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Eric Carle, author portrait
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Eric Carle

Born in the United States, Eric Carle was taken as a six-year-old child by his parents back to their native country, Germany. Later, he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Academy of Applied Arts) in Stuttgart, and returned to New York in his early twenties as a graphic designer and artist. His many picture books are now known and loved by children around the world.
 
In 2002, Eric and his late wife, Barbara, opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the works of distinguished picture book artists, nationally and internationally acclaimed, are exhibited in three spacious galleries.

Eric Carle passed away in 2021, at the age of 91.
I Love My Dog with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Look Up with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Can You Find It? Christmas with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
World of Eric Carle: My First Decodable Box Set
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Thanksgiving
Boo! from The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Numbers / Números
I Love My School with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Rainbow Foods
The Very Hungry Caterpillar at the Tea Party

Merry Christmas from The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Read Aloud Flip-Along Picture Book

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Read Aloud Picture Book | Brightly Storytime

Books

I Love My Dog with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Look Up with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Can You Find It? Christmas with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
World of Eric Carle: My First Decodable Box Set
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Thanksgiving
Boo! from The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Numbers / Números
I Love My School with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Rainbow Foods
The Very Hungry Caterpillar at the Tea Party

Media

Merry Christmas from The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Read Aloud Flip-Along Picture Book

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Read Aloud Picture Book | Brightly Storytime

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