1. Who Is....
ERIC CARLE
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2. Eric Carle Eric Carle is an author and an illustrator.
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Eric Carle
Eric Carle is an author and an illustrator.
He writes and illustrates children’s books like The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear, Brown Bear.

3. . Syracuse Where does he live?
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Eric Carle was born in Syracuse, New York.
Northampton.
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Now he lives with his wife, Bobbie in Northampton, Massachusetts.

4. What was his first book ? Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See?
1,2,3 To The Zoo
The first book that he illustrated.
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His first book he wrote and illustrated by himself,
…followed shortly by….
The Very Hungry Caterpillar

5. What comes first, the story or the pictures ?
Eric Carle says, “To me, pictures need writing and writing needs pictures.”
The idea comes first!

6. How does Eric Carle make his pictures ?
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His pictures are like collages. He starts by painting lots of plain tissue paper with different colors. Then when he wants to make a picture, he cuts different shapes out of the painted tissue paper and glues it all together.

7. What is Eric Carle’s favorite book that he has written?
Do You Want To Be My Friend?
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8. How can you get in touch with Eric Carle?
You may send letters via snail mail to: Eric Carle, P.O. Box 485, Northampton, MA 01060, USA.
You are also welcome to leave him a message in the guestbook on his official web site at :
“I love to hear from my fans!”
Eric Carle

9. Credits 1. Yahoo! Search – Images
2. The Official Eric Carle Website
MarcoPolo – National Geographic Xpeditions