Eric Carle: Flora and Tiger 植物和老虎 ISBN 9780399232039

“对动物的热爱、绘画的乐趣、讲故事的能力，都是来源于我的父亲。”

《植物和老虎》是《好饿的毛毛虫》作者艾瑞克·卡尔献给父亲的短篇故事合集，灵感源于作者的个人经历，从战争阴影下的德国童年，到现如今在美国的工作生活。

卡尔在本书里写到了他的奶奶和一只他也分不清公母的鸡；他的表弟和一只喜欢猫的乌龟；他的朋友和一只被绑架的黑猫；他的叔叔和被驯服的乌鸦等等。

“所有这些故事都有三个共同点：动物和昆虫、家人和朋友还有我自己。”整本书充满了诗情、创意以及作者对身边人的爱。

For more than 25years Eric Carle's crickets, spiders, and caterpillars havedelighted young readers across the world. Now for the first timethe creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar gives readers a peekinto his own, real-life universe of animals and insects, andfamily, as he tells the stories of his life.All true, Eric Carlesets his stories down, not as they happened, but as they came tohim. We meet him as a young boy in America and Germany, fooling hisOma by "hypnotizing" her chickens; wandering with his naturalistfather, looking for lizards; making a box-home for the fascinatingMaihefer beetle with his friends. And the adult Carle, bemused byhis retrieving cat and a stubborn turtle who prefers a busy streetto a shady park. And more.Playful, mischievous, and sensitive,these warm and intimate stories present Eric Carle's vastreadership with an enchanting glimpse of the man behind hisuniversally-loved books.