Five Fun Facts
About the Author
Eric Carle
Author of over 70 children books, like The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Will You Be My Friend? and The Grouchy Ladybug.
(photo borrowed from Goodreads.com)
1. Had a dog named Took, named after a character in The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Carle knows the author.
2. In 2009 he designed the Google logo as his famous book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by request.
3. At various venues, The Very Hungry Caterpillar is performed as a play with puppets and black light.
4. Carle and his wife created the Eric Carle Museum for children book illustrations.
5. His book The Very Hungry Caterpillar just celebrated it’s the 50th year in publication and is probably the most known book by Carle.
Info collected from EricCarle.com, FamousAuthor.org, and EricCarlemuseum.com
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