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Eric Carle

Born

in Syracuse, New York, The United States

June 25, 1929

Died

May 23, 2021

Website

http://www.eric-carle.com/

Genre

Children's

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Eric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book author accelerated after he collaborated on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Carle illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have been sold around the world.
In 2003, the American Library Association awarded Carle the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award), a prize for writers or illustrators of children's books published in the U.S. w ...more

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Average rating: 4.26 · 1,094,027 ratings · 31,638 reviews · 672 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Very Hungry Caterpillar 4.34 avg rating — 540,581 ratings — published 1969	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Very Busy Spider 4.22 avg rating — 40,957 ratings — published 1984 — 134 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grouchy Ladybug 4.12 avg rating — 35,155 ratings — published 1977 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Head to Toe 4.21 avg rating — 21,395 ratings — published 1997 — 118 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Very Quiet Cricket 4.07 avg rating — 21,005 ratings — published 1990 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mixed-Up Chameleon 4.23 avg rating — 19,619 ratings — published 1975 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tiny Seed 4.15 avg rating — 13,142 ratings — published 1970 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A House for Hermit Crab 4.16 avg rating — 12,912 ratings — published 1987 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Very Lonely Firefly (Penguin Young Readers Level 2) 4.16 avg rating — 10,641 ratings — published 1995 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me 4.19 avg rating — 5,903 ratings — published 1986 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Eric Carle

Eric Carle's Very Series (5 books)
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Life Cycles with The Very Hungry Caterpillar (4 books)
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Quotes by Eric Carle (?)

“We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important.”
― Eric Carle

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“On Saturday, he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon

That night he had a stomach ache.”
― Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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“He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself. He stayed inside for more than two weeks. Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and...

he was a beautiful butterfly!”
― Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into some sort of monstrous vermin.”

Is the first line of what book?

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

29 votes, 87.9%

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

2 votes, 6.1%

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

1 vote, 3.0%

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

1 vote, 3.0%

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