Anthologies
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Artist to Artist | 2007 | Buy |
Collections
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Twelve Tales from Aesop | 1980 | Buy |
Eric Carle Illustrated Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo | 1968 | Buy |
| Pancakes, Pancakes! | 1970 | Buy |
| The Tiny Seed | 1970 | Buy |
| Do You Want to Be My Friend? | 1971 | Buy |
| Rooster’s Off to See the World | 1971 | Buy |
| Walter the Baker | 1972 | Buy |
| The Secret Birthday Message | 1972 | Buy |
| Very Long Train | 1972 | Buy |
| Have You Seen My Cat? | 1973 | Buy |
| I See a Song | 1973 | Buy |
| Why Noah Chose the Dove | 1974 | Buy |
| All about Arthur | 1974 | Buy |
| The Mixed-Up Chameleon | 1975 | Buy |
| The Grouchy Ladybug | 1977 | Buy |
| Watch Out!A Giant! | 1978 | Buy |
| The Honeybee & the Robber | 1981 | Buy |
| Let’s Paint a Rainbow | 1982 | Buy |
| Catch the Ball! | 1982 | Buy |
| What’s for Lunch? | 1982 | Buy |
| The Very Busy Spider | 1984 | Buy |
| The Greedy Python | 1985 | Buy |
| All Around Us | 1986 | Buy |
| Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me | 1986 | Buy |
| Eric Carle’s Animals Animals | 1989 | Buy |
| The Very Quiet Cricket | 1990 | Buy |
| Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? | 1991 | Buy |
| Eric Carle’s Dragons, Dragons | 1991 | Buy |
| Draw Me a Star | 1992 | Buy |
| Today Is Monday | 1993 | Buy |
| My Apron | 1994 | Buy |
| The Very Lonely Firefly | 1995 | Buy |
| Little Cloud | 1996 | Buy |
| From Head to Toe | 1997 | Buy |
| Flora and Tiger | 1997 | Buy |
| Hello, Red Fox | 1998 | Buy |
| The Very Clumsy Click Beetle | 1999 | Buy |
| Dream Snow | 2000 | Buy |
| “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth | 2002 | Buy |
| Where Are You Going? To See My Friend! | 2003 | Buy |
| Mister Seahorse | 2004 | Buy |
| 10 Little Rubber Ducks | 2005 | Buy |
| Count with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2006 | Buy |
| Eric Carle’s Animals | 2008 | Buy |
| The Rabbit And The Turtle | 2008 | Buy |
| Tom Thumb | 2011 | Buy |
| The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse | 2011 | Buy |
| Around the Farm | 2013 | Buy |
| Friends | 2013 | Buy |
| Hear Bear Roar | 2014 | Buy |
| The Nonsense Show | 2015 | Buy |
| I Love Mum with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2016 | Buy |
| Hugs and Kisses for the Grouchy Ladybug | 2018 | Buy |
| Christmas Cheer for The Grouchy Ladybug | 2019 | Buy |
| Wonderful You | 2022 | Buy |
| How Does a Seed Sprout? | 2022 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Peekaboo Easter | 2024 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Peekaboo Halloween | 2025 | Buy |
My Very First Book Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| My Very First Book of Words | 1974 | Buy |
| My Very First Book of Numbers | 1985 | Buy |
| My Very First Book of Shapes | 1985 | Buy |
| My Very First Book of Colors | 1985 | Buy |
| My Very First Book of Food | 1986 | Buy |
| My Very First Book of Motion | 1986 | Buy |
| My Very First Book of Growth | 1986 | Buy |
| My Very First Book of Touch | 1986 | Buy |
| My Very First Book of Heads and Tails | 1986 | Buy |
| My Very First Book of Animal Homes | 2007 | Buy |
| My Very First Book of Animal Sounds | 2007 | Buy |
| My First Busy Book | 2015 | Buy |
| My First Peek-a-Boo Animals | 2017 | Buy |
| My First I See You | 2018 | Buy |
| My First Busy World | 2019 | Buy |
Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Art of Eric Carle | 1992 | Buy |
| You Can Make A Collage | 1998 | Buy |
Ready-to-Read: Pre-Level 1 Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Happy and Honey | 2001 | Buy |
| See Otto | 2002 | Buy |
| Ride Otto Ride! | 2002 | Buy |
| My Friend Lucky | 2002 | Buy |
| See Pip Point | 2003 | Buy |
| Twins in the Park | 2003 | Buy |
| Swing Otto Swing! | 2004 | Buy |
| See Santa Nap | 2004 | Buy |
| Mouse Loves School | 2011 | Buy |
| Thank You Day | 2014 | Buy |
| Friends Help Each Other | 2014 | Buy |
| Daniel Plays Ball | 2014 | Buy |
| Daniel Goes Out for Dinner | 2015 | Buy |
| Daniel Gets Scared | 2015 | Buy |
| Go, Otto, Go! | 2016 | Buy |
| My First Gymnastics Class | 2016 | Buy |
| My First Soccer Game | 2016 | Buy |
| Daniel Plays at School | 2016 | Buy |
| My First Ballet Class | 2016 | Buy |
| Daniel Learns to Share | 2016 | Buy |
| My First Karate Class | 2016 | Buy |
| Miffy at the Library | 2017 | Buy |
| Miffy Rides a Bike | 2017 | Buy |
| My First Yoga Class | 2017 | Buy |
| Miffy Can Play! | 2017 | Buy |
| Mouse Loves Snow | 2017 | Buy |
| Daniel Will Pack a Snack | 2017 | Buy |
| Mouse Loves Spring | 2018 | Buy |
| Miffy Can Help! | 2018 | Buy |
| My First Swim Class | 2018 | Buy |
| Trolley Ride! | 2018 | Buy |
| Mouse Loves Summer | 2018 | Buy |
| See Zip Zap | 2018 | Buy |
| Can a Cat Do That? | 2018 | Buy |
| Space Cows | 2018 | Buy |
| Mouse Loves Fall | 2018 | Buy |
| See Pip Flap | 2018 | Buy |
| Miffy and the Band | 2018 | Buy |
| Tigertastic Stories with Daniel | 2018 | Buy |
| Mouse Loves Love | 2018 | Buy |
| Daniel Can Dance | 2018 | Buy |
| Party Pigs! | 2019 | Buy |
| Look Out! A Storm! | 2019 | Buy |
| Poof! A Bot! | 2019 | Buy |
| Float, Flutter | 2019 | Buy |
| Knight Owls | 2019 | Buy |
| My First Day of School | 2019 | Buy |
| We Can Ride Down the Slide | 2019 | Buy |
| Gulp, Gobble | 2019 | Buy |
| My First Puppy | 2019 | Buy |
| Books Are the Best | 2019 | Buy |
| Bug Dipping, Bug Sipping | 2020 | Buy |
| Sea Sheep | 2020 | Buy |
| Daniel Goes Camping! | 2020 | Buy |
| Come In, Zip! | 2020 | Buy |
| Bird Singing, Bird Winging | 2020 | Buy |
| Cat Has a Plan | 2020 | Buy |
| For Otto | 2020 | Buy |
| Roller Bears | 2020 | Buy |
| The Bug in the Bog | 2020 | Buy |
| My First Kitten | 2020 | Buy |
| Clean-Up Time! | 2020 | Buy |
| Diner Dogs | 2021 | Buy |
| Goat Wants to Eat | 2021 | Buy |
| See Bip Grow! | 2021 | Buy |
| Baking Day! | 2021 | Buy |
| Sign Says Stop! | 2021 | Buy |
| Read with Daniel Tiger! | 2021 | Buy |
| Captain Cat and the Pirate Lunch | 2021 | Buy |
| Going Somewhere | 2021 | Buy |
| Pill Bug Does Not Need Anybody | 2021 | Buy |
| Pig Makes Art | 2022 | Buy |
| Can Clam Go? | 2022 | Buy |
| Captain Cat Goes to Mars | 2022 | Buy |
| Can Blue Hide? | 2022 | Buy |
| Friends Forever! | 2022 | Buy |
| Stomp! | 2022 | Buy |
| Bookstore Bunnies | 2022 | Buy |
| Dog Can Hide | 2023 | Buy |
| Big Bub, Small Tub | 2023 | Buy |
| Nat the Cat Takes a Bath | 2023 | Buy |
| Cat Sees Snow | 2023 | Buy |
| Frog Can Hop | 2023 | Buy |
STEM Gear
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Turn, Crank, Zoom! | 2018 | Buy |
What’s Your Favorite Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| What’s Your Favorite Animal? | 2014 | Buy |
| What’s Your Favorite Color? | 2017 | Buy |
| What’s Your Favorite Bug? | 2018 | Buy |
| What’s Your Favorite Food? | 2019 | Buy |
World of Eric Carle Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar | 1969 | Buy |
| Eric Carle’s Storybook | 1976 | Buy |
| A House for Hermit Crab | 1987 | Buy |
| Eric Carle’s ABC | 1999 | Buy |
| Eric Carle’s Opposites | 2007 | Buy |
| The Very Busy Spider’s Favorite Words | 2007 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Favorite Words | 2007 | Buy |
| The Very Quiet Cricket’s Favorite Words | 2008 | Buy |
| The Very Clumsy Click Beetle’s Favorite Words | 2008 | Buy |
| Colors. Colores | 2008 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Buggy Book | 2009 | Buy |
| Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2015 | Buy |
| Eric Carle’s How Things Grow | 2015 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s ABC | 2016 | Buy |
| Calm with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2016 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Easter Colors | 2017 | Buy |
| I Love Dad with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2017 | Buy |
| Merry Christmas from the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2017 | Buy |
| Where is the Very Hungry Caterpillar? | 2017 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s 123 | 2017 | Buy |
| Thanks from the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2017 | Buy |
| Sleep Tight Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2018 | Buy |
| Happy Birthday from the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2019 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Birthday Party | 2019 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Christmas Eve | 2019 | Buy |
| Where Is the Sun? | 2019 | Buy |
| Can You Guess? | 2020 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Easter Sticker and Colouring Book | 2020 | Buy |
| You Are Ready!: The World Is Waiting | 2020 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Garden Picnic: A Scratch-And-Sniff Book | 2020 | Buy |
| Happy Halloween from the Very Busy Spider | 2020 | Buy |
| You’re My Little Baby: A Touch-and-Feel Book | 2020 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Creepy-Crawly Halloween | 2020 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Magnet Book | 2020 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Snowy Hide & Seek: A Finger Trail Lift-The-Flap Book | 2020 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s 8 Nights of Chanukah | 2020 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First 100 Words | 2021 | Buy |
| Eric Carle’s Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Nursery Rhymes | 2021 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Easter Egg Hunt | 2021 | Buy |
| A Day on the Farm with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2021 | Buy |
| Thank You, Teacher from the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2021 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Wild Animal Hide-and-Seek | 2021 | Buy |
| Can You Guess? Animal Sounds with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2021 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Forest Hide & Seek: A Finger Trail Lift-The-Flap Book | 2021 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Halloween Trick or Treat | 2021 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Father Christmas | 2021 | Buy |
| Eric Carle’s Book of Amazing Animals | 2021 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Breakfast | 2021 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Winter | 2022 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Spring | 2022 | Buy |
| Spring Sings for the Grouchy Ladybug | 2022 | Buy |
| How Does an Egg Hatch?: Life Cycles with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2022 | Buy |
| How Does a Caterpillar Change?: Life Cycles with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2022 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Easter Picnic | 2022 | Buy |
| World of Animals | 2022 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Bug Hunt | 2022 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Summer | 2022 | Buy |
| How Does a Tadpole Grow? | 2022 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Dinner | 2022 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Fall | 2022 | Buy |
| Peekaboo Christmas with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2022 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Snacks | 2022 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Garden Friends | 2023 | Buy |
| Eric Loves Animals | 2023 | Buy |
| I Love Grandma with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2023 | Buy |
| I Love Grandpa with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2023 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Ocean Hide & Seek: A Finger Trail Lift-The-Flap Book | 2023 | Buy |
| Farm Babies 7-Button Sound Book | 2023 | Buy |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Rainbow Colors | 2023 | Buy |
| A Day at School with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2023 | Buy |
| The Very Busy Spider’s Forest Friends | 2023 | Buy |
| Baby Bear’s Busy Day with Brown Bear and Friends | 2023 | Buy |
| A Day in the Snow with The Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2023 | Buy |
| Bear Hugs! from Brown Bear and Friends | 2023 | Buy |
| A Day at the Beach with The Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2024 | Buy |
| Creepy-Crawly Halloween | 2024 | Buy |
| Little Book of Thanks from Brown Bear and Friends | 2024 | Buy |
| You’re My Hungry Little Caterpillar | 2024 | Buy |
| Peekaboo Valentine | 2024 | Buy |
| Christmas Together with Polar Bear and Friends | 2025 | Buy |
Eric Carle was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1929. His family moved to Stuttgart, Germany, when he was six, and he studied art there before returning to the United States in 1952. After working as a graphic designer at the New York Times, he was recruited by author Bill Martin Jr. to illustrate Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (1967), which launched his career in children’s books.
His own books began with 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo (1968), followed a year later by The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Over a career spanning more than five decades, he wrote and illustrated dozens of titles including The Very Busy Spider, The Grouchy Ladybug, Papa Please Get the Moon for Me, and The Very Quiet Cricket. He received the American Library Association’s Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in 2003 for his lasting contribution to children’s literature.
In 2002, Carle and his wife Barbara co-founded the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, the first full-scale museum in the United States devoted to picture book art. Carle died in Northampton, Massachusetts, in May 2021 at the age of 91, leaving behind a body of work that continues to introduce young readers to art and storytelling.