Eric Carle

Rooster's off to See the World Eric Carle

Brief Description: Rooster sets off to see the world and is joined by some of his friends. As evening approaches, each animal returns home one by one, leaving Rooster with his adventures. This story introduces number sets and counting to the very young. Full-color illustrations. Marc Notes: Originally published: The rooster who set out to see the world. New York: F. Watts, 1972.; On board pages.; A simple introduction to the meaning of numbers and sets as a rooster, on his way to see the world, is joined by fourteen animals along the way.. Publisher Marketing: "One fine morning, a rooster decided he wanted to travel." In strikingly designed, colorful collage illustrations and a beguiling simple text, Eric Carle takes his young readers on a trip with the rooster and his companions. As he travels, the rooster is joined by two cats, three frogs, four turtles and five fish, offering the child a graphic introduction to the meaning of numbers, number sets and addition within the context of an entertaining story. When night falls, the rooster's friends find he has made no provisions for their food or shelter and, disappointed, they abandon the expedition -- once again in sets of five, four, three and two, but this time in a declining series. Finally the rooster, too, decides that he has seen enough of the world and that he is, in fact, a little bit homesick. Eric Carle believes in letting children make learning discoveries at their own pace. This book can be read and enjoyed for its story and its beautiful illustrations alone; however, the child who is ready to begin to think mathematically will find additional pleasures in the opportunities presented in the text, the pictures and the diagrams for learning basic arithmetic concepts. Review Citations:

PW Notes and Reprints 02/25/2002 pg. 68 (EAN 9780689849015, Board Books)

Publishers Weekly 02/25/2002 (EAN 9780689849015, Board Books)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1992 (EAN 9780887081781, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 608 (EAN 9780887080425, Hardcover)

Ingram Advance 06/01/1999 pg. 46 (EAN 9780689826849, Paperback)

Ingram Children's Advance 06/01/1999 pg. 45 (EAN 9780689826849, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 06/28/1999 (EAN 9780689826849, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Carle, Eric 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 Kunste 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 es el creador de mas de setenta libros ilustrados para ninos. Nacio en Syracuse, Nueva York, pero a los seis anos de edad se traslado con sus padres a Alemania. En 1952, tras graduarse de la prestigiosa Akademie der Bildenden Kunste de Stuttgart, logro cumplir su sueno de regresar a Nueva York. Ha recibido muchos e importantes premios y distinciones, entre ellos el Laura Ingalls Wilder Award en 2003, por su aportacion global a la literatura y a la ilustracion infantil. En 2002, cincuenta anos despues de su regreso a los Estados Unidos, se inauguro en Amherst, Massachusetts, el Museo Eric Carle de Libros Ilustrados, donde se exhibe, ademas de la obra completa de Eric Carle, un buen numero de originales de los mas destacados ilustradores de libros infantiles del mundo entero.