Walter the Baker : An Old Story Retold and Illustrated by Eric Carle

Eric Carle

ISBN 10: 039492133X ISBN 13: 9780394921334

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1972

Synopsis

When Walter the Baker discovers a cat has tipped over his last can of milk he attempts to bake rolls with water

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About the Author

Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of more than seventy books for very young children including his most well-known title The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Born in Syracuse, New York, Eric Carle moved to Germany with his parents when he was six years old. He studied at the prestigious art school, the Akademie der bildenden Künste, in Stuttgart before returning to the United States, where he worked as a graphic designer for The New York Times and later as art director for an international advertising agency. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, now considered a modern classic, has sold more than 41 million copies and has been translated into sixty-two languages. With his late wife, Barbara, Eric Carle cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts in 2002. Eric Carle divides his time between the Florida Keys and the hills of North Carolina.

From Publishers Weekly

From the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar comes the story of a baker who invents the pretzel. Carle's whimsical, frenetic collages seem fresh from the oven, even though they were first published 25 years ago. Ages 4-8.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 039492133X
• ISBN 13: 9780394921334
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Eric Carle