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Eric Carle


Born
in Syracuse, New York, The United States
June 25, 1929

Died
May 23, 2021

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Eric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator 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. Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book author accelerated after he collaborated on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Carle 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. w ...more

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Average rating: 4.26 · 1,101,312 ratings · 31,973 reviews · 745 distinct works • Similar authors
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
4.34 avg rating — 544,562 ratings — published 1969 — 517 editions
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The Very Busy Spider
4.22 avg rating — 41,084 ratings — published 1984 — 134 editions
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The Grouchy Ladybug
4.12 avg rating — 35,253 ratings — published 1977 — 104 editions
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From Head to Toe
4.21 avg rating — 21,495 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
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The Very Quiet Cricket
4.07 avg rating — 21,030 ratings — published 1990 — 11 editions
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The Mixed-Up Chameleon
4.23 avg rating — 19,650 ratings — published 1975 — 74 editions
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The Tiny Seed
4.15 avg rating — 13,198 ratings — published 1970 — 88 editions
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A House for Hermit Crab
4.16 avg rating — 12,967 ratings — published 1987 — 60 editions
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The Very Lonely Firefly
4.16 avg rating — 10,680 ratings — published 1995 — 53 editions
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4.19 avg rating — 5,938 ratings — published 1986 — 65 editions
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Series by Eric Carle

The Very Clumsy Click Beetle The Very Hungry Caterpillar The Very Busy Spider The Very Quiet Cricket The Very Lonely Firefly
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My Very First Book of Colors My Very First Book of Shapes My Very First Book of Numbers My Very First Book of Words My Very First Book of Anima... My Very First Book of Anima... My Very First Book of Motion
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What's Your Favorite Animal? What's Your Favorite Color? What's Your Favorite Bug? What's Your Favorite Food?
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How Does a Caterpillar Change? How Does an Egg Hatch? How Does a Seed Sprout? How Does a Tadpole Grow?
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“We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important.”
― Eric Carle
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“On Saturday, he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon

That night he had a stomach ache.”
― Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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“He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself. He stayed inside for more than two weeks. Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and...

he was a beautiful butterfly!”
― Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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