Eric Carle (1929–2021)
Forfatter af The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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Eric Carle is an award-winning, children's picture book author and illustrator whose most recognized work is The Very Hungry Caterpillar Board Book. Carle was born to German parents in 1929 in Syracuse, New York. The family returned to Germany in 1935, moving to a suburb of Stuttgart. Carle vis mere disliked high school, quitting at the age of 16 before graduation. He was admitted as the youngest student to the Akademie der bildenden Kunste, an art school. After finishing at the Akademie, he worked as a poster designer for the U.S. Information Center in Germany until 1952, when he moved back to New York City. He was a graphic designer at the New York Times and later worked as an art director at L.W. Frohlich & Co. In 1963, Bill Martin, Jr. saw a poster of a red lobster that Carle had designed and asked him to illustrate Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, thus launching his freelance career. Among his many children's books are Dream Snow, Hello, Red Fox, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle, and Pancakes, Pancakes! His title The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse made Publisher's Weekly Best Seller List for 2011. His title Brown Bear Brown Bear What to You See? made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. In 2015 he made The New Zealand Best Seller List with Love from the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Eric Carle, beloved children's book author and illustrator, died on May 23, 2021. He was 91. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: Eric Carle lit son livre « La chenille qui fait des trous » à la télévision, en 2009, à New York
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Værker af Eric Carle
Animals/Animales: My Very First Bilingual Book (The World of Eric Carle) (Spanish Edition) (2008) 105 eksemplarer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Breakfast: A Counting Book (The World of Eric Carle) (2021) 104 eksemplarer
Eric Carle's Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Nursery Rhymes: A Lift-the-Flap Book (The World of Eric Carle) (2021) 63 eksemplarer
Happy Halloween from The Very Busy Spider: A Lift-the-Flap Book (The World of Eric Carle) (2020) 42 eksemplarer
The Eric Carle Ready-to-Read Collection: Have You Seen My Cat?; The Greedy Python; Pancakes, Pancakes!; Rooster Is Off… (2014) 37 eksemplarer
Can You Guess? Animal Sounds with The Very Hungry Caterpillar (The World of Eric Carle) (2021) 34 eksemplarer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Snowy Hide & Seek: A Finger Trail Lift-the-Flap Book (The World of Eric Carle) (2020) 32 eksemplarer
A Day on the Farm with The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Tabbed Board Book (The World of Eric Carle) (2021) 29 eksemplarer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Lunch: A Colors Book (The World of Eric Carle) (2022) 19 eksemplarer
The Eric Carle Library Featuring 8 Classic Board Books Boxed Set [The Greedy Python, The Foolish Toroise, Rooster's Off… (2013) 19 eksemplarer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Dinner: A Shapes Book (The World of Eric Carle) (2022) 19 eksemplarer
How Does a Tadpole Grow?: Life Cycles with The Very Hungry Caterpillar (The World of Eric Carle) (2022) 17 eksemplarer
Quick and Slow (The World of Eric Carle) 17 eksemplarer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Forest Hide & Seek: A Finger Trail Lift-the-Flap Book (The World of Eric Carle) (2021) 17 eksemplarer
How Does a Seed Sprout?: Life Cycles with The Very Hungry Caterpillar (The World of Eric Carle) (2022) 16 eksemplarer
Can You Guess?: Animals with The Very Hungry Caterpillar (The World of Eric Carle) (2020) 16 eksemplarer
Below Us, under the Earth and Sea 15 eksemplarer
How Does a Caterpillar Change?: Life Cycles with The Very Hungry Caterpillar (The World of Eric Carle) (2022) 13 eksemplarer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Snacks: An Opposites Book (The World of Eric Carle) (2022) 13 eksemplarer
Can You Guess?: Food with The Very Hungry Caterpillar (The World of Eric Carle) (2020) 11 eksemplarer
Eric Carle's bugs and buddies 10 eksemplarer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Author Study Kit and Garden Kit 10 eksemplarer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Garden Picnic: A Scratch-and-Sniff Book (The World of Eric Carle) (2020) 8 eksemplarer
The Eric Carle Gift Set: The Tiny Seed; Pancakes, Pancakes!; A House for Hermit Crab; Rooster's Off to See the… (2013) 8 eksemplarer
Up and Down 7 eksemplarer
Final Project, PLN 2 Elementary: Spelling 7 eksemplarer
The Complete Car Book 6 eksemplarer
The World of Eric Carle/Day and Night 6 eksemplarer
Eric Carle: A Classic Picture 6 Books Collection Set With Two-Sided Poster Inside! (1, 2, 3 to the Zoo: A Counting… (2018) 6 eksemplarer
Hot and Cold/Loud and Quiet/Land and Sea 5 eksemplarer
Women in love 4 eksemplarer
B-E-A-R & Friends (The World of Eric Carle) 4 eksemplarer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Let's Count 4 eksemplarer
Under the Sea 4 eksemplarer
Story Reader Me Reader The World of Eric Carle Jump! 4 eksemplarer
Fins, Fleece, Feathers & Fur 3 eksemplarer
The World of Eric Carle - Chatter, Chirp, Bark & Buzz 3 eksemplarer
Bird Calls 3 eksemplarer
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bears 3 eksemplarer
Small Wonders 2 eksemplarer
Eric Carle Ready-to-Read Value Pack: Have You Seen My Cat?; Walter the Baker; The Greedy Python; Rooster Is Off to See… (2016) 2 eksemplarer
Look and Find: Birds (4/4) 2 eksemplarer
Cat & Dog (the world of Eric Carle; Story Reader) 2 eksemplarer
Baby Bear, Baby Bear What do You See? 2 eksemplarer
Sky (The World of Eric Carle: Big Box of Little Books) 2 eksemplarer
Panda Bear, Panda Bear What Do You See? 2 eksemplarer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Ocean Hide & Seek: A Finger Trail Lift-the-Flap Book (2023) 2 eksemplarer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar at the Bakeshop: A Peek-Through Book with Raised Pieces (2023) 2 eksemplarer
In the Backyard 2 eksemplarer
Animal sounds 2 eksemplarer
Pancakes! Pancakes! AND Rooster's Off to See the World 2 eksemplarer
What Do You See? 2 eksemplarer
The World of Eric Carle: Quick and Slow 2 eksemplarer
Pets preschool discovery pack 2 eksemplarer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Includes: Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me / The Very Quiet Cricket / The Mixed Up… 2 eksemplarer
World of Eric Carle Busy Book 1 eksemplar
the of eric carle under the sea 1 eksemplar
the world of eric carel jump! e 1 eksemplar
Baby Bear's Busy Day with Brown Bear and Friends (World of Eric Carle) (The World of Eric Carle) (2023) 1 eksemplar
the world of eric carle small wonders 1 eksemplar
the world of eric carle b-e-a-r & friends 1 eksemplar
Eric Carle 6 Classic Tales 1 eksemplar
the world of eric carle cat & dog 1 eksemplar
Cat & Dog 1 eksemplar
My First Peek-A-Book Animals 1 eksemplar
The World of Eric Carle Book Set 1 eksemplar
Chatter, Chirp, Bark & Buzz 1 eksemplar
Very Hungry Caterpillar, The - Picture Matching 1 eksemplar
The World of Eric Carle Baby Animals 1 eksemplar
A joaninha mal-humorada 1 eksemplar
1,2,3, To the Zoo a counting book 1 eksemplar
Baby Bear's Busy Day with Brown Bear and Friends (World of Eric Carle) (The World of Eric Carle) 1 eksemplar
Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt 1 eksemplar
The very Hungry Catepillar's Australian Animals 1 eksemplar
The world of Eric Carle What do animals eat? 1 eksemplar
Look and Find words 1 eksemplar
Alphabet Puzzle 1 eksemplar
What Do Animals Eat? 1 eksemplar
Raupe Nimmersatt & Co. 1 eksemplar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Puzzle 1 eksemplar
Polar Bar, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? 1 eksemplar
El grillo muy silencioso 1 eksemplar
On the Farm 1 eksemplar
Colors & Numbers 1 eksemplar
Rhyming & Opposites 1 eksemplar
1, 2, 3 al zoo: Cartonado pequeño 1 eksemplar
Today is Monday - Dry Erase Book 1 eksemplar
Look and Find ABC Letters 1 eksemplar
The Very Busy Spider's Forest Friends: A Touch-and-Feel Book (World of Eric Carle) (2023) 1 eksemplar
Colors 1 eksemplar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories 1 eksemplar
Up in the Sky 1 eksemplar
Brown Bear and Friends 1 eksemplar
Catch the Ball! 1 eksemplar
The World of Eric Carle/Hot and Cold 1 eksemplar
Finger Puppet Book The Very Hungry Caterpillar 1 eksemplar
World of Eric Carle Bath Books 1 eksemplar
On board pages. 1 eksemplar
The World of Eric Carle/Short and Tall 1 eksemplar
The World of Eric Carle: A Portfolio of Prints 1 eksemplar
The World of Eric Carle/Land and Sea 1 eksemplar
Journey in the Jungle (Chick-fil-a) 1 eksemplar
The very hungry caterpillars sound book 1 eksemplar
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? 2 books wit 2 Cd's (2000) 1 eksemplar
Die kleine Maus sucht einen Freund. Kamishibai Bildkartenset.: Entdecken - Erzählen - Begreifen:… (2019) 1 eksemplar
Do You Want to Be My Friend | The Grouchy Ladybug | Rooster's Off to See the World | Today is Monday (2010) 1 eksemplar
Final Project, PLN 1 Emergent: Making Friends 1 eksemplar
Final Project, PLN 1 Emergent: Read Aloud 1 eksemplar
Final Project, PLN 1 Emergent: Eric Carle 1 eksemplar
Musen som längtade efter en vän 1 eksemplar
Eric Carle's Days of the Week Poster 1 eksemplar
numbers 1 eksemplar
Questions, Questions 1 eksemplar
Picture Writer: The Art of the Picture Book 1 eksemplar
Very Busy Spider, The Feel/sight 1 eksemplar
Day to Night 1 eksemplar
The Grouchy Ladybuy 1 eksemplar
Walk Through the Seasons 1 eksemplar
Down in the Deep 1 eksemplar
Flutter, Fly, Sing, and Spin 1 eksemplar
Feathery Friends 1 eksemplar
To Grow a Seed 1 eksemplar
Come to the Table 1 eksemplar
Animals All Around 1 eksemplar
The very hungry caterpillars 1 eksemplar
Ko de kreeft versiert zijn huis 1 eksemplar
The Very Busy Spider / The Very Clumsy Click Beetle / The Very Hungry Caterpillar (2010) 1 eksemplar
Rupsje Nooitgenoeg Babyboek 1 eksemplar
The World of Eric Carle, for my first Smart*Pad 1 eksemplar
The Very Hungry Caterpillars Australian Feast 1 eksemplar
Queres Brincar Comigo? 1 eksemplar
When I'm BIG 1 eksemplar
Look and Find: Letters (2/4) 1 eksemplar
Look and Find: Colors (1/4) 1 eksemplar
Look and Find: Numbers (3/4) 1 eksemplar
Explore The Backyard 1 eksemplar
Discover the Woodlands 1 eksemplar
Rupsje Nooitgenoeg is jarig! pakket 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children's Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became An American Icon Along… (2007) — Forord — 149 eksemplarer
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Bidragyder — 90 eksemplarer
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? / Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? / Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do… (2003) — Illustrator — 43 eksemplarer
For Our Children: A Book to Benefit the Pediatric AIDS Foundation (1991) — Illustrator — 29 eksemplarer
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- Fødselsdato
- 1929-06-25
- Dødsdag
- 2021-05-23
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA (birth)
Germany - Land (til kort)
- Germany
- Fødested
- Syracuse, New York, USA
- Dødssted
- Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
- Dødsårsag
- kidney failure
- Bopæl
- Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
New York, New York, USA
Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Key West, Florida, USA - Uddannelse
- Akademie der bildenden Kunste, Stuttgart
- Erhverv
- illustrator
magazine art director
children's book author - Organisationer
- United States Army
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (2003)
Officers Cross of the Order of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany (2001)
Society of Illustrators Lifetime Achievement Award (Contemporary ∙ 2010)
Regina Medal (1999)
Japan Picture Book Award (200)
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