Australian Friends

by Eric Carle

This beautiful lift-the-flap book encourages children to peek under the flaps to find some of the many and varied animals of Australia including kangaroos, pelicans and crocodiles and sees the Very Hungry Caterpillar appearing in the rainforest on the final spread.

Genres: Childrens

12 pages, Board book

Published October 1, 2019

About the author

Eric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book author accelerated after he collaborated on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Carle illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have been sold around the world.
In 2003, the American Library Association awarded Carle the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award), a prize for writers or illustrators of children's books published in the U.S. who have made lasting contributions to the field. Carle was also a U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010.

Reviews

[Castor · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sturdy book with durable flaps. The narrative is rhymed and easy to read. However, only two unique Australian animals are included: the Kangaroo and the Platypus, and the Kangaroo is the only marsupial in this book. The rest of the animals can be found in Australia, but the unique native species are not mentioned. For example, it would be better to replace "turtle" with "green turtle", "lizard" with "blue-tongue", and "parrot" with "rainbow lorikeet".

[Canette Arille · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aww, this book is great. I like it very much. Its next rhyming book for Children, where they can discover different things hidden behind the cardboard insert, in different places of the book. For example, flying bird is hidden behind a cloud. Educational book. Children will be entertained and enjoy this book

[Pennie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Animals and lift-the-flaps will always be a hit with my daughter.