be still my eric carle-lovin' heart

I mean, really!  How wonderful is this?  It's art-yarn, inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by the masterful Eric Carle.   Look!:

 
I die.  I simply cannot stand it.  It is too much goodness--once again from the brilliantly creative minds of Tini and Teetante over at Authentic Fiction, "my favorite and my best" hand-spun yarn shop. 

Speaking of Eric Carle, and I do love to do so, I just happen to have a couple of things you may be interested in, if you're a fan like us.  First off is this wonderful book:

The Art of Eric Carle

I bought this a couple of years ago, and I still love it to this day, every bit as much as I did when it arrived in the mail.  It has a wonderful autobiography by Mr. Carle himself, a full overview of his working process, tons and tons of wonderful full color prints, and an international bibliography of all his published works.

Did you know, for instance, that Eric Carle was born in Syracuse, New York in 1929, to German immigrants, who then moved back to Germany in 1935 to live under the regime of Adolf Hitler?  You certainly don't hear stories like that every day, and Mr. Carle tells of his frustration and confusion as a young six-year old uprooted and taken to a new, and rather confusing, culture.  He grew to young adulthood in Germany, then returned to the United States, even serving in U.S. Army before and around the time of his first marriage.  He has had a fascinating life...I wish I had time to tell you more!

It's really a wonderful book, and I actually look at it frequently, as it seems to have found a permanent home on my beside table...

And lastly (this is a little silly), but I found this very cute Eric Carle t-shirt for Sofie yesterday (which Olivia subsequently requested in her own size):

See?  It says "I love you"!

Only $7.00 at Walmart.  {shrug.}  I know.  I'm not a big Walmart fan, either, seeing that they are poised and ready to take over the Western world (and it's only a matter of time for those of you in the Eastern world).  But, really, if you can give me a super-cute tee for my girls for under $10, I'm going to go for it.  (Sorry!  I can no longer afford to have principles.)

Anyway.  There you go!  Eric Carle in three media.  My work here is done.

Catch you later, for the give-away results!

xoxox.

Comments

[AForestFrolic]

Oh, we love Eric Carle too...have many of his children's books. That shirt it really cute...i don't shop at Wal-mart either, but that may be a special trip ;-) Thanks for sharing.

Jamie :)

[Amy Hanson]

I know, Jamie! I don't like to promote Walmart in any way, but I figure that I also promoted Eric Carle, so maybe I'm even? I hope so. :o)

[Trish]

he's a lovely man, have you seen his blog? years ago when i was teaching preschool we made out own tissue papers collages inspired by his books, took pictures of the kids with their artwork and wrote him a letter. can you believe he wrote back?! and not weeks and weeks and weeks later either, and it was written specifically for our kids!! they were thrilled.
i love him too :-)
someday we hope to make it to his museum.

[Amy Hanson]

I hope to travel to his museum too! I'm not surprised that he was so kind to your students--he seems like he takes his role in children's lives very seriously. What a wonderful story! Thanks for telling me.

[Darienne]

I grew up near where he lived (not sure if he's still there?), and I still remember when he visited our school. I was very young, but I was absolutely starstruck. So starstruck that all I really remember is that he seemed like the third grandpa I always wanted. I visited the museum on a trip home: It's wonderful. Love the art studio for kids -- and grownups.

[Kaylovesvintage]

that T-shirt is wonderful

[Connie]

I am looking for the tshirt ... help