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Preschool- Second Grade

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MY VERY FIRST BOOK OF SOUNDS, 1986

MY VERY FIRST BOOK OF FOOD, 1986

MY VERY FIRST BOOK OF MOTION, 1986

MY VERY FIRST BOOK OF ANIMAL HOMES, 1986

MY VERY FIRST BOOK OF TOOLS, 1986

MY VERY FIRST BOOK OF TOUCH, 1986

MY VERY FIRST BOOK OF GROWTH

MY VERY FIRST BOOK OF HEADS, 1986

ALL IN A DAY, 1986

A HOUSE FOR HERMIT CRAB, 1987

THE LAMB AND THE BUTTERFLY, 1988

THE RABBIT AND THE TURTLE, 1988

ERIC CARLE’S TREASURY OF CLASSIC STORIES FOR CHILDREN, 1988

ANIMALS ANIMALS, 1989

THE VERY QUIET CRICKET, 1990

POLAR BEAR, POLAR BEAR, WHAT DO YOU HEAR?, 1991

DRAGONS DRAGONS, 1991

DRAW ME A STAR, 1992

TODAY IS MONDAY, 1993

HELLO, RED FOX, 1998

ERIC CARLE: PICTURE WRITER, 1993

MY APRON, 1994

THE VERY LONELY FIREFLY, 1995

LITTLE CLOUD, 1996
THE ART OF ERIC CARLE, 1996

FROM HEAD TO TOE, 1997

FLORA AND TIGER: 19 VERY SHORT STORIES FROM MY LIFE

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BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?, 1967

1, 2, 3 TO THE ZOO, 1968

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR, 1969

THE NONSENSE SHOW, 2015

PANCAKES, PANCAKES!, 1970

THE TINY SEED, 1970

TALES OF THE NIMIPOO, 1970

THE BOASTFUL FISHERMAN, 1970

FRIENDS, 2013

THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED A BLUE HORSE, 2011

BABY BEAR, BABY BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?, 2007

10 LITTLE RUBBER DUCKS, 2005

MISTER SEAHORSE, 2004

PANDA BEAR, PANDA BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?

WHERE ARE YOU GOING? TO SEE MY FRIEND!, 2003

FEATHERED ONES AND FURRY, 1971

THE SCARECROW CLOCK

“SLOWLY, SLOWLY, SLOWLY,” SAID THE SLOTH, 2002

DREAM SNOW, 2000

THE SCARECROW CLOCK, 1971

DOES A KANGAROO HAVE A MOTHER, TOO?, 2000

DO YOU WANT TO BE MY FRIEND?, 1971

ROOSTER’S OFF TO SEE THE WORLD, 1972

THE VERY LONG TAIL & THE VERY LONG TRAIN (FOLDING BOOKS), 1972

THE SECRET BIRTHDAY MESSAGE, 1972

WALTER THE BAKER, 1972

DO BEARS HAVE MOTHERS TOO?, 1973

HAVE YOU SEEN MY CAT?, 1973

I SEE A SONG, 1973

THE VERY CLUMSY CLICK BEETLE, 1999

WHY NOAH CHOSE THE DOVE, 1974

ALL ABOUT ARTHUR, 1974

THE HOLE IN THE DIKE, 1975

THE MIXED-UP CHAMELEON, 1975

ERIC CARLE’S STORYBOOK, SEVEN TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM, 1976

THE GROUCHY LADYBUG, 1977

WATCH OUT! A GIANT!, 1978

SEVEN STORIES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, 1978

TWELVE TALES FROM AESOP, 1980

YOU CAN MAKE A COLLAGE: A VERY SIMPLE HOW-TO BOOK, 1998

THE HONEYBEE AND THE ROBBER, 1981

MY VERY FIRST BOOK OF NUMBERS
MY VERY FIRST BOOK OF COLORS, 1974

MY VERY FIRST BOOK OF SHAPES, 1974

MY VERY FIRST BOOK OF WORDS, 1974

OTTER NONSENSE, 1982

LET’S PAINT A RAINBOW, 1982

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH?, 1982

CATCH THE BALL!, 1982

CHIP HAS MANY BROTHERS, 1983

THE VERY BUSY SPIDER, 1984

THE FOOLISH TORTOISE, 1985

THE GREEDY PYTHON, 1985

THE MOUNTAIN THAT LOVED A BIRD, 1985

ALL AROUND US, 1986

PAPA, PLEASE GET THE MOON FOR ME, 1986

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The book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was originally called A Week with Willi the Worm, but Carle’s editor Anne Beneduce said that a green worm would not make a likable character. “Then my editor suggested a caterpillar instead and I said 'Butterfly!' That's how it began," Carle once recalled.

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Eric Carle actually sold over 88 million of his books worldwide!

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Eric Carle was inspired by a hole-punch said, "One day I was punching holes with a hole-puncher into a stack of paper, and I thought of a bookworm".

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Carle's characters were inspired by the fox holes, spider webs, bugs and animals that he found exploring castles as a child in Stuttgart, Germany.

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A little girl who loved the moon was eager to have it. She asked her papa to get it for her and he went and tried. He loved his daughter so much he climbed a mountain and even a really tall mountain to try and get it for her. He even climbed a really tall ladder and once he got to the top the moon was to big, so he had to wait until the moon got smaller and eventually papa was able to take it. After the long wait Monica was finally given her wish of the moon and danced all night until eventually the moon disappeared. Monica went back to sleep and was awoken by the moon again.

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The Little cloud was the smallest cloud out of all of the clouds. If the other clouds floated up, little cloud went down. Eventually, all the big clouds left and the little cloud was left alone. A miracle happened and all of a sudden the little cloud turned big. It molded into a ton of different shapes to enjoy, but eventually all the other clods came back and called out for a little cloud. Little cloud eventually made its way up to them where they all joined into one big cloud and even started to rain down onto the town.

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An artist was asked to draw a star and it was a beautiful star. From there the star started asking the artist to draw him other things like the sun or even a butterfly. Each thing he drew asked him to draw more and more. He was asked to draw a house and a couple and each piece turned out beautiful. The artist included many colors to make his picture vibrant and beautiful. He eventually gets asked to draw another star and is given instructions on how to draw that star. It turned out beautiful and they traveled everywhere together.

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On Monday it was a day for string beans and with the string beans is a porcupine. After that came Tuesday and Tuesday was a day for spaghetti and it came with a slithering snake. Each day of the week got different types of food, but there were different types of animals to represent each food item listed. Each animal correlates with the food item of the day and each day repeats itself on each page until eventually it reaches Sunday and on Sunday it calls out to the children for those who are hungry to come and eat each of the foods.

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The Tiny Seed is blown away from its big beautiful flower. It is the smallest seed of all the seeds that travels in the wind. The wind carries the seeds, but some seeds face some struggles of landing places they shouldn't. This tiny seed carries on and on until the wind stops and it eventually falls. The big seeds also fall and some face some hardships and do not make it to bloom. The seeds experience the seasons and eventually make it to spring where they bloom. The little seed is not as fast as the  others, but eventually the little seed grows the biggest and strongest compared to the other seeds. Everyone goes to see it and eventually when fall rolls around the wind returns and takes the flowers seeds and blows them away again.

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Papa, Pleas get the Moon for me Book Review

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Papa, Pleas get the Moon for me Book Review

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This book was by far my favorite of all of Eric Carle's books. The main character Monica was relatable. She really wanted the moon and even tried to get it herself and I understand that. The moon is absolutely beautiful and does not get appreciated very much so, the fact that Monica is appreciating the beauty of the moon is amazing. Once she realized she couldn't reach the moon herself she called her dad.
The relationship that Monica and her dad have seems calming. The father would do anything for Monica even if it was something as silly as getting the moon. He went through great lengths to get that moon just so Monica could be happy. He was fine with waiting until the moon was small enough to get it and even climbed a mountain for her. Their trusting love is all a child needs.

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Eric Carle received many Awards! Listed below are his awards.

Honorary Degree from Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 2016
Honorary Degree from Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 2015
Honorary Degree from Smith College, Northampton, MA, 2014
Honorary Degree from Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 2013
Great Friend to Kids Awards, Association of Children’s Museums, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
The Original Art Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY, 2010
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Literature Award presented by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, Indianapolis, IN, 2008
Honorary Degree from Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 2007
The NEA Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education, 2007
John P. McGovern Award in Behavioral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, 2006
Honorary Degree from Western New England College,Springfield, MA, 2004
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children’s Literature Legacy Award) from the Association for Library Service to Children, American Library Association, 2003
Honorary Degree from Niagara University, Niagara, NY, 2002
Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2001
Honorary Degree from College of Our Lady the Elms, Chicopee, MA, 2001
Japan Picture Book Award, Presented by Mainichi Newspaper for Lifetime Achievement, 2000
Outstanding Friend of Children, Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, 1999
Regina Medal, Catholic Library Association, 1999
University of Southern Mississippi Medallion from DeGrumond Collection, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattisburg, MS, 1997
The 1995 David McCord Children’s Literature Citation, Framingham State College + The Nobscot Reading Council of the International Reading Association, 1995
Silver Medal from the City of Milano, Italy, 1989

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A lot of Eric Carle's books received awards! Also, a thing to mention is that a lot of his books received multiple awards from around the world! Also, a lot of the books he illustrated also received a lot of awards.

1,2,3 to the Zoo!
Deutscher Jugendpreis, 1970
First Prize for Picture Books, International Children’s Book Fair, Bologna, Italy, 1970

10 Little Rubber Ducks
Starred review from School Library Journal 2005
Child magazine’s Best Children’s Book Awards 2005

All in A Day (collaboration)
Jane Addams Children’s Book Honorary Award, 1987

Animals Animals
Parenting Magazine’s Reading Magic Awards Certificate of Excellence, 1989
John Burroughs Nature Book List For Young Readers, The John Burroughs Association, 1989
Redbook Magazine’s Top Ten Children’s Books of the Year, 1989
Parents Best Kid’s Books of 1989
American Library Association (ALA) Booklist Children’s Editor’s Choices, 1989.

The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Amazon Best Books of the Month: October 2011
Starred review from Publishers Weekly and Booklist

Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? (illustrations)
Starred review from Publishers Weekly
Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (illustrations)
International Reading Association / Children’s Book Council (IRA / CBC) Children’s Choice, 1984
Parents Magazine: Favorite Baby Books of All Time August 2006

Do You Want to Be My Friend?
Honor Book, New York Herald Tribune World Spring Book Festival, 1971
ALA Notable Book, 1971
US Library of Congress Children’s Books of 1971
Deutscher Jugendpreis, 1972
First Prize for Picture Books, International Children’s Book Fair, Bologna, Italy, 1972
Selection Du Grand Prix des Treize, France, 1973
Children’s Books of the Year 1977, Child Study Association of America, 1977

Dream Snow
Kid’s Pick of the List, American Booksellers Association (ABA), 2000

Eric Carle: Picture Writer Video
ALA, The Carnegie Award for Excellence in Video for Children, 1994

Flora and Tiger: 19 Very Short Stories from My Life
Not Just for Children Anymore! 1998 Title, Children’s Book Council

From Head to Toe
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award, 1997
IRA / CBC Children’s Choice
Parenting Best Books of the Year 1997
Certificate of Excellence, Parenting Magazine, 1998

The Grouchy Ladybug
Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, National Council for Social Studies/Children’s Book Council, 1977
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award, 199

Have You Seen My Cat?
Selection Du Grand Prix des Treize, France, 1973

Hello, Red Fox
ABA Pick of the List!, 1998
Bank Street College Best Books, 1998
Japan Picture Book Awards, Picture Book Translation Winner’s Prize, 2000

The Honeybee and the Robber
The American Institute of Graphic Arts Certificate of Excellence, 1981

A House for Hermit Crab
Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children, National Science Teacher’s Association/Children’s Book Council, 1988

The Lamb and the Butterfly
ABA/Children’s Book Council, Children’s Books Mean Business Award, 1995

The Mixed-Up Chameleon
Parents’ Choice Award, 1988
IRA / CBC 100 Favorite Paperbacks 1989

Mister Seahorse
2005 Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book

My Apron
Heinrich-Wolgast Prize 1996- Selected List, German Education and Science Union

My Very First Library
Outstanding Children’s Books of the Year, The New York Times Book Review, 1974

The Nonsense Show
A Time Magazine Top 10 Children’s Book of 2015
Starred reviews from: Booklist, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews and Horn Book

Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? (illustrations)
2003 Platinum Book Award, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio
One of the Best Books for Children 2003, The Association of Booksellers for Children

Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me
Gold Medal, Bratislava International Biennial of Illustration
Young Critics Award Special Mention, International Children’s Book Fair, Bologna, Italy
Parents’ Choice Award in Illustration, 1986
CBC Children’s Choice List for 1987

The Tiny Seed
ABA Pick of the List 1991

The Very Busy Spider
Child Study Association’ s Books of the Year
Best Books for Children, R.R. Bower Co.
ALA Notable Children’s Book
Recommended by the Library of Congress Advisory Committee on the Selection of Children’s

Books for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
ALA Booklist Best Books of the 80’s, 1989
Best Children’s Books in the Netherlands, 2004

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The New York Times Top Ten Best Illustrated Books of the Year, 1969
Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis, 1970
American Institute of Graphics Award, 1970
Selection Du Grand Prix des Treize, France, 1972
Brooklyn Museum of Art Books for Children Citation, 1973, 1976, 1977
Nakamori Reader’s Prize, Japan, 1975
On Suggested Reading List by Education Secretary William J. Bennett, 1988
The Association of Booksellers for Children, Children’s Booksellers’ Choices, 1995 (boardbook)
Best 100 Books in the Netherlands, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007

The Very Lonely Firefly
Child Study Association’s Children’s Books for the Year
Parents Magazine’s Best Books for 1995
Kansas State Reading Circle 1996-1997

The Very Quiet Cricket
Silver Medal Recipient, City of Milano, Italy, 1989
Redbook Magazine’s Top Ten Picture Books of the Year, 1990
Parenting Magazine’s California Children’s Book + Video Awards, winner of Picture Book Category, 1990
Buckeye Children’s Book Award, Ohio Council of the International Reading Association, Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, Ohio Department of Education, Ohio Educational Library Media Association, Ohio Library Association, State Library of Ohio, 1993
ABA Children’s Books Mean Business Title, 1998

Where Are You Going? To See My Friend! (collaboration)
Reading Promotion Association Award, Japan Book Publishing Association and Japan Printers Association 2002
One of the Best Children’s Books 2003, Publishers Weekly
One of the Best Bilingual Books 2003, Nick Jr. Magazine
Parent’s Guide, Children’s Media Award 2003

You Can Make a Collage
National Parenting Publications Honors Award, 1998
Platinum Book Award, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, 1999

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Welcome to the Official Eric Carle Website! Discover Eric Carle, Learn how he makes his tissues and even find out where his museum is!

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During his childhood, Carle had dreamed of returning to the United States. In 1952 he moved to New York City. He found a job as a graphic designer. Then he worked for many years as the art director of an advertising agency.

One of Carle's advertisements had an illustration of a lobster. Carle's lobster caught the eye of author Bill Martin, Jr. Martin asked Carle to illustrate a story he had written. Carle agreed. Together they created the very successful Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (1967).

Carle realized that he wanted to make more children's books. He wrote and illustrated 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo (1968). The next year he created The Very Hungry Caterpillar. He went on to publish many more books, including The Mixed-Up Chameleon (1975), The Grouchy Ladybug (1977), and The Very Quiet Cricket (1990). Carle's books won many awards. They also became popular around the world. His classic caterpillar story was translated into more than 50 languages.

In 2002 Carle and his wife, Barbara, founded the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. The museum is located in Amherst, Massachusetts. It displays original illustrations from many children's books to encourage a love of art and reading.

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During his childhood, Carle had dreamed of returning to the United States. In 1952 he moved to New York City. He found a job as a graphic designer. Then he worked for many years as the art director of an advertising agency. One of Carle's advertisements had an illustration of a lobster.

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Eric Carle (June 25, 1929 - May 23, 2021) was a German-American designer, illustrator, and writer of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. His career as an illustrator and children's book author took off after he collaborated on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. He illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have been sold around the world.

In 2003, the American Library Association awarded Carle the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award), a prize for writers or illustrators of children's books published in the U.S. who have made lasting contributions to the field. Carle was also a U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010.

Carle was born on June 25, 1929, in Syracuse, New York, the son of Johanna (née Oelschlaeger) and Erich W. Carle, a civil servant. When he was six years old, his mother, homesick for Germany, led the family back to Stuttgart. He was educated there and graduated from the local art school, the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. His father was drafted into the German army at the beginning of World War II (1939) and taken prisoner by the Soviet forces when Germany capitulated in May 1945. He returned home late in 1947 weighing 85 pounds (39 kg). Carle told The Guardian years later that he was a broken man when he came back. He was a "sick man. Psychologically, physically devastated."

Carle was sent to the small town of Schwenningen to escape the bombings of Stuttgart. When he was 15, the German government conscripted boys of that age to dig trenches on the Siegfried line. He did not care to think about it deeply and said his wife thought he suffered from post-traumatic stress.

You know about the Siegfried line? To dig trenches. And the first day three people were killed a few feet away. None of us children -- Russian prisoners and other conscripted workers. The nurses came and started crying. And in Stuttgart, our home town, our house was the only one standing. When I say standing, I mean the roof and windows are gone, and the doors. And, well, there you are.

Always homesick for the United States, he dreamed of returning home one day. He eventually made it to New York City in 1952 with only $40 in savings and landed a job as graphic designer in the promotion department of The New York Times. He was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War and stationed in Germany with the 2nd Armoured Division as a mail clerk. After discharge he returned to his old job with The New York Times. Later he became the art director of an advertising agency.

Writing and illustrating career

Educator and author Bill Martin Jr. noticed the illustration of a red lobster Carle had created for an advertisement and asked him to collaborate on a picture book.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? was published by Henry Holt & Co. in 1967 and became a best-seller. Thus began Carle's career as an illustrator, and soon he was writing and illustrating his own stories. His first books as both author and illustrator were 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo and The Very Hungry Caterpillar in 1969.

His artwork was created as collage, using hand-painted papers, which he cut and layered to form bright and colourful images. Many of his books have an added dimension-die-cut pages, twinkling lights as in The Very Lonely Firefly, even the lifelike sound of a cricket's song as in The Very Quiet Cricket. The themes of his stories are usually drawn from nature and the walks his father would take him on across meadows and through woods.

In his own words:

With many of my books I attempt to bridge the gap between the home and school. To me home represents, or should represent; warmth, security, toys, holding hands, being held. School is a strange and new place for a child. Will it be a happy place? There are new people, a teacher, classmates-will they be friendly?

I believe the passage from home to school is the second biggest trauma of childhood; the first is, of course, being born. Indeed, in both cases, we leave a place of warmth and protection for one that is unknown. The unknown often brings fear with it. In my books, I try to counteract this fear, to replace it with a positive message. I believe that children are naturally creative and eager to learn. I want to show them that learning is really both fascinating and fun.

For over 30 years, Carle and his second wife, Barbara Morrison, lived in Northampton, Massachusetts. He also owned a home in Key West, Florida. Carle had a son and a daughter.

With his second wife, he founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 44,000 sq ft (4,100 m ²) devoted to the art of children's books in Amherst, adjacent to Hampshire College. According to the museum, it has had over 500,000 visitors, including more than 30,000 school children, since it opened its doors in 2002.

Carle received numerous honorary degrees from colleges and universities including Williams College in 2016, Smith College in 2014, Appalachian State University in 2013 and from Bates College in 2007.

Google paid tribute to Carle and his book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by asking him to design the logo " Google doodle", introduced on its home page on March 20, 2009, celebrating the first day of spring.

Carle won numerous awards for his work in children's literature, including the Japan Picture Book Award, the Regina Medal and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators In 2003, he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award),from the professional children's librarians, which recognizes an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made "a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children". The committee cited his "visual observations of the natural world" and his innovative designs: "Taking the medium of collage to a new level, Carle creates books using luminous colors and playful designs often incorporating an interactive dimension, tactile or auditory discoveries, die-cut pages, foldouts, and other innovative uses of page space."

In a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, The Very Hungry Caterpillar was voted the number two children's picture book behind Where the Wild Things Are.

In 2019, a jumping spider mimicking a caterpillar was named in Carle's honor, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and to celebrate his 90th birthday.

The Frist Art Museum exhibition "Eric Carle's Picture Books: Celebrating 50 Years of The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was on display from October 18, 2019, through February 23, 2020. In November 2019, Carle sold his publishing rights to Penguin Random House.

Carle died on May 23, 2021, at his studio home in Northampton, Massachusetts, from kidney failure, just over a month before his 92nd birthday.

Selected works

Eric Carle wrote over 70 books that sold over 170 million copies.

1967, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (illustrator)

1969, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

1977, The Grouchy Ladybug

1986, Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me

1991, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (illustrator)

2003, Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? (illustrator)

2007, Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? (illustrator)

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Eric Carle (June 25, 1929 - May 23, 2021) was a German-American designer, illustrator, and writer of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar , first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies.

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Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of more than seventy books for very young children, including The Tiny Seed, Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, and his most well-known title, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Born in Syracuse, New York, Eric Carle moved to Germany with his parents when he was six years old.