The very lonely firefly
A lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies.
Main Author: | Carle, Eric (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Philomel Books,
[1995]
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Subjects: |
Summary: |
A lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies. |
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Item Description: |
A battery inserted in back cover provides the fireflies' light. |
Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 30 cm |
Audience: |
Ages: 3-7. Grades: PreS-2. |
ISBN: |
9780399227745 0399227741 9780758729507 0758729502 9780329918682 0329918680 9780448458519 0448458519 9780590535328 0590535323 |
Author Notes: |
After finishing at the Akademie, he worked as a poster designer for the U.S. Information Center in Germany until 1952, when he moved back to New York City. He was a graphic designer at the New York Times and later worked as an art director at L.W. Frohlich & Co. In 1963, Bill Martin, Jr. saw a poster of a red lobster that Carle had designed and asked him to illustrate Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, thus launching his freelance career. Among his many children's books are Dream Snow, Hello, Red Fox, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle, and Pancakes, Pancakes! His title The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse made Publisher's Weekly Best Seller List for 2011. His title Brown Bear Brown Bear What to You See? made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. In 2015 he made The New Zealand Best Seller List with Love from the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Eric Carle, beloved children's book author and illustrator, died on May 23, 2021. He was 91. (Bowker Author Biography) |