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Join us June 13 for a Members' Exhibition Preview for The Art of Grace Lin, on view from June 14, 2025–January 4, 2026

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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 house on planet.

Current Exhibition

Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpapers

April 19 - November 9, 2025

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Photograph of two people reading a book together.

Current Exhibition

Artful Collaboration: Eric Carle & Ann Beneduce

September 7, 2024 - September 7, 2025

A young child draws with green and blue colored pencils to extend a piece of a map onto a larger piece of white paper.

Event

Everyday Art Project: Marvelous Maps

June 4 - July 13, 2025

Collage your own marvelous map!

Close up of hands working with collage materials, papers, pencils, tape, and glue.

Event

Back to Basics: Storytelling with Cut Loose Collage Workshops

September 25, 2025 at 6 - 8 pm

Join local collage artist Michael Sjostedt and rediscover the simple joy of artmaking.

Upcoming Events

Books Friends Forever Podcast - Live!

Saturday, June 14 2025
1 - 2 pm

Come to a live recording of the Book Friends Forever Podcast with Grace Lin and Alvina Ling. Don’t forget to bring your questions!

Illustration of girl riding Chinese dragon.

Members' Preview for The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place

Friday, June 13 2025
5:30 - 8 pm

A special Members’ preview of The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place, on view June 14, 2025–January 4, 2026.

painting of a black man and his daughter riding horses

Special Storytime: Stephanie Seales

Saturday, June 14 2025
11 - 11:30 am

Join our special guest Stephanie Seales, author of My Daddy is a Cowboy, which recently won a Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.

In the Bookshop

Currently on our minds: books and gifts to welcome spring

A smiling dark skinned child wearing a yellow flowered t-shirt holds a wooden bird house

A Beautiful House for Birds

A child with a dog pulls a red wagon full of plants and seedlings.

And Then It's Spring

A black and white cow stands smiling against a pink background.

Spring Is Here

Squirrels wearing clothes sit on flowering tree branches.

Hooray for Spring

Two identical light skinned twins with short black hair earing white dresses ride bicycles in the pain by a pond.

Chirri & Chirra: The Rainy Day

A small green caterpillar crawls on a pink daisy.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First Spring