What does an elephant do? It stomps its foot. Can you? From
the creator of such beloved classics as "The Grouchy Ladybug" and
"The Mixed-Up Chameleon" comes this interactive story that invites
kids to imitate animal movements. Watching giraffes bend their
necks or monkeys wave their arms is fun, but nothing could be
better than joining in. From their heads down to their toes, kids
will be wriggling, jiggling, and giggling as they try to keep up
with these animals Alligators wiggle, elephants stop, gorillas
thump, and giraffes bend. Can you do it? '' I can do it '' is the
confidence-building message of this fun-filled interactive picture
book. A variety of familiar animals invite young children to copy
their antics, and as they play, they will learn such important
skills as careful listening, focusing attention, and following
instructions. Just as alphabet books introduce the very young child
to letters and simple words, From Head to Toe introduces the basic
body parts and simple body movements. And in the same way that
children progress from understanding simple words to reading and
writing sentences and stories, so they will progress from simple
body movements to dancing, gymnastics, and other sports and
activities, with confidence and pleasure. Eric Carle''s colorful
collages have delighted children for more than a generation. Each
book provides hours of fun while encouraging them to stretch their
imaginations. His matchless words and illustrations now send out a
new challenge: Are you ready? Here we go Move yourself From Head to
Toe.
關於作者：
Eric Carle Children learn about the natural world in Eric
Carle''s original, charming books, which include classics such as
The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me.
Carle''s vivid tissue-paper illustrations and innovations in book
design have made him an author whose longevity and continued
popularity are testaments to his beloved status among young readers
and parents. Biography Ever since he began innovating the look and
function of children''s stories in the late 1960s, Eric Carle has
remained an author whose stories reliably hit the bestseller lists
and remain on kids'' bookshelves through generations. He began as a
designer of promotions and ads, and one illustration of a red
lobster helped jump-start his career. The lobster caught the eye of
author Bill Martin, Jr.; Martin asked Carle to illustrate the
now-classic 1967 title Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and
a career was born. Born in Syracuse, New York but brought by his
immigrant parents back to Germany when he was six, Carle was
educated in Stuttgart and designed posters for the United States
Information Center there after graduating from art school. He
finally returned to the country he missed so much as a child in
1952. He eventually began procuring work on children''s titles, and
found himself becoming increasingly involved in them. "I felt
something of my own past stirring in me," he wrote in a 2000 essay.
"An unresolved part of my own education needed reworking, and I
began to make books -- books for myself, books for the child in me,
books I had yearned for. I became my own teacher -- but this time
an understanding one." He began his career with the 1968 title 1,
2, 3 to the Zoo; but his next title, The Very Hungry Caterpillar,
is what still endears him to young readers today. Employing his
bright, collage style and lending an immediacy to the tale by
manifesting the caterpillar''s hunger in actual holes in the pages,
Carle began what would be a long career of creative approaches to
simple stories. From the chirp emerging from The Very Quiet Cricket
to the delightful fold-out pages in Papa, Please Get the Moon for
Me, Carle''s books provide surprises that make his stories come
alive in ways that many titles for preschoolers do not. Carle''s
style, with its diaphanous, busy and bold artwork, is perfect for
engaging new readers. His stories are also popular with parents and
educators for their introductions to the natural world and its
cycles. It''s a particular pleasure to follow Carle into different
corners of the world and see what can be learned from the creatures
who live in them. Good To Know Regularly asked where he gets his
ideas, Carle is quoted on his publisher''s web site as responding:
"Of course, the question of where ideas come from is the most
difficult of all. Some people like to say they get ideas when
they''re in the shower. That''s always a very entertaining answer,
but I think it''s much deeper than that. It goes back to your
upbringing, your education, and so forth." He does say, however,
that the idea for The Very Hungry Caterpillar came when he
whimsically began punching holes in some paper, which suggested to
him a bookworm at work. His editor later suggested he change the
bookworm to a caterpillar, and the rest is history. Carle was
unhappy to be in Germany when his immigrant parents brought him
back there as a child. He hated his new school and wanted to go
back to America. He said: "When it became apparent that we would
not return, I decided that I would become a bridge builder. I would
build a bridge from Germany to America and take my beloved German
grandmother by the hand across the wide ocean." Before he became a
freelance illustrator and began working on children''s books, Carle
worked as a graphic designer for the New York Times and as art
director of an ad agency. Hometown: Northampton, Massachusetts and
the Berkshires Date of Birth: 六月 25, 1929 Place of Birth: Syracuse,
New York Education: Akademie der bildenden Künste, Stuttgart,
1946-50 Website: http:www.eric-carle.com
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