2. Get Ready Set Go Let’s begin our author study ! Created by Ana Zenon

3. An author is a writer Writers look like this Are you a writer?

4. An illustrator is a person who creates pictures for a book Illustrators look like this Are you an illustrator ?

5. An author study is when we learn about the books written by one person. We read talkwrite and draw about books written by 1 person

6. This is Eric Carle He is an illustrator. He is a writer.

7. Eric Carle Books by Eric Carle wrote and drew the pictures for these stories.

8. Let us read, talk and write about Eric Carle’s books. WITEWITE TLkTLk

9. As we read Eric Carle’s books let’s try to answer these questions… What kind of books does he like to write ? fiction What makes his stories interesting ? What makes his illustrations special ? The characters ? nonfiction or The settings ? His writing style ?

10. Get Ready Set Go! Let’s go read Eric Carle’s books!