The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry

Marc Notes: Includes index.; Dedicated to the memory of Bill Martin, Jr.--Prelim. Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 11/01/2008 pg. 1157 (EAN 9781416939719, Hardcover) Booklist 11/15/2008 pg. 47 (EAN 9781416939719, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2008 (EAN 9781416939719, Hardcover) School Library Journal 12/01/2008 pg. 113 (EAN 9781416939719, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2009 pg. 107 (EAN 9781416939719, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 pg. 177 (EAN 9781416939719, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 692 (EAN 9781416939719, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Martin, Bill, Jr. BILL MARTIN JR and ERIC CARLE are the team behind the ever-popular "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"; "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?"; "Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?"; and, most recently, "Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? "WWW. ERIC-CARLE. COM TERESA MLAWER is a widely respected translator and the president of Lectorum Publications, the largest U. S. distributor of children's books in Spanish. Contributor Bio:  Sampson, Michael Michael Sampson has authored more than 25 children's books, including Chicka, Chicka, 1 . . .2 . . . 3 and The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry, which he co-authored with Bill Martin Jr. He has also been an elementary teacher, written professional books (most recently, Total Literacy), and served as Dean of the School of Education at Southern Connecticut State University and Northern Illinois University. Contributor Bio:  Kellogg, Steven Steven Kellogg is the beloved illustrator of more than one hundred books for children including "Clorinda" and "Clorinda Takes Flight", and he has been awarded the Regina Medal for his entire body of work. Mr. Kellogg works in an old barn overlooking Lake Champlain in Essex, New York, where he lives with his family. 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.