{"product_id":"whats-your-favorite-animal-9781250363213","title":"What's Your Favorite Animal?","description":"\u003cp\u003eEverybody has a favorite animal. Some like little white dogs or big black cats or hoppy brown bunnies best. Others prefer squishy snails or tall giraffes or sleek black panthers. With beautiful illustrations and charming personal stories, 14 children's book artists share their favorite animals and why they love them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEric Carle\u003cbr\u003eNick Bruel\u003cbr\u003eLucy Cousins\u003cbr\u003eSusan Jeffers\u003cbr\u003eSteven Kellogg\u003cbr\u003eJon Klassen\u003cbr\u003eTom Lichtenheld\u003cbr\u003ePeter McCarty\u003cbr\u003eChris Raschka\u003cbr\u003ePeter Sís\u003cbr\u003eLane Smith\u003cbr\u003eErin Stead\u003cbr\u003eRosemary Wells\u003cbr\u003eMo Willems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Carle\u003c\/b\u003e (1929-2021) was one of America's leading children's book illustrators and authors. Author of more than seventy books, his picture book career started when Bill Martin Jr invited him to create the illustrations for \u003ci\u003eBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?\u003c\/i\u003e That book went on to sell millions of copies worldwide and Eric soon began writing and illustrating his own books, eventually creating the bestselling classic \u003ci\u003eThe Very Hungry Caterpillar\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in the United States, Eric also spent many of his early years in Germany where he studied typography and graphic art at the Academy of Applied Art in Stuttgart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarle was the recipient of many honors including the American Library Association's Children's Literature Legacy Award and the Original Art Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators. In addition to writing and illustrating books of his own, he also collaborated on several others, including Bill Martin Jr's \u003ci\u003ePolar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?\u003c\/i\u003e, Isaac Bashevis Singer's \u003ci\u003eWhy Noah Chose the Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Eric Carle and Friends' What's Your Favorite picture book series. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, which Carle and his wife Bobbie founded, opened in Amherst, Massachusetts in 2002.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Godwin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51186770215186,"sku":"9781250363213","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_433c07f0-6b93-499f-b8fd-30efe49d4412.jpg?v=1744631838","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/whats-your-favorite-animal-9781250363213","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}