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Friends (Eric Carle)

by Eric Carle

Interest age: 4 to 7
Reading age: 7+

Published by Puffin, 2013

  • Love and romance
  • Picture books

About this book

Having a special friend is a wonderful thing - someone you can play, run and dance with and someone to share your secrets. But if that friend has to move far away from you, it can be hard to bear.

The young boy in this beautifully presented picture book is determined not to be left alone and sets off to find his friend wherever she may be. As he braves icy river-water, dark nights in the open, and steeply mountainous terrain, the images in the book change from conventional to abstract as they reflect the boy's quest.

A delightfully improbable ending crowns this story of friendship lost and regained which is fabulously illustrated in vivid colour with Eric Carle's distinctive collage technique.

About the author

Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, and more than 88 million copies of his books have sold around the world.

He is one of the best-known and loved of picture book creators. His work is immediately recognisable through his vibrant use of colour and tissue-paper collage. Eric Carle's most famous book is, of course, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

In the mid 1960s, Carle decided to give up a successful career in advertising to become an illustrator and graphic designer. His first published work appeared in a cookery book. Soon afterwards, children's book author Bill Martin asked him to illustrate the manuscript of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? The resulting book was an instant hit. Encouraged by this success, Carle began submitting ideas for his own books. One of these was Willie The Worm. His editor suggested that a caterpillar might prove a more endearing character - the rest is history.

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