1967, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (illustrator)1968, 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo1969, The Very Hungry Caterpillar1970, Pancakes, Pancakes!1970, The Tiny Seed1970, Tales of the Nimipoo (illustrator)1970, The Boastful Fisherman (illustrator)1971, Feathered Ones and Furry (illustrator)1971, The Scarecrow Clock (illustrator)1971, Do You Want to Be My Friend?1972, Rooster’s Off to See the World1972, The Very Long Tail1972, The Secret Birthday Message1972, Walter the Baker1973, Do Bears Have Mothers Too? (illustrator)1973, Have You Seen My Cat?1973, I See a Song, 1973
1974, Split-page book collection:
- My Very First Book of Numbers
- My Very First Book of Colors
- My Very First Book of Shapes
- My Very First Book of Words
1974, Why Noah Chose the Dove (illustrator)1974, All About Arthur1975, The Hole in the Dike (illustrator)1975, The Mixed-Up Chameleon1976, Eric Carle’s Storybook, Seven Tales by the Brothers Grimm1977, The Grouchy Ladybug1978, Watch Out! A Giant!1978, Seven Stories by Hans Christian Andersen (sequel to Seven Tales by the Brothers Grimm)1980, Twelve Tales from Aesop1981, The Honeybee and the Robber1982, Otter Nonsense (illustrator)1982, What's for Lunch1983, Chip Has Many Brothers (illustrator)1984, The Very Busy Spider1985, The Foolish Tortoise (illustrator)1985, The Greedy Python (illustrator, companion to The Foolish Tortoise)1985, The Mountain that Loved a Bird (illustrator)1986, All Around Us1986, Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me
1986, Group of small-format books:
- My Very First Book of Sounds
- My Very First Book of Food
- My Very First Book of Tools
- My Very First Book of Touch
- My Very First Book of Motion
- My Very First Book of Growth
- My Very First Book of Homes
- My Very First Book of Heads
1986, All in a Day (Mitsumasa Anno editor)1987, A House for Hermit Crab1988, The Lamb and the Butterfly (illustrator)
1988, Eric Carle’s Treasury of Classic Stories for Children1989, Animals Animals (illustrator)1990, The Very Quiet Cricket1991, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (illustrator)1991, Dragons Dragons (illustrator)1992, Draw Me a Star1993, Today Is Monday1994, My Apron1995, The Very Lonely Firefly1996, Little Cloud1997, From Head to Toe1997, 19 very short stories from my life1998, Hello, Red Fox1998, A Very Simple How-to Book1999, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle2000, Does A Kangaroo Have A Mother, Too?2000, Dream Snow2002, “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth2003, Where Are You Going? To See My Friend! (with Kazuo Iwamura)2003, Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? (illustrator)2004, Mister Seahorse2005, 10 Little Rubber Ducks2006, My Very First Book of Numbers2007, Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?2008, The Rabbit and the Turtle2009, Google Logo Design (illustrator)2009, Very Hungry Caterpillar, Pop-Up Edition (40th Anniversary Tribute Book)