Eric Carle's Very Little Library [Board book]

Perfect for holiday gift-giving, here are three board book classics from the creator ofThe Very Hungy Caterpillar!

Children all over the world have grown up with Eric Carle and his very books. Now, for the first time, three of these classic board books are together in their own little library! Packaged in a beautiful slipcase, the timelessThe Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Lonely Firefly, andThe Very Busy Spidermake a collection essential for every new baby, and every child beginning the road to reading.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 eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into more than 25 languages and sold over twelve million copies. Since theCaterpillarwas published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than sixty books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote.

Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1929, Eric Carle moved with his parents to Germany when he was six years old; he was educated there, and graduated from the prestigious art school, the Akademie der bildenden Kunste, in Stuttgart. But his dream was always to return to America, the land of his happiest childhood memories. So, in 1952, with a fine portfolio in hand and forty dollars in his pocket, he arrived in New York. Soon he found a job as a graphic designer in the promotion department ofThe New York Times. Later, he was the art director of an advertising agency for many years.

One day, respected educator and author, Bill Martin Jr, called to ask Carle to illustrate a story he had written. Martin's eye had been caught by a striking picture of a red lobster that Carle had created for an advertisement.Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?was the result of their collaboration. It is stillló&