Author Study: Eric CarleBy: Melissa Bruzdewicz, Karli Costello, Yesenia

Hernandez, Jennifer Kahn, Lacey Whidden

History

• Born in Syracuse, New York in 1929• Moved to Germany when he was six years old• Graduated from a prestigious art school and decided to move back to New York

History Cont.

• Creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children.

• Best known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar

• Illustrated more than 70 books since

• Translated Hungry Caterpillar into over 45 languages

Awards

• Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American for Library Service to Children in 2003 for his lifetime contribution to children's literature and illustration.

• The NEA Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education in 2007

• First Prize for Picture Books from the International Children’s Book Fair in Italy

• American Institute of Graphics Arts Award in 1970

Awards Cont.

• Ten Best Picture Books of the Year in 1969

• Japan Picture Book Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2000

•  Regina Medal in 1999

Books{ just a few )

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, 1967

• 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo, 1968• The Very Hungry Caterpillar, 1969• Pancakes, Pancakes!, 1970• The Tiny Seed, 1970• Have You Seen My Cat?, 1973• The Mixed-Up Chameleon, 1975• The Grouchy Ladybug, 1977• From Head to Toe, 1997• The Very Clumsy Click Beetle, 1999

“Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth

Karli’s book talk

Draw Me A Star

Yesenia’s book talk

The Very Busy Spider

Jen’s book talk

The Tiny Seed

Melissa’s book talk

Mixed Up Chameleon

Lacey’s book talk

Videos

Interview

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAeC2IFMSiY

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvRcCKP5v6Q&feature=related

• http://www.eric-carle.com/ec_reads_vhc.html

Eric Carle

References

• Youtube.com• http://www.eric-carle.com/bio.

html• http://www.eric-carle.com/

ec_reads_vhc.html

• Okay so let me know what everyone thinks? Are the videos okay? Should I add more pics? More references? Anything else you can think of? Also for some reason the tiny seed and chameleon I had a hard trouble copyin a pic, so if someone can find a better one I dono what I was doing wrong…