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Eric Carle
Eric Carle (born June 25, 1929) he is an American designer, illustrator, and writer of children's books. He was born in Syracuse, New York, USA. In mid 1929 his family moved back to Germany he was six years old. He spent his early education in Stuttgart and graduated from the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart. When Eric was 15 during World War II, the German Government enrolled him to dig trenches on the Siegfried line. With only 40 dollars nin his pocket he returned to New York in 1952. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art was founded with the help of his wife Barbara Carle in 2002. Eric's artistic style is distintive and instantly recognizable. It is created in a collage technique, using hand-painted paper, which he cuts and layers to porm bright and colourful images.

Eric Carle's Work
A few of the Books that Carle illustrated include the most famous "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" which most children have read or heard of. Others include; Papa, Please Get the Moon for me, The Grouchy Ladybug, From Head to Toe, The Very Quiet Cricket, The Mixed-Up Chameleon, The Very Lonely Firefly, The Very Busy Spider, and Do You Want to be My Friend. There are many more but these are just a few of the top books. Most of the books he has illustrated are short childrens picture books. Most of Carle's books are about animals he thinks this might be because him and his dad used to go walk in the forest and see all the animals. Many of his books are not only beautifully illustrated but have cutouts, flaps, raised textures, and lights and sound, are "half toy and half book" to show young readers that growth and change can be fun. He did this because moving from home to school was extremely "traumatic" for him.

Sources:

Top 10 Books by Eric Carle. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.teachervision.com/authors/top-10-books-eric-carle

In this link it has the top 10 books that Eric Carle has illustrated. Not only has a list of the books but also a little description of the book to help you understand what you are looking at.

Eric Carle Books, Author Biography, and Reading Level | Scholastic. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/eric-carle/

This link has a small explanation of why he writes the way he does and some of the books. It explains why all of his books are about animals.

Eric Carle | Biography, Books and Facts. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.famousauthors.org/eric-carle

This site mainly talks about Eric Carle's life and how he became a writer.