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About Eric Carle

Ever since I was very young, I have loved making pictures. I knew even as a child that when I grew up I would be an artist.
Eric Carle

Eric Carle (1929–2021) was one of the best known illustrators of our time. The creator of more than 70 picture books, he combined winsome stories and exuberant collages that appeal to young readers and adults alike. In 2002, Eric Carle and his late wife, Barbara Carle, founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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parents with child sitting on a fence with white house in the background mountains
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Illustration of caterpillar on leaf with hole punched out of leaf.
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hands with a utility blade cutting out the pencil drawing of the caterpillar with a piece of red tissue paper visible under the tracing paper
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black and white photograph of Eric Carle and his son and daughter in a tree
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A photograph of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art with its sign in the front.
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