Brown Bear and Friends ABC (World of Eric Carle)

by Eric Carle, Odd Dot, Eric Carle (Illustrator)

Overview

With a crinkle cover you'll want to touch and explore again and again! From Eric Carle's Brown Bear and Friends comes an exciting new novelty crinkle board book exploring the perennial favorite—the alphabet!

In the forest, looking for a treat! What will Brown Bear find to eat? Apple, Berries, Cherries, Deee-licious!

Exploring everything there is to see, taste, and discover in the forest, Brown Bear delights in each letter from A to Z in this charming alphabet book. With rhythmic, rhyming, read-aloud text, and an oh-so-touchable novelty cover, it's perfect for the youngest of readers. Featuring Eric Carle's bright, distinctive artwork, each letter introduces foods, animals, sounds, and so much more. It's an exploration of the alphabet that will engage all of the senses!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250893994
Publisher:	Odd Dot
Publication date:	01/23/2024
Series:	World of Eric Carle Series
Pages:	28
Sales rank:	1,050,204
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Eric Carle (1929-2021) was one of America’s leading children’s book illustrators and authors. Author of more than seventy books, his picture book career started when Bill Martin Jr invited him to create the illustrations for Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? That book that went on to sell millions of copies worldwide and Eric soon began writing and illustrating his own books, eventually creating the bestselling classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Born in the United States, Eric also spent many of his early years in Germany where he studied typography and graphic art at the Academy of Applied Art in Stuttgart.

Carle was the recipient of many honors including the American Library Association’s Children’s Literature Legacy Award and the Original Art Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators. In addition to writing and illustrating books of his own, he also collaborated on several others, including Bill Martin Jr's Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?, Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Why Noah Chose the Dove, and the Eric Carle and Friends’ What’s Your Favorite picture book series. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, which Carle and his wife Bobbie founded, opened in Amherst, Massachusetts in 2002.

Hometown:

Northampton, Massachusetts and the Berkshires

Date of Birth:

June 25, 1929

Place of Birth:

Syracuse, New York

Education:

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Stuttgart, 1946-50

Website:

http://www.eric-carle.com/

Editorial Reviews

"Toddler-PreS–This is a charming book. It’s “inspired by” the Bill Martin/Eric Carle original, and the art is from the “World of Eric Carle” collection, but there is no actual author or illustrator. The iconic Brown Bear is in the forest and exploring the alphabet. First he finds things to eat that start with the letters from A through H, and then finds friends to play with that have names starting with the letters I through P. After “porcupines prickling” the remaining letters are devoted to sounds of the forest. The alphabet gets a very clever wind-up as a tired Brown Bear lumbers along: “Uh-oh getting tired, very tired, wobble, wobble, extra sleepy, yawn, zzzzz.” VERDICT Perfect preschooler fare, with a place in most children’s collections." –John Scott via School Library Journal

From the Publisher

02/16/2024

Toddler-PreS—This is a charming book. It's "inspired by" the Bill Martin/Eric Carle original, and the art is from the "World of Eric Carle" collection, but there is no actual author or illustrator. The iconic Brown Bear is in the forest and exploring the alphabet. First, he finds things to eat that start with the letters from A through H, and then finds friends to play with that have names starting with the letters I through P. After "porcupines prickling" the remaining letters are devoted to sounds of the forest. The alphabet gets a very clever wind-up as a tired Brown Bear lumbers along: "Uh-oh getting tired, very tired, wobble, wobble, extra sleepy, yawn, zzzzz." VERDICT Perfect preschooler fare, with a place in most children's collections.—John Scott

School Library Journal