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Authors Guy’s Like:
Eric Carle
Angela Reynolds
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Meet Eric Carle
• He was born June 25th, 1929, in Syracuse,
New York .
• moved to Germany with his parents when
he was six years old
• Eric’s father used to take him for walks in
the woods and explain the wonderful world
of nature.
• At the age of 23, Eric Carle moved to back
to New York City and worked for the New
York Times in the advertising department.
• Bill Martin Jr. asked Carle to illustrate the
pictures for Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What
Do You See? After seeing an advertisement
Carle created.
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Interesting Facts
*His favorite book is Do You Want to Be My Friend?
*Eric Carle’s father inspired him to become an
artist. His father was an excellent drawer.
*He wanted to be a forester when he was younger.
*His favorite book is Do You Want to Be My Friend?
*In 2002 Eric Carle opened a museum,
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art to introduce his
picture books to kids of all ages.
Eric Carle illustrated and wrote over 70 books, his most famous book is
+ The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
• It has been translated into more that 50 languages.
• For the 40th anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
created a pop up book with huge pop out pages and a glittery
butterfly at the end.
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Eric
Carle’s Eric Carle has
never won a
Artwork Caldecott
Medal
The Process
Eric Carle’s creates his artwork for his book in
the form of a collage. He first paints tissue
paper, cuts it out, and layers them to make his
characters.
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Themes
Eric Carle’s books focus on animal
and nature. As a young boy Eric was
fascinated with animals and the world
around him just as most young boys
are today. As a young boy Eric loved
to walk through the woods with his
father he found a love for nature. His
interest in nature shows through his
books. Eric Carle books tie in to the
elementary science curriculum with
books about animals such as
caterpillars, spiders, fireflies, sloth,
bees, chameleon, hermit crab,
ladybugs and other science topics
like clouds, moon phases, and seeds.
His books also have math
connections such as number
recognition, adding, counting, and
telling time.
A House for Hermit Crab
Carle, Eric. (1987). A House for Hermit Crab. New York: Simon
& Schuster Books for Young Readers.
+ Young readers love reading the book, A house for Hermit Crab
because it takes them on a journey of a hermit crab who keeps out
growing his shell. After he finds one just perfect enough he
decorates and protects his house with friends and just when he has
it just as he wants it he outgrows his shell again and has to say
goodbye to all of his friends. Hermit crab makes sure to give his
house to someone who will love it and take care of his friends just
as he did before he starts his new journey to find another house.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Carle, Eric. (1969). The Very Hungry Caterpillar. New York:
Philomel Books.
+ This story is about a egg that hatches into a very hungry
caterpillar. The caterpillar is so hungry that it eats through an
apple, pear, plums, strawberries, oranges, cake, ice-cream cone,
pickle, cheese, salami, lollipop, cherry pie, sausage, cupcake,
watermelon, and one green leaf. After that it made a cocoon and
after two weeks it emerged to become a beautiful butterfly.
The Tiny Seed
Carle, Eric. (1970). The Tiny Seed. New York: Crowell.
The Tiny Seed takes young readers on a journey the life cycle of a
group of seeds. Many of the seeds are lost along the journey (some
+ are burned by the sun while others are eaten by a bird) but the tiny
seed survived the long winter and come spring the tiny seed
sprouted into a giant flower. When autumn retuned the giant flower
sent its own seeds out into the world to start journey over again.
Does A Kangaroo Have a
Mother, Too?
Carle, Eric. (2000). Does A Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?. New
York: HarperCollins.
In the book, Does A Kangaroo Have A Mother, Too?, young readers
find out that all animal babies have mothers just like they do! From
+ baby elephants, joeys, and even baby swans!
The Very Busy Spider
Carle, Eric. (1984). The Very Busy Spider. New York: Philomel
Books.
One morning as the wind blew a spider across the field and
landed on a fence posted in a farm year. As the spider began to
+ spin its web, farm animals began to ask the very busy spider to do
things. The spider did not respond as she was too busy spinning
her web.
The Mixed- Up Chameleon
Carle, Eric. (1979). The Mixed-Up Chameleon. New York:
HarperCollins.
A chameleon led a boring life until the day he discovered that not
+ only could he change colors, but he was able to change his shape
and his size! When the chameleon went to the zoo he was so
excited and wanted to be just like them. In the end the chameleon
changed into all the zoo animals at once!
The Honeybee and the
Robber
Carle, Eric. (1981). The Honeybee and the Robber. New York:
Scholastic.
In the pop-up and moveable book, Honeybee and the Robber, it
+ shows the life of a working beehive. Young readers get to discover
the hectic life of the hive as they get to see the jobs of the Queen
bee, worker bees, and the guard bees. And how they all work
together to protect their habitat when there is a honey robber
trying to steal honey from the hive.
Little Cloud
Carle, Eric. (1996). Little Cloud by Eric Carle. New York:
Penguin Group.
Have you ever sat outside on a cloudy day and looked up at the
+ clouds and saw many different images in the clouds like a dog, or a
cat? In this book, Little Cloud the Author Eric Carle invites you do
just that! This book takes you on a journey of one little cloud and
how it transforms and changes into many different shapes (a fluffy
sheep, a swan, even a clown)!
The Very Lonely Firefly
Carle, Eric. (1995). The Very Lonely Firefly. New York:
Scholastic.
A firefly was born but it became very lonely and began to search
for other fireflies by shinning its light. As the firefly searched and
+ searched it found other shinny objects but they were not fireflies
instead they were a light bulb, candle, flashlight, headlights, and
lanterns. After a long search, the very lonely firefly found what he
was looking for… a group of fireflies flashing their lights.
“Slowly, Slowly, Slowly”, said
the Sloth.
Carle, Eric. (2002). “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth. New
York: Philomel Books.
+ People now days are always in a big rush. But not the sloth! The
sloth does everything very slowly. The sloth slowly does
everything, sleeps, eats, climbs out of trees. We can all learn a lot
form the gentle sloth as we slow down and enjoy life… slowly!
10 Little Rubber Ducks
Carle, Eric. (2005). 10 Little Rubber Ducks. New York:
HarperCollins.
After the author, Eric Carle read an newspaper article about 29,00
+ bathtub toys fell over board from a container ship he could not
resist making a book out of this factual event. After a storm strikes
a cargo ship 10 rubber ducks went in different directions. This
book takes you on the journey of the 10 rubber dukes that were
lost at sea then found their momma duck.
Mister Seahorse
Carle, Eric. (2004). Mister Seahorse. New York: Philomel
Books.
In Mother Nature, it is normal for the mother to take care of the
+ eggs. But in the ocean life there are a many of the fathers that take
care of the eggs such as the seahorse, stickleback, tilapia, Kurtus,
pipefish, bullhead catfish, and some others.
Papa, Please Get the Moon
For Me.
Carle, Eric. (1986) Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me. New
York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
+ A little girl named Monica asks her dad to get the moon for her so
she can play with it. This book is about a dad setting out to get the
moon for his daughter. The moon is very far away so it isn’t an easy
task and Monica’s father has to climb all the way up to the moon.
He found out that the moon was too big to carry so he had to wait
until the moon was small enough to carry it home to his daughter.
