Transcript Eric Carle is an author and illustrator

Eric Carle
The Author and Illustrator
Who is Eric Carle?
Eric Carle is an author and illustrator of children’s
books.
What is an author?
Someone who writes the words for the story.
What is an illustrator?
The person who draws the pictures for the book.
How can he be both?
Eric Carle is a very talented man and can be both the
author and illustrator because he believed in
himself.
He decided that it would be more fun to draw and
write the story on his own so that it was all his own
work.
Could we be the author and illustrator if we wanted?
Yes!! Just have to believe in yourself!
What are some of his books?
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Grouchy Lady Bug
The Mixed-Up Chameleon
The Very Busy Spider
Little Cloud
Draw Me a Star
Little Seed
And many more…
Why are we interested?
Over the next few days we will be reading and doing
different activities with a few of Eric Carle’s books.
Each book has a different lesson that can be learned
from it as well as an art project attached to it.
In the end we will have learned about a few different
topics while still having fun.
Lets get started!