Eric Carle

Rooster is 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. Brief Description: "This book was previously published with slightly different text as Rooster's off to see the world."Brief Description: 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. Marc Notes: ; 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: Count along with Rooster in this Ready-to-Read edition of a favorite story from Eric Carle. One fine morning, a rooster sets off to see the world. Soon he's joined by two cats, then three frogs, then four turtles, then five fish. But one group by one, his new friends decide to head home, leaving the rooster alone again--and ready to return to his own comfortable home as well. With his colorful collage illustrations and text that introduces simple addition and subtraction, Eric Carle has created a beloved tale that's been adapted into a Level 1 Ready-to-Read, making it ideal for sharing aloud with emerging readers. Review Citations:

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 52 (EAN 9781442472693, Paperback)

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

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

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

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

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)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 52 (EAN 9781442472709, Hardcover)

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.