Author & Illustrator

Eric Carle

Biography

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. He is best known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, From Head to Toe, and The Grouchy Ladybug. Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, many bestsellers, most of which he also wrote. He has two grown-up children, a son and a daughter, and divides his time between the Florida Keys and the hills of North Carolina. Mr. Carle opened the celebrated Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Northampton, MA, to feature both his work and that of other esteemed children’s book artists.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Jungle Hide & Seek

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Creepy-Crawly Halloween

The Very Lonely Firefly's Nighttime Friends

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Nature Walk

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Birthday Party

Most Popular Eric Carle Books

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Pi Kids, Eric Carle

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Christmas

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144

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131

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All Eric Carle Books

Year	Title	Author	Illustrator	Pages
	The Very Busy Spider's Forest Friends	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?		Eric Carle	24
2025	You're My Busy Little Spider	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	22
2025	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Jungle Hide & Seek	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2025	Why Does the Wind Blow?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2024	You're My Hungry Little Caterpillar	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	22
2024	Little Book of Thanks	Eric Carle, Odd Dot	Eric Carle	32
2024	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Creepy-Crawly Halloween	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2024	The Very Lonely Firefly's Nighttime Friends	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2024	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Nature Walk	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2024	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Birthday Party	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	12
2024	Why Is It Hot?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2024	Brown Bear and Friends 123	Eric Carle, Odd Dot	Eric Carle	28
2024	A Day at the Beach	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	16
2024	Why Does It Rain?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2024	Brown Bear and Friends ABC	Eric Carle, Odd Dot	Eric Carle	28
2024	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Easter	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2023	I Love My Brother	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2023	I Love My Sister	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2023	The Very Hungry Caterpillar Loves	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	12
2023	The Very Hungry Caterpillar at the Bakeshop	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	14
2023	Bear Hugs! with Brown Bear and Friends	Eric Carle, Odd Dot	Eric Carle	28
2023	A Day in the Snow	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	16
2023	Baby Bear's Busy Day	Eric Carle, Odd Dot	Eric Carle	10
2023	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's 100 First Words	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	20
2023	Good Night with The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2023	A Day at School	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	16
2023	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Rainbow Colors	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	16
2023	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Ocean Hide & Seek	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2023	I Love Grandpa	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2023	I Love Grandma	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2023	Eric Loves Animals	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	172
2023	Spring Sings for the Grouchy Ladybug	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2023	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Garden Friends	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2023	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Egg Hunt	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2022	The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Snacks	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	24
2022	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Christmas	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2022	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First Fall	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	16
2022	The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Dinner	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	24
2022	How Does a Tadpole Grow?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2022	How Does a Seed Sprout?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2022	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First Summer	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	16
2022	How Does an Egg Hatch?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2022	How Does a Caterpillar Change?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2022	The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Lunch	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	24
2022	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First Spring	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	16
2022	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First Winter	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	16
2021	The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Breakfast	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	24
2021	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Forest Hide & Seek	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2021	Can You Guess? Animal Sounds	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	14
2021	Thank You, Teacher	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2021	A Day on the Farm	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	16
2021	Eric Carle's Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Nursery Rhymes	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2020	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Snowy Hide & Seek	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2020	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's 8 Nights of Chanukah	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	18
2020	You're My Little Baby	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	14
2020	Happy Halloween	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2020	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Garden Picnic	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	12
2020	You Are Ready!	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2020	Can You Guess? Food	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	14
2020	Can You Guess? Animals	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	14
2020	Where Is The Very Hungry Caterpillar?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2019	Where Is the Sun?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2019	What's Your Favorite Food?	Eric Carle		40
2019	My First Busy World	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	12
2019	1, 2, 3 with the 10 Little Rubber Ducks	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	22
2019	Happy Birthday	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2018	Turn, Crank, Zoom!	Editors of Phoenix International Publications	Eric Carle	14
2018	Can a Cat Do That?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2018	What's Your Favorite Bug?	Eric Carle		40
2018	My First I See You	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	14
2018	All About The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2018	Hugs & Kisses for The Grouchy Ladybug	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2018	Sleep Tight with The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	10
2018	Eric Carle's Book of Many Things	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	80
2017	The Very Eric Carle Treasury	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	152
2017	Thanks	Eric Carle		32
2017	My First Peek-a-Boo Animals	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	18
2017	What's Your Favorite Color?	Eric Carle		32
2017	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Colors		Eric Carle	16
2017	Merry Christmas	Eric Carle		32
2017	World of Eric Carle	Editors of Phoenix International Publications	Eric Carle	120
2017	I Love Dad	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2016	Calm with the Very Hungry Caterpillar	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2016	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's ABC	Eric Carle		30
2016	I Love Mom		Eric Carle	32
2015	My First Busy Book	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	12
2015	The Nonsense Show	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	38
2015	Eric Carle's How Things Grow	Eric Carle		14
2015	Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Eric Carle		32
2014	Hear Bear Roar	Editors of Phoenix International Publications	Eric Carle	24
2014	What's Your Favorite Animal?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	30
2014	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Christmas 123	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	18
2013	Friends	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2013	Around the Farm	Pi Kids	Eric Carle	24
2011	The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2009	Eric Carle's 123	Eric Carle		22
2008	Colors/Colores	Eric Carle		12
2007	Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?	Bill Martin Jr	Eric Carle	28
2007	My Very First Book of Motion	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	18
2007	Eric Carle's Opposites	Eric Carle		16
2007	My Very First Book of Animal Homes	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	20
2007	My Very First Book of Animal Sounds	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	40
2007	My Very First Book of Food	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	20
2006	My Very First Book of Words	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	20
2006	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Finger Puppet Book	Eric Carle		7
2005	10 Little Rubber Ducks	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	36
2004	Mister Seahorse	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	64
2003	Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?		Eric Carle	28
2003	Where Are You Going? To See My Friend!	Kazuo Iwamura	Eric Carle	40
2002	Watch Out! A Giant!	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2002	"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
2000	Dream Snow	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
1999	The Very Clumsy Click Beetle	Eric Carle		32
1999	Eric Carle's ABC	Eric Carle		16
1998	Hello Red Fox	Eric Carle	Eric CarleᐧAnn Beneduce	32
1997	From Head to Toe	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
1996	Little Cloud	Eric Carle		32
1995	My Apron	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
1995	The Very Lonely Firefly	Eric Carle		32
1993	Today Is Monday	Eric Carle		32
1992	The Art of Eric Carle	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	120
1992	Draw Me a Star	Eric Carle		40
1991	Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
1991	Eric Carle's Dragons, Dragons	Eric Carle		68
1991	Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?	Eric Carle, Bill Martin Jr		28
1990	The Very Quiet Cricket	Eric Carle		32
1989	Eric Carle's Animals Animals		Eric Carle	96
1988	The Lamb and the Butterfly	Arnold Sundgaard	Eric Carle	32
1987	A House for Hermit Crab	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
1986	Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
1986	The Secret Birthday Message	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
1986	Eric Carle's All Around Us	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	14
1985	Thank You, Brother Bear	Eric Carle, Hans Baumann		32
1985	My Very First Book of Colors	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	20
1985	My Very First Book of Shapes	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	20
1985	The Greedy Python	Richard Buckley	Eric Carle	24
1985	The Mountain That Loved a Bird	Alice McLerran	Eric Carle	28
1985	The Foolish Tortoise	Richard Buckley	Eric Carle	24
1985	My Very First Book of Numbers	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	20
1984	The Very Busy Spider	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	24
1984	The Very Busy Spider	Eric Carle		32
1982	Catch the Ball!	Eric Carle		11
1982	What's for Lunch?	Eric Carle		12
1982	Let's Paint a Rainbow	Eric Carle		12
1981	The Honeybee and the Robber	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	16
1977	The Grouchy Ladybug	Eric Carle		48
1975	The Mixed-Up Chameleon	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
1974	Why Noah Chose the Dove	Isaac Bashevis Singer	Eric Carle	32
1973	¿Ha visto a mi gata? / Have You Seen My Cat?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
1973	I See a Song	Eric Carle		32
1973	Have You Seen My Cat?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	16
1972	Walter the Baker	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
1971	Rooster's Off to See the World	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	28
1971	Do You Want to Be My Friend?	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	40
1970	The Tiny Seed	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	40
1970	Pancakes, Pancakes!	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	32
1969	La oruga muy hambrienta	Eric Carle	Eric Carle	16
1969	The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Eric Carle		28
1968	1, 2, 3 to the Zoo	Eric Carle		20
1967	Oso pardo, oso pardo, ¿qué ves ahí?	Bill Martin Jr	Eric Carle	28