Rooster's Off to See the World [Paperback]

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. Bold, colorful collage illustrations, a beguiling story, and a simple introduction to number sets, addition, and subtraction combine to makeRooster's Off to See the Worlda delight for Eric Carle's many young fans.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!