What's Your Favorite Animal?
Description
Everybody has a favorite animal. Some like little white dogs or big black cats or hoppy brown bunnies best. Others prefer squishy snails or tall giraffes or sleek black panthers. With beautiful illustrations and charming personal stories, 14 children's book artists share their favorite animals and why they love them.
- Eric Carle- Nick Bruel
- Lucy Cousins
- Susan Jeffers
- Steven Kellogg
- Jon Klassen
- Tom Lichtenheld
- Peter McCarty
- Chris Raschka
- Peter Sís
- Lane Smith
- Erin Stead
- Rosemary Wells
- Mo Willems
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About the Author
Eric Carle (1929-2021) was one of America's leading children's book illustrators and authors. Author of more than seventy books, his picture book career started when Bill Martin Jr invited him to create the illustrations for Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? That book that went on to sell millions of copies worldwide and Eric soon began writing and illustrating his own books, eventually creating the bestselling classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Born in the United States, Eric also spent many of his early years in Germany where he studied typography and graphic art at the Academy of Applied Art in Stuttgart.
Carle was the recipient of many honors including the American Library Association's Children's Literature Legacy Award and the Original Art Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators. In addition to writing and illustrating books of his own, he also collaborated on several others, including Bill Martin Jr's Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?, Isaac Bashevis Singer's Why Noah Chose the Dove, and the Eric Carle and Friends' What's Your Favorite picture book series. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, which Carle and his wife Bobbie founded, opened in Amherst, Massachusetts in 2002.Reviews
"Showcasing 14 contemporary (mainly American) picture-book illustrators, this handsome volume asks the title question and devotes a double-page spread to each artist's answer." --Booklist
"This menagerie offers picture-book lovers of all ages a glimpse into each creator's style, personality and brand of humor." --Kirkus Reviews
"A varied and engaging omnibus that offers real insight into the lives and personalities of these artists." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative. . ." --The New York Times Book Review on The Very Hungry Caterpillar
"Carle's signature jewel-toned tissue paper and acrylic collages are simple enough for youngest onlookers to appreciate, yet filled with subtleties to delight adult eyes. . ." --Publishers Weekly on Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?
"The contemporary classic, beloved of preschoolers and beginning readers alike." --The Horn Book Guide on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
