Eric CarleAuthor Study

Created By Matt Damon, Devonte Jones, Ivory Lewis, Carla Heard

Eric Carle was born in Syracuse, New York in 1929. Carle pursued his love for art with the support of a high

school art teacher. In 1952, after graduating from a prestigious art school in

Stuttgart, Carle returned to New York. In 1969, Carle published The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a

small book that endeared him to a generation of children and adults around the world.

In 2002, Eric Carle founded and opened the first museum in the country dedicated exclusively to children's picture book art.

He wrote over 77 children’s book.

Eric Carle Biography

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo The Very Hungry Caterpillar Pancakes, Pancakes! The Tiny Seed Do You Want to Be My Friend? Walter the Baker Have You Seen My Cat?

Eric Carle Books

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Literature Award presented by the

Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, 2008 The NEA Foundation Award for Outstanding Service

to Public Education, 2007 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the Association for

Library Service to Children, American Library Association, 2003

The 1995 David McCord Children’s Literature Citation, Framingham State College + The Nobscot Reading Council of the International Reading Association, 1995

Eric Carle Awards

Pictures of Eric Carle