Eric Carle

A hermit crab who has outgrown his old shell moves into a new one, which he decorates and enhances with the various sea creatures he meets in his travels.

By order of the Duke, Walter the baker must invent a tasty roll through which the rising sun can shine three times.

The very hungry caterpillar displays its love for the reader as the cherry on a cake, the apple of an eye, and the bee's knees.

A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons.

A young boy encounters all sorts of cats while searching for the one he lost.

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days.

"One day a tiny cricket is born. He meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. The tiny cricket tries to respond, but he cannot make a sound. And so the cricket makes his way in the world, meeting one insect after another who greets him with a cheery hello."--P. [4] of cover.

A lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies.

"Where is the sun? Beginning readers will love learning to read and love learning about the sun's position in the sky, and the opposites between night and day"--

En este libro ilustrado para niños, el artista pinta cuadros de animales de colores no ordinarios. El autor incluye un esbozo biográfico sobre Franz Marc junto a una fotografía de la obra de Marc, Blue horse I (Caballo azul, #1). Rather than use the same old colors, a child paints animals and objects in a variety of different hues. Includes biographical information about the German painter Franz Marc, who created unconventional animal paintings...