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Eric Carle

Eric Carle was born in 1929 in Syracuse, New York. He then moved to Stuttgart, Germany with his family. He graduated from Akademie Der Bilden Kunste, which is a school of art. At the age of twenty-three, Eric Carle went to work for the New York Times as a graphic designer making $40.00 a week. He done many amzing advertisments, but one picture of a lobster caught the eye of Bill Martin, Jr. This name may sound familiar because he is the author of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? He liked the picture of the lobster so much that he asked Eric Carle to illustrate his book in 1967. This is the first experience in childrens literature for Eric Carle and jumpstarted his career in writing and illustrating childrens books. He went on to write and illustrate sixty book that were translated into many different languages. These books mostly consisted of bugs and other things of nature. Eric Carle likes natural and likes to bring nature to education so that it bridges the gap between school and home. His literature has inspired many young readers and will continue for many years to come.

Awards List


 * Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Literature Award presented by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, 2008
 * Honorary Degree from Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 2007
 * The NEA Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education, 2007
 * John P. McGovern Award in Behavioral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, 2006
 * Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the Association for Library Service to Children, American Library Association, 2003
 * Honorary Degree from Niagara University, Niagara, NY, 2002
 * Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2001
 * Honorary Degree from College of Our Lady the Elms, Chicopee, MA, 2001
 * Japan Picture Book Award, Presented by Mainichi Newspaper for Lifetime Achievement, 2000
 * Outstanding Friend of Children, Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, 1999
 * Regina Medal, Catholic Library Association, 1999
 * University of Southern Mississippi Medallion from DeGrumond Collection, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattisburg, MS, 1997
 * The 1995 David McCord Children’s Literature Citation, Framingham State College + The Nobscot Reading Council of the *International Reading Association, 1995
 * Silver Medal from the City of Milano, Italy, 1989

CITED WEBSITES: http://www.carolhurst.com/newsletters/24newsletters.html http://www.eric-carle.com/bio.html http://cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/meet/ericcarle.html