Product Details

• Actors: Eric Carle
• Format: Color
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Philomel Books
• Run Time: 27.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000B5H4C6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #448,894 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Dear Eric Carle, Where do your ideas come from? How do you make your pictures? When you were little, did you have a best friend? Eric Carle, creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, each year receives thousands of letters from children from all over the world asking questions like these. Now, the beloved artist-storyteller invites you and your children into his very own studio where he reads from: The Very Busy Spider, The Very Quiet Cricket, Draw Me A Star and shows how step by step he prepares his colorful tissue papers and creates brilliant collage pictures. Winner of The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Video for Children -Awarded by The American Library Association "A warm video portrait that will excite the imagination and creativity of any child and adult who are lucky enough to see it!" Jim Trelease - Author of The Read Aloud Handbook

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Good, But Not That Good!, January 11, 2009

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D. L Curry (Central Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eric Carle: Picture Writer (DVD)

This DVD is an excellent way for children to see how beloved children's author Eric Carle creates his magic. I'm a little concerned over the price though. $69.95? What's up with that? It must come with Eric Carle himself to load it into your DVD player for you.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eric Carle: Fabulous Artist/Storyteller, July 2, 2006

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Mrs. B (Healdsburg, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eric Carle: Picture Writer (VHS Tape)

I have shown this video to my fourth grade students every year. It is one of their favorites. Mr. Carle tells about his life as a child artist and about who inspired him. He demonstrates how he does his beautiful collages in one of the most exquisite studios I've seen! His stories of his mother, grandmother and kindergarten teacher bring tears to my eyes. Virtually every student, year after year, would sit transfixed and filled with a desire to create beautiful pictures like Mr. Carle's. Every child who has read his books will love watching him create. It's a treasure! (I bought it at the National Gallery gift shop in Washington, DC, where the salespeople say it's their favorite, too. They wish it was on DVD so it would sell better)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the money!, April 17, 2009

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JGG (OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eric Carle: Picture Writer (DVD)

I have used the VHS of this title several times in my classroom, and it is fantastic! It allowed my students to feel as if they had met Eric Carle, and his descriptions of his artwork are great. I absolutely feel it's worth the cost! :-)