This beloved Eric Carle classic returns once again in a
colorful new board book format. For generations, The Grouchy
Ladybug has delighted readers of all ages with the story of a
bad-tempered bug who won''t say "please" or "thank you," won''t
share, and thinks she is bigger and better than anyone else. As
children follow the Grouchy Ladybug on her journey, they will learn
the important concepts of time, size, and shape, as well as the
benefits of friendship and good manners.
關於作者:
Eric Carle is the creator of more than seventy picture books
for young readers.
Eric Carle was born in New York, USA. However, when he was just
six, he moved with his parents to Germany. In 1952, after
graduating from the prestigious Akademie der Bildenden Künste in
Stuttgart, he fulfilled his dream of returning to New York.
Eric Carle has received many distinguished awards and honours for
his work, including, in 2003, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for
his lifetime contribution to children''s literature and
illustration.
In 2002, fifty years after Carle''s return to the United States,
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art was opened in Amherst,
Massachusetts. Here visitors of all ages can enjoy, in addition to
Eric Carle''s work, original artwork by other distinguished
children''s book illustrators from around the world.