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Carle had a son and a daughter. [17] With his second wife, Carle founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, a 44,000 sq ft (4,100 m 2) museum devoted to the art of children's books in Amherst, adjacent to Hampshire College.
Eric Carle was born on June 25, 1929, in Syracuse, New York. His parents, Erich and Johanna, were childhood sweethearts who had emigrated from Germany a few years earlier. Despite the Great Depression, Eric’s father was employed as a spray painter for the Easy Washer Company in Syracuse.
Eric Carle has two grown-up children, a son and a daughter. He lives in the Florida Keys. In 2002, Eric and his late wife Bobbie founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Oct 8, 2011 · Eric Carle is a children's book author and illustrator who is most famous for his book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which has been translated into more than 50 languages.
Biography. Eric Carle was born in Syracuse, New York in 1929. In kindergarten, he enjoyed a classroom filled with colorful paints, big brushes, and large sheets of paper. But when Carle was six, his parents moved back to their native Germany.
Born on June 25, 1929, Eric Carle was an author and illustrator, best known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, one of the most popular children’s books in history. He was raised in Syracuse, New York, until 1935, when his German immigrant parents decided to move the family back to their home country.
Eric Carle is the author and illustrator of more than 70 books for very young children including his most well-known title The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
