Eric carle can you do it

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About this item. Specifications Number of Pages: Genre: Juvenile Fiction. Sub-Genre: Concepts. Format: Hardcover. Publisher: HarperCollins. Age Range: Years. Book theme: Body.

Author: Eric Carle. Language: English. Street Date : March 28, TCIN : UPC : Description About the Book Alligators wiggle, elephants stomp, gorillas thump, and giraffes bend in this confidence-building, "I can do it!

Just as alphabet books introduce very young children to letters and simple words, "From Head to Toe" teaches them about basic body parts and simple body movements. Carle's colorful collage illustrations add to the merriment. Book Synopsis From Eric Carle, the New York Times bestselling creator of beloved books including The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Grouchy Ladybug, comes From Head to Toe , a colorful and energetic book that will have young readers clapping their hands, stomping their feet, and wiggling their toes!

From the Back Cover What does an elephant do? This lovely story is about a young click beetle that falls on its back, and no amount of manoeuvers can help it roll back over again.

The book ends with the beetle learning how to get the right side up with just a teeny bit of help. Since then every preschool and kindergarten has had it in its library.

It features a sing-song verse and question-and-response text, allowing kids not just to be passive readers but active participants in the story. While the story introduces children to animals, it also encourages them to think differently—so, there is a purple cat, a blue horse, a black sheep, besides a green frog, a red bird and a yellow duck. The later editions also included a grey mouse and a pink elephant as well. Also read: Read Ruskin Bond's hand-picked stories on his birthday. The Nonsense Show: This one elicits a chortle from kids and adults alike, whenever it is read.

Mister Seahorse: The story starts with Mrs Seahorse ready to lay her eggs. He promises to take care of them. Mister Seahorse commends them on the fine job that they are doing and keeps his promise of taking care of his eggs. They are lovely, soothing, gently amusing, utterly predictable and completely comforting.

Where Dr. He created true picture books, alive with captivating images and narratives that unfolded through repetition and mild revelation, the perfect disguise for stories that taught color, counting and the art of reading. Kids know where they stand with an Eric Carle book: front and center. He saw the world as they did, filled with things that needed to be observed, identified, counted and connected, all of which were important enough to bear repeating.

Below are a few stories from our staff about their encounters with Carle — as kids, as parents, as families — beginning with my own. My son Danny has always loved books, but when he was in kindergarten he, like many boys, struggled a bit in the reading department. Danny burst into tears. I would like to say Fiona did not take the opportunity to look smug, but that would be a lie — little sisters enjoy their triumphs where they can.

One of the most urgent but underreported challenges of being a parent is finding books you can stand enough to read aloud to your kids hundreds — potentially even thousands — of times without completely losing your mind. There are books your kids will want to hear over and over again that you will read to the point that you can recall every word, every image, every plot twist more readily than your own social Social Security number.

Some of them will be so inane or irritatingly nonsensical that you will rue the day they were written, then accidentally-on-purpose misplace them behind the couch. Figuring it out is part of the fun. But it also empowers them through play. Best of all, it lets you, the parent, be the audience and watch your kids ham it up. How teachers in L. The pivot from Dr. It was one of my favorites. By the time I was learning to speak, the book had become my encyclopedia.

It also sparked my interest in metamorphosis. It was my first exposure to creativity.