这是一本充满趣味的游戏书,不仅满足孩子的好奇心,更在层层探险中学会形状的概念。 Tim在生日的前夕,收到一封充满神秘符号的信件。信上写着:“当1/4升起时,寻找一颗★,在它的下方你会看见一个......(到底后续有什么惊奇在等着Tim呢?让我们跟着Tim一步一步揭开谜底吧!艾瑞卡尔这回又发挥创意,赋予故事不同的新意,鲜艳的色调、切割的图形,翻开每一页都有不同的惊喜。 It is Tim's birthday. Instead ofa package, Tim gets a mysterious letter -- written in code! Tim --and the reader -- are off, following the clues. And at the end ofthe treasure hunt is a wonderful birthday surprise!作者介绍:Eric Carle isthe author and illustrator of more than seventy books for children,many of them bestsellers. Born in Syracuse, New York, he moved toGermany with his parents when he was six years old. He studied atthe Academy of Graphic Arts in Stuttgart before returning to theUnited States, where he worked as a graphic designer for The NewYork Times and later as art director for an internationaladvertising agency. His first two books, 1,2,3 to the Zoo and TheVery Hungry Caterpillar, gained him immediate internationalrecognition. The latter title, now considered a modern classic, hassold more than 30 million copies and has been translated intoforty-eight languages. Eric Carle and his wife, Barbara, dividetheir time between the mountains of North Carolina and the FloridaKeys.艾瑞·卡尔,1929年出生于纽约,1935年随父母返德国定居。艾瑞·卡尔讨厌德国式的教育,教育下的学校生活及时代的战乱,让他的少年时光并不快乐。战后,从小就展露绘画天分且向往自由浪漫的艾瑞·卡尔,在中学绘画老师的推荐及母亲的鼓励下,进入斯图加特艺术学院学习了四年的商业设计,一毕业即在时尚杂志担任艺术总监。1952年,艾瑞·卡尔再次踏上他要实现梦想的土地——美国。因缘巧合,艾瑞·卡尔得到李欧·李奥尼的赏识和推荐,顺利开始他在《纽约时报》的工作,发挥美术兼广告设计的长才。1960年成立了个人工作室,辛勤工作之外,他更渴望蜕变、渴望创作!1967年,艾瑞·卡尔首次有机会为孩子的书配上插画,这次充满乐趣、大胆发挥创意的过程,让他感觉畅快淋漓,也他日后走向为儿童创作图画书的道路。他年近40才开始创作图画书,迄今为止,已经创作了《棕色的熊、棕色的熊,你在看什么?》、《好饿的毛毛虫》、《海马先生》、《爸爸,我要月亮》等70多本色彩缤纷、富含想象力的拼贴画风格的图画书,被翻译成了多种语言,小读者遍布世界各地,并荣获多项世界著名儿童图画书奖。他笔下那条著名的毛毛虫,已被翻译成近50种语言版本,销量突破3300万,风行世界40余年。