Eric Carle

ages 0-9+
Eric Carle is such an easy author to fall in love with. His books appeal to a wide range of ages and cover a variety of topics. Most children know him from The Very Hungry Caterpillar but he has so many more wonderful books. One of the most appealing aspects of his books is how so many of them are repetitive and predictable. This feature may cause you to roll your eyes as your child asks you to read it for the fifth time that day, however, this is such a great tool for beginning readers. Children build confidence and feel like they can read his books before they are really able to start decoding. Many of my beginning-of-the-year first graders would return to his books over and over again because they knew they could read them. He writes about bugs, animals, plants and people. His style of collage art is unique and his use of bold colors and large shapes make his books interesting to even the littlest of readers. I have several of his books in board style and my baby started staring intently at his pictures at just a few weeks old. Eric Carle is now one of his favorite authors, at nine months of age.

My favorites from Eric Carle:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Busy Spider
A House for Hermit Crab
Today is Monday
From Head to Toe
Mr. Seahorse
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle
Brown Bear, Brown Bear (And all the others in this series- These are written by Bill Martin, Jr. but illustrated by Eric Carle)
Rooster's Off to See the World
10 Little Rubber Ducks

Check Out His Website:
www.eric-carle.com