Born in New York in 1929 , he was educated in Germany from the age of six. He went back to the USA in 1952 where he became a graphic designer. He published Brown bear, brown bear in collaboration with Bill Martin in 1967.
He has illustrated more than 70 books. His last one "Baby bear, baby bear what do you see ?" was published in 2007.
“With many of my books I attempt to bridge the gap between the home and school", he said.
Site officiel d'Eric Carle : http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html
Quelques pistes…d’exploitation d’albums d'Eric Carle
Does a kangaroo have a mother too? (Eric Carle)
- vidéo réalisée avec des élèves : http://eaglecreekkinderteacher.podomatic.com/entry/2008-01-11T06_47_51-08_00
The mixed-up chameleon (Eric Carle) 
- Histroire racontée : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYnQt-mzWJE
Projet élèves ( Elementary School in Roanoke VA)
From head to toe (Eric Carle) 
- http://www.primlangues.education.fr/php/sequence_detail.php?id_sequence=58
- http://alecole.ac-poitiers.fr/ia86/spip.php?article324
Bande sonore, flashcards, propositions d'exploitation :
The very Hungry Caterpillar (Eric Carle) 
- http://www.primlangues.education.fr/php/seance.php?id_seance=253
- http://crdp.ac-dijon.fr/The-Very-Hungry-Caterpillar.html
- http://crdp.ac-bordeaux.fr/cddp33/langue/telechargement/The_very_hungry_caterpillar.pdf (Document d'accompagnement des programmes)
Story
une autre version
Projet réalisé par des élèves
Brown Bear (Bill Martin and Eric Carle)
- http://crdp.ac-bordeaux.fr/cddp33/langue/telechargement/Brown%20Bear.pdf
- http://www.dltk-teach.com/books/brownbear/index.htm
- http://pedagogie.ac-toulouse.fr/langues-vivantes-32/IMG/pdf_Brown_Bear.pdf
Story read by Eric Carle
Brown bear song
Polar Bear (Eric Carle) 
- http://www.dltk-teach.com/books/brownbear/sequel.htm
- http://alecole.ac-poitiers.fr/ia86/spip.php?article326
Today’s Monday (Eric Carle) 
Today's Monday song
Do you want to be my friend ? (Eric Carle) 
1,2,3 to the zoo (Eric Carle) 
- http://ia89.ac-dijon.fr/docs/lve/123_to_the_zoo.pdf
- http://alecole.ac-poitiers.fr/ia86/spip.php?article329
Mr Seahorse (Eric Carle) 
The tiny seed (Eric Carle) 
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Valise d’Eric Carle proposée par l’académie de Clermont
http://www3.ac-clermont.fr/ien-mauriac/spip.php?article61
Bandes sonores d'albums, propositions d'exploitation pédagogique, flashcards,...
http://www.ac-clermont.fr/ia63/langues.htm
Propositions d'exploitations d'album de l'académie de Dijon
http://ia89.ac-dijon.fr/index.php?lve_ressources_en
Propositions d'exploitations pédagogiques d'albums de l'académie de Poitier
http://alecole.ac-poitiers.fr/ia86/spip.php?mot39
DVD The very hungry Caterpillar and other stories avec adaptations audiovisuelles de: “Papa, please, get the moon for me” ; “The very quiet cricket” ; “The mixed up chameleon” ;” I see a song”.
Tell it again : the new storytelling handbook for primary teachers
Ellis, Gail / Brewster, Jean- Penguin, 2002
Propositions de séquences pédagogiques pour :Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see ?, The kangaroo from Woolloomooloo, My cats likes to hide in boxes, Mr McGee, The very hungry caterpillar, Meg’s eggs, The clever tortoise, The elephant and the bad baby, Something else, Funnybones, Princess smartypants, Jim and the beanstalk.
