The Eric Carle Mini Library A Storybook Gift Set [Hardcover]

This padded box set of Eric Carle's classic tales includes full-length mini editions ofRooster's Off to See the World, Papa Please Get Me the Moon, Pancakes Pancakes,and AHouse for Hermit Crab. Each mini-book slips into a sleeve bound into a padded cover featuring Carle's signature colors and patterns. The set ties together with two different brightly colored satin ribbons adding a whimsical touch to this sweet collection of stories.

This perfectly proportioned portable box set will be an essential addition to the libraries of Eric Carle fans, young and old!Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of more than seventy books for very young children, includingThe Tiny Seed,Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, and his most well-known title,The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Born in Syracuse, New York, Eric Carle moved to Germany with his parents when he was six years old. He studied at the prestigious art school, the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, in Stuttgart, before returning to the United States, where he worked as a graphic designer forTheNew York Timesand later as art director for an advertising agency.The Very Hungry Caterpillar, now considered a modern classic, has sold nearly fifty million copies and has been translated into sixty-five languages. With his late wife, Barbara, Eric Carle cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts in 2002. Eric Carle lives in the Florida Keys.Enter the World of Eric Carle, where fans young and old continue to draw upon his lessons in creativity, discovery, play, and learning. Each book tells a timeless story and is filled with striking artwork made of thick, brilliant brushstrokes that dazzle the eye!