Eric Carle

 

 

Kindergarten Author Quest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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                Caryn Dattilio

                Nicole Eastman              

                Kelly Morrison

 

Who is Eric Carle?

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Eric Carle is a famous author and illustrator. He has written many books and he has illustrated more than seventy children's books.

 

Have you ever heard of the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar or the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? Both of those books were written and illustrated by Eric Carle.

 

 

Text Box: How does Eric Carle make his illustrations?

 

Eric Carle creates his pictures using a collage of hand painted papers. He cuts and layers the papers to create the images you see in his books.

 

 

Some of the Many Books written by Eric Carle

 

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?                      

1, 2, 3, to the Zoo   

The Very Hungry Caterpillar   Pancakes, Pancake

The Tiny Seed                

Do You Want to be my Friend?

Rooster’s Off to See the World 

The Secret Birthday Message  

Walter the Baker  

Have you Seen my Cat?  

I See a Song  

My Very First Book of Numbers  

                                   Colors

                                   Shapes

                                   Words

Why Noah Chose the Dove  

Hole in the Dyke  

The Grouchy Ladybug  

The Mixed Up Chameleon  

Watch Out! A Giant!  
The Honeybee and the Robber  

The Very Busy Spider  

Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me  

A House for a Hermit Crab  

Eric Carle’s Treasury of Classic Stories for Children  

The Very Quiet Cricket  

Draw Me a Star  

Today is Monday  

Eric Carle: Picture Writer  

My Apron  

The Very Lonely Firefly  

Little Cloud
The Art of Eric Carle  

From Head to Toe  

Flora and Tiger: 19 Very Short Stories From My Life  

Hello, Red Fox  

You Can Make A Collage  

The Very Clumsy Click Beetle  

Does A Kangaroo Have A Mother Too?  

Dream Snow  

“Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth


 

 

For more books written and illustrated by Eric Carle

Click here www.eric-carle.com/books.html

 

 

 

The following are activities are for you to take part in as you read some favorite Eric Carle books:

 

 

 

Activity 1:  The Very Hungry Caterpillar

 

Text Box: 1. Read the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The story can be read out loud by an adult.

 

2. After reading the story make the characters and foods that you saw within the story using the materials in your classroom.

 

3. Using the characters and food you created; retell the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

 

 

 

Text Box: Activity 2:  The Very Busy Spider                                 

A spider spins her web on the fence of a farm and is visited by many farm friends. The spider is too busy spinning her web to play with any of the animals. Will the spider finish her web by the end of the day?

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          Have an adult read this story to you or read to yourself if you can.  Once you have read the story and looked at the pictures, you are going to create your own page of The Very Busy Spider.  Ask an adult for a piece of paper folded in half and markers, crayons or colored pencils.  In the story, each animal makes a noise, and then asks the spider a question.  Each time the spider answers the same way. 

          If you were the author and were going to add one more page to the story, what would it look like?  What animal would you use? What kind of noise does that animal make? What question would your animal ask the busy spider? How would the spider answer?  Use one half of your paper to draw the new animal you want to include in the story and the other half to draw the very busy spider.  When you are finished, have an adult help you put in the words that will tell your story.

 

Suggestion for teachers

       Collect all of your student’s pages to create a class written book of The Very Busy Spider.  Have the students compare their own pages with the real book. What are the similarities and differences?

 

 

Activity 3:  Making your own story

 

Now that you have read two of Eric Carle’s books, you know the way he writes his stories.  You can make your own story that is like The Very Hungry Caterpillar using a different main character and foods or make your own story like The Very Busy Spider using a different main character and different animals.  Here are some suggestions:

 

·        Write down your story or have an adult write down your words for you.

·        Make puppets to act out your story

·        Make a picture book

·        Tell the story of the Hungry Caterpillar meeting the Very Busy Spider using these ideas

Activity 3: Make your own Eric Carle style book using collage

 

1.  Obtain the following materials:

 

 

2.  Create your own story like in the last activity or use your own words to retell one of your favorite Eric Carle stories.

 

3.  Have someone write down your words.

 

4.  Decide what pictures you want on each page according to the story you've created.

 

5.  Plan what words and pictures you want on each page of your book.

 

6.  Cut and tear the papers and layer them onto the chosen page.

 

7.  Use the glue sparingly by applying it to the papers to create the layered and different colored collage look as Eric Carle does.

 

8.  Let the page dry for a few hours.

 

9.  After the artwork is dry, write down the words that go along with it.

 

10.  Your work can be bound together using a hole punch and string or ribbon or the work can be laminated and made into a book (this can be done at kinko's).

 

Activity 4

         

1) Read the book titled “Have You Seen My Cat?”

2)  I’ve created my own book based on the idea of “Have You Seen My Cat?”  It is called “Have You Seen My Turtle?” 

3)  After you’ve looked at my book, think about what animal you’d choose to be lost.

4) Then Create your own book.

5) Click Here to read my book.