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The Carle is the international champion for picture book art. We collect, preserve, and present picture book art for audiences passionate about art and books.

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Illustration of girl reading book in tree to tropical birds.

Current Exhibition

The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place

June 14, 2025 - January 4, 2026

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illustration of house on planet.

Current Exhibition

Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpapers

April 19 - November 9, 2025

Photograph of two people reading a book together.

Current Exhibition

Artful Collaboration: Eric Carle & Ann Beneduce

September 7, 2024 - September 7, 2025

A large bin filled with a variety of cardboard and paper materials that have been previously used in art projects.

Event

Everyday Art Project: Dragon Tales

July 16 - August 24, 2025

Design your own flying creature!

Upcoming Events

adult and child dancing near live band

Sunset Thursdays

Thursday, August 7 2025
10 am - 8 pm

Enjoy a late evening at The Carle full of nature, art, and music!

illustration of a child outside with animals

Special Storytime: Beth Krommes

Saturday, August 16 2025
11 - 11:30 am

Meet Caldecott Award-winning artist Beth Krommes as she reads her newest book, Where the Deer Slip Through.

artwork depicting a gnome coming home

Special Storytime: Lauren Stohler

Saturday, August 16 2025
2 - 2:30 pm

Join Lauren Stohler for a storytime and live art draw!

In the Bookshop

Currently on our minds: books for sunny picnics and starry summer nights

A child in pajamas plays a drum floating in the sky amid a rollercoaster and fireworks.

Bright Lights and Summer Nights

A firefly glows in the night against a green leaf.

Firefly, Light Up the Sky

A group of children gather around a picnic table about to cut into a fruit pie.

Pie is for Sharing

The Very Hungry Caterpillar sits atop a picnic basket of various foods sitting in the grass.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Garden Picnic

A group of pigs happily run through the grass holding a picnic basket.

Pignic

A crocodile bites into a big watermelon slice.

The Watermelon Seed