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Author photo. Eric Carle lit son livre « La chenille qui fait des trous » à la télévision, en 2009, à New York

Eric Carle lit son livre « La chenille qui fait des trous » à la télévision, en 2009, à New York

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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 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) — biography from The Very Hungry Caterpillar… (more)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar 21,715 copies, 1,041 reviews
The Grouchy Ladybug 7,214 copies, 223 reviews
The Tiny Seed 5,905 copies, 168 reviews
The Very Busy Spider 5,710 copies, 133 reviews
A House for Hermit Crab 5,279 copies, 94 reviews
From Head to Toe 4,592 copies, 121 reviews
The Mixed-Up Chameleon 3,718 copies, 100 reviews
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? 3,574 copies, 140 reviews
Pancakes, Pancakes! 3,380 copies, 76 reviews
Rooster's Off to See the World 2,970 copies, 51 reviews
The Very Quiet Cricket 2,796 copies, 77 reviews
Today Is Monday 2,729 copies, 57 reviews
Little Cloud 2,644 copies, 64 reviews
Have You Seen My Cat? 2,633 copies, 60 reviews
Do You Want to Be My Friend? 2,279 copies, 51 reviews
The Very Lonely Firefly 2,219 copies, 48 reviews
Mister Seahorse 2,180 copies, 91 reviews
Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? (Illustrator) 2,123 copies, 37 reviews
Eric Carle's Animals Animals (Illustrator) 2,108 copies, 28 reviews
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me 1,982 copies, 71 reviews
1, 2, 3 to the Zoo: A Counting Book 1,663 copies, 46 reviews
10 Little Rubber Ducks 1,562 copies, 59 reviews
Walter the Baker 1,430 copies, 23 reviews
The Secret Birthday Message 1,413 copies, 35 reviews
Draw Me A Star 1,284 copies, 35 reviews
Hello, Red Fox 1,030 copies, 29 reviews
Dream Snow 989 copies, 21 reviews
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle 908 copies, 22 reviews
My Very First Book of Colors 708 copies, 8 reviews
The Rabbit and the Turtle 701 copies, 24 reviews
Eric Carle's Dragons, Dragons (Illustrator) 684 copies, 19 reviews
I See a Song 650 copies, 27 reviews
My Very First Book of Shapes 583 copies, 9 reviews
The Honeybee & the Robber 446 copies, 11 reviews
My Very First Book of Numbers 415 copies, 7 reviews
Friends 286 copies, 15 reviews
Eric Carle Around The Farm My First Look And Find (Illustrator) 278 copies, 3 reviews
What's Your Favorite Animal? 233 copies, 9 reviews
The Art of Eric Carle 182 copies, 6 reviews
The Nonsense Show 153 copies, 13 reviews
Tom Thumb: Grimms' Tales 153 copies, 15 reviews
Let's Paint a Rainbow 152 copies, 6 reviews
Watch Out! A Giant! 150 copies, 14 reviews
What's Your Favorite Color? 122 copies, 4 reviews
Flora and Tiger 113 copies, 5 reviews
All Around Us 85 copies, 2 reviews
My Very First Library 69 copies, 1 review
Stories for All Seasons 68 copies, 1 review
My Very First Book of Motion 65 copies, 2 reviews
My Very First Book of Food 63 copies, 2 reviews
Eric Carle Animal Flash Cards 31 copies, 1 review
Above Us, in the Sky 21 copies, 1 review
With Us, on the Earth and Sea 17 copies, 1 review
Eric Carle Decorative Prints 17 copies, 1 review
Land and Sea 15 copies
Loud and Quiet 11 copies
Up and Down 6 copies
My Very First Book of Sounds 5 copies, 1 review
Bird Calls 3 copies
Animal sounds 2 copies
Small Wonders 2 copies
Dies und Das 2 copies, 1 review
Under the Sea 2 copies
Colors 1 copy
Opposites 1 copy
Questions, Questions 1 copy, 1 review
numbers 1 copy
Mon papa 1 copy
FIRE TRUCK 1 copy
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Illustrator) 13,767 copies, 690 reviews
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (Illustrator) 5,488 copies, 118 reviews
A Color of His Own (Illustrator) 4,950 copies, 168 reviews
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? (Illustrator) 3,116 copies, 60 reviews
The Foolish Tortoise (Illustrator) 1,907 copies, 16 reviews
The Greedy Python (Illustrator) 1,726 copies, 16 reviews
The Lamb and the Butterfly (Illustrator) 1,308 copies, 12 reviews
Thank You, Brother Bear (Illustrator) 711 copies, 4 reviews
The Mountain That Loved a Bird (Illustrator) 625 copies, 10 reviews
Why Noah Chose the Dove (Illustrator) 597 copies, 7 reviews
The Hole in the Dike (A Blue Ribbon Book) (Illustrator) 366 copies, 7 reviews
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (Contributor) 330 copies, 7 reviews
The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry (Foreword) 294 copies, 16 reviews
All in a Day (Illustrator) 206 copies, 6 reviews
Star of Stars (Cover artist, some editions) 100 copies
Seven Stories by Hans Christian Andersen (Illustrator) 29 copies, 1 review
Aesop's Fables for Modern Readers (Illustrator) 29 copies, 1 review
Nature Thoughts a Selection (Illustrator) 16 copies
Flower thoughts; a selection (Illustrator) 11 copies
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