All true, Eric Carle sets his stories down, not as they happened, but as they came to him. We meet him as a young boy in America and Germany, fooling his Oma by "hypnotizing" her chickens; wandering with his naturalist father, looking for lizards; making a box-home for the fascinating Maihefer beetle with his friends. And the adult Carle, bemused by his retrieving cat and a stubborn turtle who prefers a busy street to a shady park. And more.
Playful, mischievous, and sensitive, these warm and intimate stories present Eric Carle's vast readership with an enchanting glimpse of the man behind his universally-loved books.