Eric Carle

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Eric Carle

• The Author and Illustrator

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Who is Eric Carle?

• Eric Carle is an author and illustrator of
  childrens 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.

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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!

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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

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Why are we interested?

• Over the next few days we will be reading and
  doing different activities with a few of Eric
  Carles 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!