他年近四十才开始创作图画书,迄今为止,已经创作了《棕色的熊,棕色的熊,你在看什么?》(Brown Bear, Brwon Bear, What Do You See?,1967)、《1,2,3,去动物园》(1,2,3 To The Zoo,1968)、《好饿的毛毛虫》、《好忙的蜘蛛》(The Very Busy Spider,1985)、《爸爸,请为我摘月亮》(Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me,1986)等七十多本色彩缤纷的拼贴画风格的图画书,被翻译成了三十多种语言,小读者遍布世界各地。2002年12月,他的个人美术馆——艾瑞克· 卡尔图画书美术馆在马萨诸塞州开馆,这也是美国的第一个图画书美术馆。
Moonlight, a little egg lay on a leaf, a Sunday morning, warm sun is up - pop! - Drilled a thin hungry caterpillar from an egg shell. He looked around for something to eat. He ate through one piece of chocolate cake, an ice cream cone, a pickled cucumber, a piece of Swiss cheese, salami length, a lollipop, corner of cherry pie, some sausage, one cupcake, but also there is a sweet watermelon. In the evening, he would stomach it!