You Need to Have This Picture Book Experience

If you haven’t heard of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art you have been missing something special. This fabulous non-profit organization in Amherst, MA, boasts a collection of over 13,000 objects related to children’s picture books, including a collection of 6,600 permanent illustrations. If that’s not enough to get all you KidLit.TV fans in a flurry the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is also bringing stories to life on stage in their Picture Book Theater. This month the theater is offering Eric Carle’s “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth (done with stick puppets) and Rooster’s Off To See The World (Performed by the Amherst Ballet). The show will only be offered for a limited time starting Saturdays, November 14, and 21 at 2:00 pm and Friday and Saturday, November 27 and 28 at 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm.
Everyone will find these productions fun and entertaining, especially the youngsters in your life. These beloved stories have been adapted to the stage with dance and puppets, creating kid friendly images with movement and sound to bring the characters off the page in a bright, new way.
The Museum was started 10 years ago by Eric Carle and the late Barbara Carle and is the only full-scale museum of its kind in the United states. With a love for children’s literature and education the museum’s educational philosophy has stayed the same over the years.
All of the education programs at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art are built on the premise that picture books help to inspire a lifelong love of art and reading. Excellency, originality, and a wide range of opportunities for creative inquiry and appreciation of the visual world define our offerings. Our goal is to support and engage all visitors regardless of their level of familiarity with art and art making.
If you live in Amherst MA you should check out the museum today and if you live anywhere else you should make your trip plans soon to enjoy a little piece of children’s literature and discover what all the fuss is about.
 
Check out a video tour of the museum at KidLit.TV
Visit the website at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
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Posted by Julie Gribble
November 8, 2015, 11:44 am

About Julie Gribble

Julie Gribble

Julie Gribble produces works for children and the children’s literature community in both the United States and Great Britain. While a Children’s Literature Fellow at Stony Brook Southampton, she founded KidLit TV to help children’s authors and illustrators connect with their audience by using new technologies to complement and promote their work. Julie is also founder of the upcoming TeenLit TV which will feature video programs for YA fans. Julie has been nominated for two Emmy Awards and is a multi award-winning writer, screenwriter, filmmaker, and producer. Her charming picture book, Bubblegum Princess, is based on a true story about Kate Middleton and was released on the day the first royal baby, who we now know as Prince George, arrived. Copies of the book have been donated to underprivileged children in the US and to children’s hospices in the UK. NALIP BAFTAIn addition to producing KidLit TV’s original shows, Julie co-produced Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg, a feature film shot in Dorset, England with Bonnie Wright of Harry Potter fame, and DOG BOWL, a short film by Gordy Hoffman which premiered at the 2015 Raindance International Film Festival in London.  Julie sits on the Children’s Committee of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts: BAFTA-NY and is a member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, New York Women in Film and Television, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She has presented at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, NYC School Library System Spring Institute, and the 21st Century Children’s Nonfiction Conference.

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