Enlighten picture books, parent-child interaction, guide children to read picture books, and cultivate children's interest in reading ... Many picture books by Eric Carr are very good choices. If you want to choose a picture book for your baby and don't know what to choose, what are you reading in Eric Carr's Brown Bear, Brown Bear? From head to toe and Hungry Caterpillar are all good choices. The content is easy to understand, the picture is rich in color, and the designed game features are especially suitable for babies as introductory picture books to cultivate interest. Parent-child interaction can enhance parent-child relationship, cultivate baby's interest in reading picture books, and also carry out basic learning cognition. If your baby is exposed to English, you can read the English version directly, which is also very suitable.

? I'm sorry I didn't know much at that time, and it was too late to know Eric Carr. I hope you don't miss this article. As parents, we can learn more about picture books through online browsing, and then decide which to start with.

I have shared many works by Eric Carr, a master of picture books. Today, I would like to introduce the author and his recently shared picture books to you.

brief introduction

? American designer, illustrator, children's picture book writer and children's literature writer. His most famous work is The Hungry Caterpillar.

At the age of 39, he independently created the first picture book "1, 2, 3, Go to the Zoo" and won the grand prize of the international children's book illustration exhibition in Poland. He said with emotion: I was a late bloomer and became a picture book writer and painter at the age of 40!

? Since 1969, he has written more than 70 books and won the Laura Inges Wilder Award in 2003 (for his contribution to American children's literature). The personal picture book art gallery he founded is the first picture book art gallery in America.

Brief introduction to life

1929 was born in Syracuse, new york, USA, with German parents, and moved back to Germany with them when he was 6 years old. School life under authoritative education and the war of the times made his youth unhappy. This made Eric Carr always look forward to returning to the United States.

Eric Carr hated German education and dropped out of school at the age of 16. Eric Carr showed his talent for painting since he was a child. He entered Stuttgart State Academy of Fine Arts with the recommendation of a middle school painting teacher and the encouragement of his mother, and studied visual arts for four years. I studied under the then master Professor Schneider.

Eric Carr said: "He (Professor Schneider) is not an easy person to please, but a' master'. For more than 40 years, he has trained most top designers, illustrators and art teachers in Germany. He often says to have a sense of mission. As a designer, the responsibility is to create a better environment for the public. On this basis, he talked about composition, color and design. He will discover every student's talent and cultivate it. More importantly, he injected spirituality into us in some way. " In an interview, he also mentioned his teacher Professor Schneider's teaching to students: "Be new day by day, keep moving forward, be curious and be surprised."

1949, 20-year-old Eric Carr graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and worked as an artistic director in a fashion magazine. However, he misses the sunny classroom in America when he was a child and wants to go back to America. At the age of 23 from 65438 to 0952, he finally returned to new york with forty dollars in his pocket after a long absence of 17 years. His name is Leo Lionni, who was then the artistic director of Fortune magazine, and later became famous for his works such as Little Blue and Yellow and Little Black Fish. Leo Leoni not only invited him to lunch, but also introduced him to a job. With the appreciation and recommendation of Leo Leonie, young Eric Carr successfully started his work in The New York Times, engaging in the art design of the advertising department. Later, Eric Carr went to an advertising company as an artistic director, and he worked in the advertising industry for 15 years.

1967 william martin, an educator and picture book writer, was attracted by a red lobster in an advertisement by Eric Carr and decided to ask him to cooperate in a picture book and draw illustrations for a story he wrote, that is, the famous brown bear, brown bear. What are you looking at? Brown bear, Brwon bear, what do you see? )。

In the age of no doubt, Eric Carr painted for children for the first time and began to create picture books. The cooperation with william martin made Eric Carr realize the value of repetition and rhythm. In the creation of Brown Bear, Eric Carr slowly found his own way. He made his own colored paper and conceived the painting with bright colors and unique shapes. This interesting creative process made him feel free and carefree, recovered the fun of childhood painting, and guided him to create children's picture books in the future.

He began to try to write his own picture books. He wrote his ideas into a manuscript and kept them in a cardboard box. He showed his paintings to editor Ann Benedis. The first book he brought to Ann was 1, 2,3, Go to the Zoo. Eric Carr said that he was very careful in this book. He was not confident about his words at that time, so he avoided them.

He also told a story to Ann. The protagonist of the story is a bug, which bites a hole between pages. That is, the hungry caterpillar later.

? 1968 independently created the first picture book, 1, 2, 3, Go to the Zoo (1, 2, 3 Go to the Zoo, 1968), and won the Bologna International Children's Book Illustration Exhibition. But before that, he was not sure whether he could make a living by creating picture books.

? 1969' s hungry caterpillar made Eric Carr famous in one fell swoop, forming a brand-new creative type and style, which lasted for a long time. It was this caterpillar that ignited his hope to spare no effort to create children's picture books for the rest of his life.

? Eric Carr began to write when he was nearly 40. So far, he has created a hungry caterpillar, a very busy spider (1985), Mr. Hippo and Dad, please get the moon for me (1986).

From June 5438 to February 2002, he and his wife * * * founded Eric Carle Museum, a picture book art, to lead readers to appreciate the beauty and richness of more picture books. This is also the first picture book art museum in America.

However, for a long time, his picture books didn't get the due evaluation, and he didn't even win the Cadillac Award, because critics didn't like to lower books to the status of toys. In 2003, in order to make up for this deficiency, the American Library Association awarded him the Laura Ingle Wilt Award, which was a belated recognition of the artistry of his works.

Now, he and his wife Barbara live in Northampton, Massachusetts. He is over 90 years old, a lovely old man, full of energy. He is still working hard in his eighties. "Every day is new, move forward, keep curious and surprised."

Features and ideas of the works

The painting style is distinct and unique. It folds bright and happy patterns by collage. It also needs various attempts and innovations, including holes, sounds, three-dimensional, folding and pvc transparent pages, to give books the dual characteristics of reading and playing.

His works reveal childlike innocence, express his understanding and care for nature, and guide children to learn from their surroundings.

His works always start from children's point of view, and create a pleasant reading atmosphere for children with repeated rhyming words.

Eric Carr devoted his life to creating a free and imaginative fairy tale world for children.

Influenced by his father, he has a strong curiosity and enthusiasm for animals in nature, and his observation is delicate.

? Eric Carr said in an interview that his father is a person who pays great attention to spiritual life and always takes him to see movies about nature. Both parents are members of a nature club. They often go for walks and hikes in the Woods together, so Eric Carr's childhood is very close to nature, which is why his works have such delicate and vivid expressions for so many lovely and interesting animals. Grandpa Eric Carr also said that he was particularly attracted by the brushwork of impressionist painters, including Monet and, of course, Van Gogh. Inspired by these strokes, he returned to the studio to make more colored paper.

Many children imitate Eric Carr at home or in class and become a green caterpillar, which makes him feel gratified. He once said: When I heard a child say to me, "Oh, I can be your book, too", I thought it was the highest compliment to me. Eric Carr said that he just wanted children to feel as if they had created these works when they saw them.

? No color is wrong, there is no need to stick to the rules forever, and art should be free and casual. Encourage children to use their imagination and create their own colors and animals. Eric carr

Introduction of works

1, brown bear, brown bear, what are you looking at? Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? (enlightened cognition, children, animals, colors)

? Eric Carr's first illustration book, creative collage, bright colors, full of rhythm, enlightening cognition, colors, animals and English. Recommended by Song Juzhi, the father of Japanese picture books.

"Brown bear, brown bear, what are you looking at?" "I saw a red bird looking at me." Hong Niao, Hong Niao, what are you looking at? "I saw a yellow duck looking at me." ... With this question-and-answer sentence, repetitive rhythm and rhyme, a picture book full of various animals and colors.

2. "1, 2,3 to the zoo" 1, 2,3 to the zoo.

Eric Carr's first independent picture book. Combining trains and animals, collage techniques, changeable shapes, rich colors and sharp contrast help children understand the enlightenment of numbers, animals and colors.

Content: At the beginning of the book, a train comes. The train is full of all kinds of animals, including 1 elephant, 2 hippos, 3 giraffes and 4 lions ... Come, come, let's sit on Ai Rui? Carl's happy train goes to the zoo! Counting and counting along the way, I finally counted ten colorful birds. If you are careful, you will find a little mouse hidden in the corner of every page. At the bottom of the page, there will be more and more cars and animals on the train. When animals are loaded into the zoo, the car will be empty.

3, "Very Hungry Caterpillar" Caterpillar (enlightenment cognition, young age, color, popular science)

The classic works that made Eric Carr famous created a brand-new type and style, full of poetry and creativity.

The story is simple, but Eric Carr's pictures and creativity make it a classic. A series of small holes throughout the book represent the caterpillar's route-bringing children a double experience of reading and playing.

4. From Head to Foot (Enlightenment Cognition, Children, Animals, Sports)

With a unique collage, the author drew the "signature movements" of twelve different animals, such as elephant stomping, gorilla thumping and bison shrugging, with the caption "I can … can you?" And the repetitive sentence pattern of "I know this", invite children to turn their heads, tilt their necks and swing their arms together.

Release nature and move with children, so that children can develop their physical potential and cultivate their ability and self-confidence in sports.

5. A painter who drew a blue horse (inspiring cognition, painting, imagination and creativity)

? ? No color is wrong, there is no need to stick to the rules forever, and art should be free and casual. This book encourages children to use their imagination to create their own colors and animals. Eric carr

Eric Carr's bold and visually shocking works created after the age of 80. Eric Carr painted animals' unique spirituality and vitality with subjective colors, arousing children's unlimited imagination potential and encouraging them to express themselves.

Content: Look! A bright yellow cow, staring into the distance under the blue night sky dotted with stars; Under the fiery red sky, a green lion confidently shows its original vitality! In the master's works, blue horses, yellow cows, green lions, donkeys with small colors and animals with unusual colors seem unreasonable, but people can't help but be deeply attracted. All this is a tribute to the painter Franz Marc!

6. Draw a star for me (to inspire cognition, painting, imagination and creativity)

Collage, bold use of color, full of vitality, unconstrained style, not rigidly adhere to "painting like it or not", nor "painting right or wrong" considerations; Full of imagination and creativity, let children appreciate the charm of painting and stimulate their imagination and creative potential. It also inspires and encourages young readers to brush their brushes, exert their creativity, try all kinds of novel possibilities and enjoy the fun of artistic creation.

Content: In the book, an invisible third person asked the painter for a star, and then the star asked to draw a warm sun. The sun asks to draw a lovely tree ... it depicts a colorful life and tells the endless creativity and life cycle of the universe.

7, "Dad, I want the moon" (fatherly love, imagination, popular science)

Little jasmine and her father try to realize their dreams, feel the free, beautiful and imaginative fairy tale world, and entertain and educate. Collage, stereo and folding design are full of surprises.

Content: Xiao Jasmine wants to play with the moon, but she can't pick it, so let her father pick it. So dad took a long ladder and put it on a high mountain, trying to climb up and down, but the moon was too big to get it down, so dad had to wait for the moon to become the last quarter moon, and then bring it back for Xiao Jasmine to play with ... This is a story about love and dreams, and various folding changes are opened up and down. From the story, children can not only understand the concepts and adjectives such as length, height and size, but also observe the natural phenomenon of the moon's profit and loss.

8. Does a kangaroo have a mother? "(young, open-minded, maternal love)

Feel the deep maternal love in the question-and-answer session, and take you to eleven lovely animal families to feel the deep maternal love together.

Content: We all have mothers, so do cats, dogs and penguins also have mothers? This may be a question that every child has ever had. The story is simple. A child who didn't show up asked the same question over and over again: "Does kangaroo/lion/monkey/dolphin have a mother, too?" The answer is the same: a loud and bright "yes!" Then, the author tells the children in a soothing tone: "Just like I have you", and every child has a mother. Ai Rui? Carl introduced the appearance and charming behavior of 1 1 a lovely animal to the children with his photos. Young readers not only get visual pleasure from the picture, but also get family comfort from the author's repeated reaffirmation of maternal love.

9. Mr. Hippo? Mr. Haima (father love, popular science, marine animals)

Eric Carr's "Warmth" is "Science of Nature", a father's love hymn in nature! Transparent pages depict the wonderful underwater world, get to know the parenting father of the ocean world, and feel the warm fatherly love.

Content: Eric Carr created a real, rich and interesting underwater scene with colorful collages and transparent pages, and introduced the fathers who are responsible for raising and hatching eggs in nature. They tried their best to protect and take care of their babies, showed strong fatherly love, and told the stories of dads in an ocean world.

10, small seed (philosophical thinking, life cycle, popular science)

Small seeds leave with the wind, go through twists and turns, and finally take root, blossom and sow, showing the difficulty of life inheritance and growth, and understanding the cycle and significance of life. Education is fun, knowledge, interest and philosophical thinking.

Content: Autumn has come, and the strong wind has lifted the seeds high and carried them far away. Among these seeds, one is very small, smaller than all the others. Can this little seed keep up with other seeds? Where will these seeds be taken? Let's follow this little seed and see what we will meet along the way. If we were this little seed, what would we do?

1 1, quiet cricket (about love and growth, popular science, insects)

Collage tells simple happiness, touching stories about love and growth, and understands the mystery of growth. And it is an audio book with crickets chirping.

Content: On a warm day, a little cricket was born. Crickets, locusts, mantises, dragonflies ... all the animals he meets are enthusiastic? Say hello, cricket wants to answer, but he rubs his wings hard and makes no sound. Until one day, in the moonlight, he met a female cricket, so it rubbed its wings again. This time, he made the most beautiful sound for the female cricket. ...

I hope you like this story. Now close the book and let the crickets chirp with you forever. Eric carr

12, patch chameleon (self-awareness, self-identity, popular science, interest, color)

Eric Carr's creative game book. Chameleons not only change color, but also "deform"! Let children know themselves and affirm themselves.

Content: Ai Rui? Carl tells the story of a chameleon with a beautiful collage: it can catch flies and change its color, but it still doesn't feel funny enough. Until one day, he came to a zoo and suddenly found that he could look like other animals. As a result, it became as big as a bear, with flamingo wings, fox's tail, antlers and giraffe's neck ... and finally became a funny elephant. But is he happy? Not at all ... the story is full of innocence and thought-provoking, so that children can learn to know themselves and affirm themselves while laughing.

13, Lamb and Butterfly (philosophical thinking, interpersonal relationship, tolerance)

A compulsory course in interpersonal relationship, learn to respect and tolerate. Collage and painting skills, showing affection and natural scenes.

Content: Lamb meets butterfly. The lamb always wants the butterfly to be with him, but the butterfly likes to fly outdoors ... Will the lamb and the butterfly finally be together? Through the interaction between lambs and butterflies, this book presents two completely different lifestyles: lambs living in groups, butterflies flying alone and interesting dialogues generated by their meeting, so that children can understand the truth of tolerance and respect, learn to accept and tolerate different voices, and let different musical instruments play people's movements in unison.

There are pictures and texts in front of the above picture books. You can consult them yourself if necessary.