Eric Carle: The Very Busy Spider 非常忙的蜘蛛9780399229190

Mice, a rottweiler, an arachnid and a few other assortedcritters make sturdy reappearances in five board book versions ofpicture books. In Ellen Stoll Walsh's Mouse Paint, "three whitemice on a white piece of paper" enjoy a colorful romp, while inWalsh's Mouse Count a similar gaggle narrowly escapes being servedfor dinner (Harcourt/Red Wagon, $6 each, 28p, ages 1-3 ISBN0-15-200265-0; -200266-9 Sept.). Yet another mouse searches theanimal kingdom for companionship?and finds an unexpectedrespondent?in Eric Carle's Do You Want to Be My Friend?(HarperFestival, $6.95, 32p, ages 2-6, ISBN 0-694-00709-9 Sept.).The rewards of industriousness are celebrated in a second Carletitle, The Very Busy Spider; its embossed web brings a tactiledimension to his familiar collage artwork (Philomel, $9.95, 26p,ages 2-up ISBN 0-399-22919-1 Aug.). Finally, the canine in questionis Alexandra Day's beloved Carl, who takes charge of a crew oftoddlers in Carl Goes to Day Care (Farrar, Straus & Giroux,$5.95, ages 1-3 ISBN 0-374-31145-5 Sept.).
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