My Very First Book of Numbers / Mi primer libro de números: Bilingual Edition

by Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator)

Overview

Can you tell how many cherries there are? How many apples? In the brilliantly colorful My Very First Book of Numbers, children can find the number of fruits in the bottom half of a page that matches the number of boxes and numerals in the top half. This new, bilingual English / Spanish edition will also allow them to match English and Spanish words for each. Children will love solving the puzzles of this clever, vibrant book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780399161414
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	03/07/2013
Edition description:	Bilingual Edition
Pages:	20
Product dimensions:	5.28(w) x 6.72(h) x 0.48(d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children’s Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. www.eric-carle.com

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

We can't think of a more inviting way to be introduced to the magical worlds of numbers and shapes than under the gentle guiding hand of Eric Carle. These infinitely attractive board books promise many, many, many happy returns.