How Does a Tadpole Grow?: Life Cycles with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator)

Overview

Learn how a tadpole becomes a frog with Eric Carle's classic artwork and The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

In this nonfiction story, young readers explore the transformation of a tadpole into a frog. The miracles of nature come to life in this early-learning series centered around life cycles, featuring simple text and Eric Carle's classic illustrations!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593520260
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	06/07/2022
Series:	World of Eric Carle Series
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	10
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Eric Carle was the legendary and bestselling creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and over 70 other classic books for very young children. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has sold over 50 million copies, and been translated into 70 languages. Eric Carle was honored many times for his work, including the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association and the NEA Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education, among many other national and international awards. In 2002, Eric Carle and his wife, Barbara, co-founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts. Eric Carle passed away in 2021, at the age of 91.
 

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

05/27/2022

Toddler-PreS—The Very Hungry Caterpillar wants to know how a tadpole grows, and this perfect little board book sets about to explain it in typical Carle fashion: "The eggs are surrounded by a squishy gel. After about two weeks, the eggs are ready to hatch." The tadpoles, in glowing green translucent tissue paper, seem ready to squiggle off the page, but the text explains how they breathe and then how, two months later, back legs emerge. All of this is fairly exciting stuff, against the crisp white backgrounds that are a hallmark of the series. Front legs, check; lungs, check; tail falls off, frogs! VERDICT Most science board books overwhelm or understate. This one is just right.—Kimberly Olson Fakih

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