The Very Lonely Firefly (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) - Softcover

Carle, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0448458500 ISBN 13: 9780448458502

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

Many of Eric Carle's books begin with a small creature being born just as a great yellow sun rises. This time the hero is a firefly, and the inimitably Carle-ish cut-paper orange-and-yellow sun is setting. The firefly buzzes off in search of companionship, but keeps following other lights by mistake--a candle, a flashlight, a lantern--and these in turn are all leading in the direction of a fireworks display. Finally, the lonely firefly finds the friends it is seeking--a dozen or more other fireflies. This is one of a series of large (11.5 by 8.5 inches) format Carle books with a mechanical twist: in this case, the firefly's new group of friends start to flash (from tiny yellow bulbs embedded in the book) as you turn the last page. (The battery is replaceable.) (Baby to preschool) --Richard Farr

About the Author:

Eric Carle lives in Tavernier, Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0448458500
• ISBN 13: 9780448458502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32