Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo | 1968 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 2 | Pancakes, Pancakes! | 1970 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 3 | The Tiny Seed | 1970 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 4 | Do You Want to Be My Friend? | 1971 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 5 | Rooster’s Off to See the World | 1971 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 6 | Walter the Baker | 1972 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 7 | The Secret Birthday Message | 1972 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 8 | Very Long Train | 1972 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 9 | Have You Seen My Cat? | 1973 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 10 | I See a Song | 1973 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 11 | Why Noah Chose the Dove | 1974 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 12 | All about Arthur | 1974 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 13 | The Mixed-Up Chameleon | 1975 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 14 | The Grouchy Ladybug | 1977 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 15 | Watch Out!A Giant! | 1978 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 16 | The Honeybee & the Robber | 1981 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 17 | Let’s Paint a Rainbow | 1982 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 18 | Catch the Ball! | 1982 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 19 | What’s for Lunch? | 1982 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 20 | The Very Busy Spider | 1984 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 21 | The Greedy Python | 1985 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 22 | All Around Us | 1986 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 23 | Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me | 1986 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 24 | Eric Carle’s Animals Animals | 1989 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 25 | The Very Quiet Cricket | 1990 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 26 | Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? | 1991 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 27 | Eric Carle’s Dragons, Dragons | 1991 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 28 | Draw Me a Star | 1992 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 29 | Today Is Monday | 1993 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 30 | My Apron | 1994 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 31 | The Very Lonely Firefly | 1995 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 32 | Little Cloud | 1996 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 33 | From Head to Toe | 1997 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 34 | Flora and Tiger | 1997 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 35 | Hello, Red Fox | 1998 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 36 | The Very Clumsy Click Beetle | 1999 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 37 | Dream Snow | 2000 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 38 | “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth | 2002 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 39 | Where Are You Going? To See My Friend! | 2003 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 40 | Mister Seahorse | 2004 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 41 | 10 Little Rubber Ducks | 2005 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 42 | Count with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2006 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 43 | Eric Carle’s Animals | 2008 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 44 | The Rabbit And The Turtle | 2008 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 45 | Tom Thumb | 2011 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 46 | The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse | 2011 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 47 | Around the Farm | 2013 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 48 | Friends | 2013 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 49 | Hear Bear Roar | 2014 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 50 | The Nonsense Show | 2015 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 51 | I Love Mum with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 2016 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 52 | Hugs and Kisses for the Grouchy Ladybug | 2018 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 53 | Christmas Cheer for The Grouchy Ladybug | 2019 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 54 | Wonderful You | 2022 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 55 | How Does a Seed Sprout? | 2022 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 56 | The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Peekaboo Easter | 2024 | Eric Carle | Buy |
| 57 | The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Peekaboo Halloween | 2025 | Eric Carle | Buy |
This collection spans Eric Carle’s career as an author-illustrator from 1968 through 2025 (with posthumous editions continuing his legacy). The earliest entries include some of his most recognized works: Pancakes, Pancakes! (1970), The Tiny Seed (1970), The Very Busy Spider (1984), and Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me (1986). Later titles such as The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse (2011), a tribute to Expressionist painter Franz Marc, showed Carle’s willingness to bring art history into picture book format.
Carle’s tissue-paper collage technique remained consistent throughout these titles, giving the full collection a visual coherence that few other picture book artists have matched. The books cover animals, nature, seasons, friendship, and creativity, returning again and again to the natural world that fascinated Carle from childhood.