Eric Carle

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Eric Carle
Emily Byrd Tara Riley Krista Byrne Angela
Buragilo
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Eric Carle

• Let's put it this way if you are a novelist, I
  think you start out with a 20 word idea, and you
  work at it and you wind up with a 200,000 word
  novel. We, picture-book people, or at least I,
  start out with 200,000 words and I reduce it to
  20.
• Eric Carle

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Interesting Facts

• He does not use computers to make the actual
  book.
• He tries to honor his fathers and recapture the
  happy memories with him by writing about small
  living things.
• Eric Carles favorite book of the ones he has
  written is Do You Want to be My Friend?
• He does not have a favorite color he loves them
  all and likes combination of colors better then
  an individual color.
• He wanted to be a forester when he was younger.
• Early 1970s he started growing his beard while
  in the hospital for two broken vertebrae.
• He speaks English and German.

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Biography

• Eric Carle was born in Syracuse, New York on 1929
  and lived there until 1935. He remembers his life
  there to be a happy time, filled with lots of
  drawings.
• Just after Carle started first grade, his family
  moved to Stuttgart, Germany, his father's
  original home. Carle grew up in Hitler's Germany
  as they were preparing for war.
• He attended very strict schooling, but he
  received encouragement from a teacher who praised
  his drawings in class. Through his artwork, he
  quickly adapted and made friends.
• When war came in 1939, Carles world was changed.
  His father was gone for over eight years,
  fighting the war as a member of the German army
  and consequently held as a POW. He and his family
  spent many nights in an air-raid shelter.

• Even during wartime, Carle found ways to learn
  about art. His teachers saw potential in him,
  and taught him about the risky forms of art
  (like abstract) that the Nazis didnt approve
  of. His high school art teacher, Herr Krauss,
  influenced him greatly.
• In 1947 Carles father returned, and Carle was
  enrolled in the fine arts academy, designing
  posters for the American information center in
  Stuttgart.
• In 1952 Carle felt confident enough about his
  work to take his portfolio to the United States,
  but was drafted for war and taken back to
  Stuttgart. It was during this time he met his
  first wife.
• When discharged from war, the couple moved back
  to New York and had two children.

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Life of Eric Carle

• In 1963 Carle quit his full-time job and began
  working as a freelance artist. He says, I had
  come to the conclusion that I didn't want to sit
  in meetings, write memos, entertain clients, and
  catch commuter trains. I simply wanted to create
  pictures.
• In 1964 Carle and his wife split, and he met Bill
  Martin, who asked him to do illustrations for the
  childrens books he had written.
• After working alongside Bill Martin, Carle met
  Ann Beneduce who helped him create and publish
  his first two books 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo (1968)
  and The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969).
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar became an immediate
  best seller, and won several awards. Today
  millions of copies have been sold, and it has
  been translated into 30 different languages.

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Events of Eric Carle

• In 1977 Carle introduced another new invention in
  his book The Grouchy Ladybug the pages grow in
  size as larger and larger animals appear on them.
• Carle is well known for his very series of
  books, as well has his books that deal with
  numbers letters, the alphabet and other
  activities for young children. Some of these
  books include The Very Quiet Cricket, The Very
  Busy Spider, The Very Lonely Firefly and My Very
  First Book.
• Carle has written many poems for young children,
  and produced many stand-alone titles that are
  educational yet fun for younger readers. Today Is
  Monday, Books for Keeps, and Little Cloud
  encourage close observation to shapes and
  changes.
• In the years that follow Carle used his childhood
  in Germany to create several other books
  including his award-winning Draw Me a Star, his
  autobiographical My Apron A Story from My
  Childhood, and Flora and Tiger Nineteen Very
  Short Stories from My Life, which appeal to older
  children.

• Since the new millennium Carle has published best
  sellers like Does a kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?
  and Dream Snow, for the holiday season.
• He has worked closely with Japanese artist Kazuo
  Iwamura to create a bilingual book Where Are You
  Going? To See My Friend! which reads from left to
  right in English for the first half of the book,
  and then from right to left in transliterated
  Japanese from the back half of the book.
• On November 22, 2002 the Eric Carle Museum of
  Picture Book Art opened in Amherst,
  Massachusetts, founded by Carle and his wife,
  Barbara.
• In 2003 Bill Martin and Carle created a third
  bear book Panda Bear, Panda bear, What Do You
  See?

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The themes of Eric Carles stories are usually
drawn from his extensive knowledge and love of
naturean interest shared by most small children.
Besides being beautiful and entertaining, his
books always offer the child the opportunity to
learn something about the world around them. It
is his concern for children, for their feelings
and their inquisitiveness, for their creativity
and their intellectual growth that, in addition
to his beautiful artwork, makes the reading of
his books such a stimulating and lasting
experience.
Themes
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Concepts Eric Wants Children To Know

• Carle says With many of my books I attempt to
  bridge the gap between the home and school. To me
  home represents, or should represent warmth,
  security, toys, holding hands, being held. School
  is a strange and new place for a child. Will it
  be a happy place? There are new people, a
  teacher, classmateswill they be friendly?
• Eric Carle said he believes the passage from home
  to school is the second biggest trauma of
  childhood the first is, of course, being born.
  Indeed, in both cases we leave a place of warmth
  and protection for one that is unknown. The
  unknown often brings fear with it. In his books
  he tries to counteract this fear, to replace it
  with a positive message. He believes that
  children are naturally creative and eager to
  learn. He wants to show them that learning is
  really both fascinating and fun.

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Genres

• Eric Carle is most recognized as the picture book
  genre. What is fascinating about his books are
  that most of them are written and illustrated by
  him as well. He has won many awards for his hard
  work and dedication to the children in our
  schools.

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What makes Eric Carles Work Distinctive?

• Eric Carle paints on tissue paper for his
  illustrations.
• Tissue Paper
• After painting on the tissue paper, he uses it to
  create the characters and items in his stories.
• Creating Pictures

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Artistic Style Media

• Eric Carles art is distinctive and instantly
  recognizable. His unique art work is created in
  collage style, using hand-painted papers, which
  he cuts and layers to form bright and colorful
  images. Many of his books have added effects
  including twinkling lights as in The Very Lonely
  Firefly and the lifelike sound of a cricket in
  The Very Quiet Cricket.
• His work is also different because he uses a
  unique method for his art work. Here are
  examples
• Makes pictures by starting with plain tissue
  paper
• Then paints it different colors with acrylics
  using wide and small brushes or just his fingers.
  
• Cuts shapes out of these colored pieces and glues
  them to an illustration board to create his
  artwork.

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Awards

• Silver Medal from the City of Milano, Italy, 1989
  
• The 1995 David McCord Childrens Literature
  Citation, Framingham State College The Nobscot
  Reading Council of the International Reading
  Association, 1995
• University of Southern Mississippi Medallion from
  DeGrumond Collection, University of Southern
  Mississippi, Hattisburg, MS, 1997
• Regina Medal, Catholic Library Association, 1999
• Outstanding Friend of Children, Pittsburgh
  Childrens Museum, 1999

• Japan Picture Book Award, Presented by Mainichi
  Newspaper for Lifetime Achievement, 2000
• Honorary Degree from College of Our Lady the
  Elms, Chicopee, MA, 2001
• Officers Cross of the Order of Merit of the
  Federal Republic of Germany, 2001
• Honorary Degree from Niagara University, Niagara,
  NY, 2002
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the Association
  for Library Service to Children, American Library
  Association, 2003

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Eric Carles Books1967-1980

• Written and Illustrated
• 1968 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo
• 1969 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• 1970 The Tiny Seed, Pancakes, Pancakes!
• 1971 Do You Want to Be My Friend?
• 1972 Walter the Baker, The Secret Birthday
  Message, The Very Long Train (Folding Book), The
  Very Long Tail (Folding Book), Roosters Off to
  See the World
• 1973 I See a Song, Have You Seen My Cat?
• 1974 All About Arthur, My Very First Book of
  Numbers, My Very First Book of Colors, My Very
  First Book of Shapes, My Very First Book of Words
• 1975 The Mixed-Up Chameleon
• 1976 Eric Carles Storybook, Seven Tales by the
  Brothers Grimm

• 1977 The Grouchy Ladybug
• 1978 Seven Stories by Hans Christian Andersen,
  Watch Out! A Giant!
• 1980 Twelve Tales from Aesop
• Illustrated
• 1967 Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
  Written by Bill Martin Jr.
• 1971 The Scarecrow Clock. Written by George
  Mendoza, Feathered Ones and Furry. Written by
  Aileen Fisher, The Boastful Fisherman. Written
  by William Knowlton, Tales of the Nimipoo.
  Written by Eleanor B. Hardy
• 1973 Do Bears Have Mothers Too? Written by
  Aileen Fisher
• 1974 Why Noah Chose the Dove. Written by Isaac
  Bashevis Singer
• 1975 The Hole in the Dike. Written by Norma
  Green

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Eric Carles Books1981-1990

• Written and Illustrated
• 1981 The Honeybee and the Robber
• 1982 Catch the Ball!, Lets Paint A Rainbow,
  Whats For Lunch?
• 1984 The Very Busy Spider
• 1986 All in a Day, My Very First Book of
  Sounds, My Very First Book of Food, My Very First
  Book of Tools, My Very First Book of Touch, My
  Very First Book of Motion, My Very First Book of
  Growth, My Very First Book of Homes, My Very
  First Book of Heads, Papa, Please Get the Moon
  for Me, All Around Us
• 1987 A House for Hermit Crab

• 1988 Eric Carles Treasury of Classic Stories
  for Children, The Lamb and the Butterfly
• 1989 Animals Animals
• 1990 The Very Quiet Cricket
• Illustrated
• 1982 Otter Nonsense. Written by Norton Juster
• 1983 Chip Has Many Brothers. Written by Hans
  Baumann (Thank You, Brother Bear, 1995)
• 1985 The Mountain that Loved a Bird. Written
  by Alice McLerran, The Greedy Python. Written by
  Richard Buckley, The Foolish Tortoise. Written
  by Richard Buckley

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Eric Carles Books1991-2007

• Written and Illustrated
• 1991 Dragons Dragons
• 1992 Draw Me a Star
• 1993 Eric Carle Picture Writer, Today Is
  Monday
• 1994 My Apron
• 1995 The Very Lonely Firefly
• 1996 The Art of Eric Carle, Little Cloud
• 1997 Flora and Tiger 19 very short stories
  from my life, From Head to Toe
• 1998 You Can Make a Collage A Very Simple
  How-to Book, Hello, Red Fox
• 1999 The Very Clumsy Click Beetle

• 2000 Dream Snow, Does A Kangaroo Have A Mother,
  Too?
• 2002 Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, said the Sloth
• 2003 Where Are You Going? To See My Friend!
• 2004 Mister Seahorse
• 2005 10 Little Rubber Ducks
• 2007 Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
• Illustrated
• 1991 Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
  Written by Bill Martin Jr.
• 2003 Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?
  Written by Bill Martin Jr.

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Eric Carles BooksIn Spanish

• De la cabeza a los pies From Head to Toe
• El grillo silencioso The Very Quiet Cricket
• El Canguro Tiene Mamá Does A Kangaroo Have A
  Mother, Too?
• La Araña Muy Ocupada The Very Busy Spider
• La mariquita malhumorada The Grouchy Ladybug

• La Oruga Muy Hambrienta The Very Hungry
  Caterpillar
• Oso Pardo, Oso Pardo, Qué Ves Ahi? Brown Bear,
  Brown Bear, What Do You See?
• Oso Polar, Oso Polar, Qué Es Ese Ruido? Polar
  Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

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Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?Teaching
Strategies

• Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? is about
  different endangered species. With this book you
  could teach the students about the different
  species in this story. You could explain to the
  students that each animal has its own habitat,
  and that all the habitats are different from one
  another. Then you could put the children in
  small groups and have them create their own
  habitat for one of the animals in the story.
  This would teach them about the animal and help
  them learn ways to protect the species. Then you
  could do a follow up activity by going to the
  zoo.

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A House for Hermit Crab

• Hermit Crab moves out of his small shell on the
  sea floor, in search of a new house when he
  outgrows his shell. When he finds a bigger place
  he begins looking for other animals to move in
  and help him make this new shell home. A sea
  anemone agrees to move in with him and a starfish
  says he will decorate the new shell. He sees a
  snail picking up algae and asks it to move in and
  clean his house and a sea urchin is hired for
  protection. A lantern fish comes in for lighting
  and pebbles are used for a wall. Hermit lives
  happily for a while but realizes that it is
  quickly time to move again because this shell has
  also become too small. He lets a smaller crab
  move into his old shell and sets out to find a
  new home.

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Teaching Ideas

• Art project
• -give students their own blank shell and let them
  decorate it with pictures from magazines and
  other art supplies similar to the collage style
  of the author
• Science
• -learn about different habitats of various
  animals, where and what they live in
• -can also learn vocabulary and animals in the
  ocean (sea anemones, coral, sea urchins)

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The Secret Birthday Message

• In this creative and fun book, Eric Carle changes
  the way we would typically give a birthday gift.
  It starts when Tim receives a letter written in
  code, sending him on an exciting treasure hunt
  through a dark cave, an underground tunnel, and
  other strange places. When he reaches the end he
  finds a happy surprise, a puppy in a basket with
  a tag on his paw saying, Happy Birthday!
• This childrens book was creatively written with
  cutout shapes and vivid colors that can get
  almost anyone excited about the wonderful
  adventure Tim goes on. It is an excellent book
  for elementary aged children because it gets them
  excited about reading. They have to follow the
  clues along with Tim before they can find out
  what the surprise is in the end.

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Teaching Ideas

• It could be implemented into a classroom because
  it introduces pattern-recognition, the matching
  of shapes, following instructions and simple map
  reading. All of these are skills a teacher could
  expand upon in an activity. This book would be a
  fun introduction to get children thinking about
  these important things and how they effect our
  daily lives.

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Little Cloud

• This book is very cute and entertaining for young
  children. Little Cloud cant be seen at the
  beginning of the book, but after the big clouds
  moved out of the way, Little Cloud could be
  seen. Little Cloud decided that he wanted to
  turn himself into many different things such as
  a sheep, airplane, shark, tree, rabbit, and a
  clown. Then at the end of the book, all the
  clouds came together as one big cloud and caused
  it to rain.

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Teaching Ideas

• There are many ways this book could be used in
  the classroom. As the teacher you could
• Let the students do an art session where they can
  pretend that cotton balls are the clouds, and
  they get to choose what they want to make out of
  the clouds.
• You could also do a science lesson about the
  different types of clouds, and what happens to
  the clouds when it rains.

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References

• http//www.ves.k12.nf.ca/Activities/Carle.htm
• The Official Eric Carle Web Site. Eric Carle. 11
  November 2007 lthttp//www.eric-carle.com/home.html
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• http//www.eric-carle.com/faqs.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carle
• Scholastic Review of Eric Carlehttp//content.sc
  holastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id3234Key
  Biographical notes for Eric Carlehttp//www.eric
  -carle.com/bio.html
• Biography of Eric Carlehttp//www.biography.com/s
  earch/article.do?id9238169
• The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book
  Arthttp//www.picturebookart.org/
• The Official Eric Carle Websitehttp//www.eric-c
  arle.com/home.html