Eric Carle's ABC The World of Eric Carle :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Not easy to read

2008-08-11
I love Eric Carle's illustrations, and every child should have an ABC primer in his library, but this book is hard to read with a baby on your lap. The pages fold up and out, and aren't easy to hold for the baby to get a good look. As a result, I don't bring it out very often.

book engineering fails

2008-07-31
I love Eric Carle and his art and this book doesn't disappoint in that respect.
The problem I have with this book is its major design flaw. You see the A page, but to see the next two pages (B and C) you must lift the entire A page up (the fold is at the top of the book). You can imagine that when you refold the page, it doesn't lay flat against the page unless you hold it down at the center binding. If you don't press it down when you turn the page, you bend the page! It's impossible to not bend the page when you are reading to an animated 15 month old... grrr. Also, having pages that are L-shaped (when unfolded they are a large backward L shape) make them VERY easy to tear. And I do mean EASY. My toddler loves to walk around with his books and this one is truly trashed. I think it has 2 or three pages remaining. But since it is his current-reigning favorite book, I have had to buy replacements that only I can hold while I read to him.
His very favorite parts of the book are the front and back pages. The front has the uppercase alphabet and the back has the lowercase alphabet and when he points at it I have to sing the ABC song. Repeatedly. :-)
A minor irritation is Carle's choice of creatures: quetzal, narwhal, xolo (how do you pronounce these words?!?), and unicorn (the only mythical creature). Aagh.

Fun book

2008-02-15
Reviewed by Conner Aguren (age 3) and Mom for Reader Views (2/08)

Eric Carle's signature woodcut illustrations are laid out in a novel, lift-the-flap, walk through the alphabet.

"So do you like the book?"
"Yeah."
"Which was your favorite letter?"
"I like all the letters. I like the pictures. I like the whole book."

Parent's comment:

There is only so much you can do with an ABC primer. Yet "Eric Carle's ABC" takes it just a step further by formatting it in an interesting flap book. The illustrations are top-notch. He introduces some not-so-common animals to represent some of the letters, though I would have chosen a different animal for the letter `G.' He uses the animal `gull' which to me, should be seagull. A better choice that doesn't have other name variations would have been `goose' or `giraffe.' But my son got to see a `quetzel,' a `narwhal' and a `xolo,' so that was fun.

Great Book

2007-11-20
My daughter is 15 months old and loves this book. I go through it with her everyday and we do the ABC's and now she is recognizing some animals. It's a great book!! I just wish the pages were made better because she ripped every page out of the book. I am wondering if they make the book with pages that are like the hardcover..

Eric Carle the author

2007-09-15
Eric Carle is a classic author for all children. His work is great for a baby to see easily and yet he has a style that is supportive through the early years of school. His art work is wonderful to look at and go into depth with the child who is interested in art techniques. His work is not only fun for children to have read to them, patterned for them to read back to you but also a learning experience beyond the printed word.