Who Is.... ERIC CARLE Insert clip art here

Eric Carle Eric Carle is an author and an illustrator. Insert a picture of Eric Carle here 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.

Eric Carle was born in Syracuse, New York. Where does he live? Eric Carle was born in Syracuse, New York. Insert map here . Syracuse

What was his first book ? Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See? The first book that he illustrated. Insert pictures of book covers on this slide. The very busy spider His first book he wrote and illustrated by himself, …followed shortly by…. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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

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.