The Very Lonely Firefly

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.

The Very Lonely Firefly is now available as a coloring book! Perfect for both reading and coloring, this interactive version of Eric Carle's classic story follows a lonely firefly looking for friends. Each time he sees a light, the firefly chases after it, looking for other fireflies. He chases a flashlight, a car's headlights, and a sky full of fireworks before finally finding his friends. Special artwork made just for coloring and blank pages at the end for your own drawings bring new life to this timeless story. A sure-fire hit for creative children everywhere.

A lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies.

One day, a little cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. But the little cricket cannot make a sound. The cricket meets many insects, but it isn't until he meets a beautiful female cricket that he can finally chirp "hello!" Excerpt: Hello! whispered a praying mantis, scraping its huge front legs together. The little cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together. But nothing happened. Not a sound.

A flashlight with fun sounds and a pop-up storybook, too! Go on an adventure and learn shadow play along the way. Written in charming rhyme, a firefly flies at night, casting its glow on various nightime creatures. Each spread features a large pop-up of a different animal or insect, which the reader can light up with the flashlight, to cast shadows. Some spreads contain directions for making hand shadows. When the firefly is ready for bed, who will light up the sky instead? The moon! Shine the flashlight on the die-cut shapes to create shadows with the flashlights LED light. Real working flashlight with ON/OFF light switch, and 5 sound buttons; book includes elastic band for flashlight module safekeeping CONTENT AGE GRADE: 18 months + - PRODUCT AGE GRADE: 3 years +

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Carle's very special story is finally available in a board book format, and, just like the hardcover edition, the fireflies' lights actually light up, delighting children of all ages. Full color.

A restless firefly begins a journey to seek other fireflies and is led to a lantern; a candle; the glowing eyes of a cat, dog and owl; and a surprise celebration of light before finding his friends at the end of his tireless search for belonging