This is another beautifully illustrated and highly originalstory from the author of the "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "TheBad-Tempered Ladybird". The artist begins by drawing a star, thenthe star asks him to draw a sun, and the sun asks him to draw atree and soon the artist has drawn a whole world. As childrenfollow Eric Carle's words and pictures, they will learn tounderstand and enjoy drawing themselves. This is the perfect bookto introduce one of the essential creative activities of earlychildhood.

　　Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling andaward-winningauthor/illustrator of books for very young children.He was born in NewYork, but spent his early life in Germany. Hereturned to the States inhis early twenties and worked as a graphicdesigner for the New YorkTimes. He went on to be the art directorof an advertising agencybefore he began writing and illustratingchildren's books. Eric livesin Massachusetts with his wife Barbara.The Carles opened The EricCarle Museum of Picture Book Art inMassachusetts in 2002.