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=Welcome To Our Author's Corner! =

This month, our author is Eric Carle


Eric Carle Facts:
 * He was born in 1929 in Syracuse, NY
 * He moved to Germany with his parents when he was six years old!
 * He moved back to the united states in 1952 when he was a grown up and lived in New York.
 * The first book he did was __Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?__ He wasn't the author of this book though, he was the illustrator, meaning he did the pictures.
 * After his first book, he loved it so much, he began to write his own children's books and he decided to make being an author and illustrator his new career.
 * He has illustrated over 70 books! Many of those books he also wrote!

Some of Eric Carle's books have been turned into videos so that you can listen to and watch them! These are some of those books! media type="youtube" key="HpISHA8Fs4w?rel=0" height="390" width="480" media type="youtube" key="5rrgR6Bf_zM?rel=0" height="390" width="480" media type="youtube" key="pdHCYgO9zh8?rel=0" height="390" width="480"

These are some of Eric Carle's Books: __The Tine Seed__ __1,2,3 to the Zoo__ __Do You Want to Be My Friend?__ __Rooster's Off to See the World__ __The Honeybee and the Robber__

and MANY, MANY more! __The Greedy Python__ __The Very Busy Spider__ __Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me__

Visit Eric Carle's Website to learn more about him, his books, and his pictures. You can even see a video of him reading his book __The Very Hungry Caterpillar__. Click this link to go to his website: http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html

There is even a museum inspired by Eric Carle's picture art! Click this link to see the Museum's website: http://www.carlemuseum.org/

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I think we all know this by now, but I love him! Hope you enjoy him the more you find out about him! - Heather