Everything Eric Carle!

Dear Rumney Readers,

We learned all about author/illustrator Eric Carle at our story times last week! We read two of Eric's great books, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Little Cloud, sang songs, and made a craft. In Little Cloud, we followed a small, independent cloud as he turned into a sheep, airplane, hat and more. We then created crafts of what we saw in the clouds--some of the things we saw were sharks, flutes, whales, and dragons! To see what we created, visit the library and take a look at the "Byron G. Bear Story Club" bulletin board.


Many of you also got to take home a bookmark with information about Eric Carle, and a sheet of websites about the author/illustrator and his work. If you didn't get the sheet, and want to find out more about Eric Carle, go to these websites:(you can copy and paste the http and it will bring you right to the site).

http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html
The official Eric Carle website

This is a great site offering information about Eric Carle, a list of his books, a guestbook and contact page, and more!


http://www.eric-carle.com/40anniversary.html
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's 40th Anniversary Celebration!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar turns 40 this year!


http://www.picturebookart.org
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art located in Amherst, MA.


http://www.fanmail.biz/103422.html
Eric Carle's address!

http://www.carolhurst.com/newsletters/24newsletters.html
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Newsletter
Featured Author: Eric Carle

I had a great time at the story time, and I hope you did too! We'll celebrate Valentine's Day at our next story time on Thursday, February 12 at 3:30 or Saturday, February 14. See you then!

Happy Reading!

Love,
Byron G. Bear