Eric Carle

Eric Carle is a children's book author and illustrator, most famous for his book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which has been translated into 50 languages.

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Carle was born in 1929 Syracuse, New York and moved to Germany when he was six. He moved to New York City in 1952 and landed a job as a graphic designer. He later moved to Northampton, Massachusetts, where he still resides today. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, a museum devoted to children's books and founded by Carle and his wife, opened in 2002 in nearby Amherst.

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Syracuse, New York - Germany - New York City - Northampton, Massachusetts - Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art - 2002 - Amherst

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