From Head to Toe

Brief Description: Encourages the reader to exercise by following the movements of various animals; presented in a question and answer format. Marc Notes: Encourages the reader to exercise by following the movements of various animals;presented in a question and answer format.;005-008. Publisher Marketing: I can do it! is the confidence-building message of this fun-filled interactive picture book. A variety of familiar animals, depicted in colorful collages, invites young children to copy their antics as they wiggle, stomp, thump, and bend across the strikingly designed pages. Publisher Marketing: 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 yourselfFrom Head to Toe. Review Citations:

Booklist 04/15/1997 pg. 1431 (EAN 9780060235154, Hardcover)

Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/1997 pg. 551 (EAN 9780060235154, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 02/17/1997 pg. 219 (EAN 9780060235154, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 02/18/1997 (EAN 9780060235154, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 04/01/1997 (EAN 9780060235154, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 577 (EAN 9780060235154, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 833 (EAN 9780060235154, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1998 pg. 63 (EAN 9780060235154, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1997 pg. 355 (EAN 9780060235154, Hardcover)

Booklist 11/01/2003 pg. 509 (EAN 9780060513023, Hardcover)

Criticas 07/01/2003 pg. 53 (EAN 9780060513023, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2003 pg. 409 (EAN 9780060513023, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 409 (EAN 9780060513023, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 10/18/1999 pg. 86 (EAN 9780064435963, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 577 (EAN 9780064435963, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 833 (EAN 9780064435963, Paperback)

Ingram Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 69 (EAN 9780064435963, Paperback)

Ingram Children's Advance 06/01/1999 pg. 19 (EAN 9780694013012, Board Books)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1999 pg. 231 (EAN 9780694013012, Board Books)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 231 (EAN 9780694013012, Board Books)

Booklist 04/15/1997 pg. 1431 (EAN 9780060235161, Library Binding)

Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/1997 pg. 551 (EAN 9780060235161, Library Binding)

School Library Journal 04/01/1997 (EAN 9780060235161, Library Binding)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 577 (EAN 9780060235161, Library Binding)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 833 (EAN 9780060235161, Library Binding)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1998 pg. 63 (EAN 9780060235161, Library Binding)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1997 pg. 355 (EAN 9780060235161, Library Binding)

Contributor Bio:  Carle, Eric 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 Kunste 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. Eric Carle es el creador de mas de setenta libros ilustrados para ninos. Nacio en Syracuse, Nueva York, pero a los seis anos de edad se traslado con sus padres a Alemania. En 1952, tras graduarse de la prestigiosa Akademie der Bildenden Kunste de Stuttgart, logro cumplir su sueno de regresar a Nueva York. Ha recibido muchos e importantes premios y distinciones, entre ellos el Laura Ingalls Wilder Award en 2003, por su aportacion global a la literatura y a la ilustracion infantil. En 2002, cincuenta anos despues de su regreso a los Estados Unidos, se inauguro en Amherst, Massachusetts, el Museo Eric Carle de Libros Ilustrados, donde se exhibe, ademas de la obra completa de Eric Carle, un buen numero de originales de los mas destacados ilustradores de libros infantiles del mundo entero. Contributor Bio:  Arnold, Robert M As a third generation quiltmaker, Lois Arnold has lived with quilts all her life. Being a 'country girl' at heart, Lois loves to be surrounded by antiques and traditional quilts, but she makes both traditional and innovative quilts. Lois began teaching quiltmaking in 1980 when friends asked her to teach them to quilt. Her quilts, wall quilts, and quilted clothing have been exhibited in galleries and quilt shows from coast to coast. Lois has won awards in local, regional, and national shows..