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Eric Carle

Eric Carle is an author and an illustrator.

He uses collage to create his illustrations

He writes and illustrates children’s books like The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear, Brown Bear.

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Where does he live?

. Syracuse

Eric Carle was born in Syracuse, New York.

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What was his first book ?

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See?

The first book that he illustrated. The very busy

spiderHis first book he wrote and illustrated by himself,

…followed shortly by….

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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What comes first, the story or the pictures ?

Eric Carle says, “To me, pictures need writing and writing needs pictures.”

The idea comes first!

How does Eric Carle make his pictures ?

His pictures are like collages. He starts by painting lots of plain tissue paper with different colors. Then when he wants to make a picture, he cuts different shapes out of the painted tissue paper and glues it all together.

http://www.eric-carle.com/

What will you be doing?

• pick two personality traits about yourself

• make a list of animals that you feel represents those character traits.

• draw the animals on practice paper

• mix and match to make your own animal

• write a story about your made up animal.