The Carle

If you ever get a chance to visit The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, do it!  This is not a children's museum, but a museum that features exhibits of art by illustrators of children's literature.

This is the 50th anniversary of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? I was able to view the exhibit that includes the artwork by Eric Carle for that book.  Of course, I love Eric Carle's work, but this was such a special opportunity to get to see all of the artwork for this book.  The picture below is of the original brown bear.  I was fortunate to get to see it -- it has been restored and is on display for the first time.

Get your book out and compare this to the brown bear from later editions of the book.