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    The Very Lonely Firefly

    Author Eric Carle
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    Penguin Young Readers | World of Eric Carle
    On sale Jul 27, 2021 | 32 Pages | 9780593521069
    Up to Kindergarten
    Reading Level: Lexile AD530L
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    Eric Carle joins the Penguin Young Readers!

    In this classic and heartwarming story, a very lonely firefly finally finds the friends he is seeking at the end of a tireless search for belonging. Carle's rich, collage-like art and gentle text will be comfortingly familiar to his millions of fans. An accessible Level 2 reader, The Very Lonely Firefly is one that parents and children will read over and over again.
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    Born in the United States, Eric Carle was taken as a six-year-old child by his parents back to their native country, Germany. Later, he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Academy of Applied Arts) in Stuttgart, and returned to New York in his early twenties as a graphic designer and artist. His many picture books are now known and loved by children around the world.
     
    In 2002, Eric and his late wife, Barbara, opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the works of distinguished picture book artists, nationally and internationally acclaimed, are exhibited in three spacious galleries.

    Eric Carle passed away in 2021, at the age of 91. View titles by Eric Carle
    Praise for The Very Lonely Firefly:

    "Carle's richly hued, collage-like art and gentle text will be comfortingly familiar to his numerous young devotees."--Publishers Weekly

    "This is a compelling accomplishment [and a] guaranteed winner as a read-aloud or read-alone."--School Library Journal

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    Eric Carle joins the Penguin Young Readers!

    In this classic and heartwarming story, a very lonely firefly finally finds the friends he is seeking at the end of a tireless search for belonging. Carle's rich, collage-like art and gentle text will be comfortingly familiar to his millions of fans. An accessible Level 2 reader, The Very Lonely Firefly is one that parents and children will read over and over again.

    Author

    © Penguin Random House
    Born in the United States, Eric Carle was taken as a six-year-old child by his parents back to their native country, Germany. Later, he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Academy of Applied Arts) in Stuttgart, and returned to New York in his early twenties as a graphic designer and artist. His many picture books are now known and loved by children around the world.
     
    In 2002, Eric and his late wife, Barbara, opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the works of distinguished picture book artists, nationally and internationally acclaimed, are exhibited in three spacious galleries.

    Eric Carle passed away in 2021, at the age of 91. View titles by Eric Carle

    Praise

    Praise for The Very Lonely Firefly:

    "Carle's richly hued, collage-like art and gentle text will be comfortingly familiar to his numerous young devotees."--Publishers Weekly

    "This is a compelling accomplishment [and a] guaranteed winner as a read-aloud or read-alone."--School Library Journal

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