Eric Carle

Two children are caught by a giant who plans to have them for dinner.

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days.

The author recalls experiences from his childhood in Germany and his later life in the United States, all in some way connected with various animals.

En otoño, un viento fuerte arranca las semillas de las flores, las levanta alto en el aire y las lleva a tierras distantes. Una a una, las semillas quedan en el camino: al ser quemadas por el sol, al caer en el océano, al ser comidas por los pájaros. Pero algunas subsisten al largo invierno y, al llegar la primavera, se convierten en plantas que, a su vez, tienen que enfrentar nuevos peligros: ser aplastadas por niños que juegan, ser arrancadas...

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food.

A tortoise realizes the need for a shell after several scary encounters.

"A spider, blown by the wind to a fence post near a farm yard, begins to build her web and cannot be distracted from the task at hand - not by the horse, cow, sheep, goat, or dog. But when the rooster asks if she wants to catch a pesky fly, the busy spider is able to catch it in her web immediately! "A beautifully executed work for the very young that satisfies the needs of both visually handicapped and sighted children without losing its artistic...

"In this delightful board book with rainbow-colored edges, young readers will experience a different vibrant shade on each spread. Find the red ladybug, the green tree, and more in this bright book featuring fun things in every color of the rainbow!"--