Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? - Hardcover

Carle, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060287683 ISBN 13: 9780060287689

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2000

Synopsis

HardCover Pub Date: 2000 Pages: 32 in Publisher: the Harper Collins Do animals have withmothers. Too Of course they do - just like me and you Meet the little joey whose kangaroo mother carries him in her pouch. See the a cygnet riding on the back of the mother swan. Eric Carle's colorful collages of animal babies with their caring and affectionate mothers offer small readers visual delight as well as comforting reassurance. The playful question-and-answer text invites children and adults to read aloud together. Repetition of key phrases helps preschoolers take the first step toward reading readiness. And the gamelike format makes it easy and fun to discover more about the world of nature and to learn the common names of some familiar - and some not-so-familiar - - animals. A bonus page at the back of the book lists the correct but sometimes surprising names of animal babies....

About this title

Review:

‘A feast of colour from the cutout letters of the title to the endpapers. The repetitious text is perfect for the toddler set.’
School Library Journal, US

‘Carle’s collages are as vibrant and refreshing as ever.’
Publishers Weekly, US

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 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0060287683
• ISBN 13: 9780060287689
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Carle Eric