals do when itand#8217;s time to get clean, and you can learn all about them in this lively and accessible big book.
Synopsis
Would you like to eat a ball of elephant dung for dinner, take a dust bath, and then curl up in a slimy sleeping bag? Oh, you'd rather chew on a tasty worm, lick yourself clean, and stand on one leg to fall asleep? Vibrantly colored cut-and-torn-paper illustrations introduceand#160;tasty, silly, and quirky waysand#160;some animals like to eat, take a bath, and go to sleep in this playful new series by the celebrated husband-and-wife team of Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.
It's time for a bath! Find out which animals soak, lick, bake, or spray their dirt away.
About the Author
Eric Carle is the creator of more than seventy picture books for young readers.
Eric Carle was born in New York, USA. However, when he was just six, he moved with his parents to Germany. In 1952, after graduating from the prestigious Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart, he fulfilled his dream of returning to New York.
Eric Carle has received many distinguished awards and honours for his work, including, in 2003, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his lifetime contribution to children's literature and illustration.
In 2002, fifty years after Carle's return to the United States, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art was opened in Amherst, Massachusetts. Here visitors of all ages can enjoy, in addition to Eric Carle's work, original artwork by other distinguished children's book illustrators from around the world.
Eric Carle es el creador de más de setenta libros ilustrados para niños.
Nació en Syracuse, Nueva York, pero a los seis años de edad se trasladó con sus padres a Alemania. En 1952, tras graduarse de la prestigiosa Akademie der Bildenden Künste de Stuttgart, logró cumplir su sueño de regresar a Nueva York.
Ha recibido muchos e importantes premios y distinciones, entre ellos el Laura Ingalls Wilder Award en 2003, por su aportación global a la literatura y a la ilustración infantil.
En 2002, cincuenta años después de su regreso a los Estados Unidos, se inauguró en Amherst, Massachusetts, el Museo Eric Carle de Libros Ilustrados, donde se exhibe, además de la obra completa de Eric Carle, un buen número de originales de los más destacados ilustradores de libros infantiles del mundo entero.
Eric Carle is the creator of more than seventy picture books for young readers.
Eric Carle was born in New York, USA. However, when he was just six, he moved with his parents to Germany. In 1952, after graduating from the prestigious Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart, he fulfilled his dream of returning to New York.
Eric Carle has received many distinguished awards and honours for his work, including, in 2003, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his lifetime contribution to children's literature and illustration.
In 2002, fifty years after Carle's return to the United States, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art was opened in Amherst, Massachusetts. Here visitors of all ages can enjoy, in addition to Eric Carle's work, original artwork by other distinguished children's book illustrators from around the world.
Eric Carle es el creador de más de setenta libros ilustrados para niños.
Nació en Syracuse, Nueva York, pero a los seis años de edad se trasladó con sus padres a Alemania. En 1952, tras graduarse de la prestigiosa Akademie der Bildenden Künste de Stuttgart, logró cumplir su sueño de regresar a Nueva York.
Ha recibido muchos e importantes premios y distinciones, entre ellos el Laura Ingalls Wilder Award en 2003, por su aportación global a la literatura y a la ilustración infantil.
En 2002, cincuenta años después de su regreso a los Estados Unidos, se inauguró en Amherst, Massachusetts, el Museo Eric Carle de Libros Ilustrados, donde se exhibe, además de la obra completa de Eric Carle, un buen número de originales de los más destacados ilustradores de libros infantiles del mundo entero.