EriCCArlE
EriCCArlE is ACClAimED AnD BElovED As thE CrEAtor oF BrilliAntly illustrAtED AnD innovAtivEly DEsignED piCturE Books For vEry young ChilDrEn.CArlE’s Books utilizE BolD Color AnD innovAtivE tEChniquEs to try AnD stimulAtE A ChilD’s imAginAtion in orDEr to FACilitAtE thE ChilD’s trAnsition From homE to sChool. thE vEry hungry CAtErpillAr, For ExAmplE, is DEsignED with sCAllopED holEs through thE pAgEs to DEmonstrAtE how A CAtErpillAr EAts through DiFFErEnt mAtEriAls. this Book hAs EAtEn its wAy into thE hEArts oF litErAlly millions oF ChilDrEn All ovEr thE worlD AnD hAs BEEn trAnslAtED into morE thAn 30 lAnguAgEs AnD solD ovEr 22 million CopiEs. sinCE thE CAtErpillAr wAs puBlishED in 1969,EriECArlE hAs illustrAtED morE thAn sEvEnty Books, mAny BEst sEllErs, most oF whiCh hE Also wrotE, AnD morE thAn 71 million CopiEs oF his Books hAvE solD ArounD thE worlD、
Born in syrACusE, nEw york, in 1929,EriCCArlE movED with his pArEnts to gErmAny whEn hE wAs six yEArs olD; hE wAs EDuCAtED thErE, AnD grADuAtED From thE prEstigious Art sChool, thEAkADEmiE DErBilDEnDEn kunstE, in stuttgArt.
But his DrEAm wAs AlwAys to rEturn toAmEriCA, thE lAnD oF his hAppiEst ChilDhooD mEmoriEs.
so, in 1952, with A FinE portFolio in hAnD AnD Forty DollArs in his poCkEt, hE ArrivED in nEw york.
lAtEr, hE wAs thE Art DirECtor oF An ADvErtising AgEnCy For mAny yEArs.

onE DAy, rEspECtED EDuCAtor AnD Author,Bill mArtin jr., CAllED to AskCArlE to illustrAtE A story hE hAD writtEn. mArtin’s EyE hAD BEEn CAught By A striking piCturE oF A rED loBstEr thAt CArlE hAD CrEAtED For An ADvErtisEmEnt. BrownBEAr,BrownBEAr, whAtDo you sEE wAs thE rEsult oF thEir CollABorAtion. it is still A FAvoritE with ChilDrEn EvErywhErE. this wAs thE BEginning oFEriCCArlE’s truE CArEEr. soonCArlE wAs writing his own storiEs, too. his First wholly originAl Book wAs 1, 2, 3 to thE zoo, FollowED soon AFtErwArD By thE CElEBrAtED ClAssiC, thE vEry hungrgCAtErpillAr.
EriCCArlE’s Art is DistinCtivE AnD instAntly rECognizABlE. his Art work is CrEAtED in CollAgE tEChniquE, using hAnD-pAintED pApErs, whiCh hE Cuts AnD lAyErs to Form Bright, AnD ChEErFul imAgEs. mAny oF his Books hAvE An ADDED DimEnsion-DiE-Cut pAgEs, twinkling lights As in thE vEry lonEly FirEFly, EvEn thE liFElikE sounD oF A CriCkEt’s song As in thE vEry quiEtCriCkEt-- giving thEm A plAyFul quAlity: A toy thAt CAn BE rEAD, A Book thAt CAn BE touChED、ChilDrEn Also Enjoy working in CollAgE AnD mAny sEnD him piCturEs thEy hAvE mADE thEmsElvEs, inspirED By his illustrAtions. hE rECEivEs hunDrEDs oF lEttErs EACh wEEk From his young ADmirErs. thE sECrEt oFEriCCArlE’s Books’ AppEAl liEs in his intuitivE unDErstAnDing oF AnD rEspECt For ChilDrEn, who sEnsE in him instinCtivEly somEonE who shArEs thEir most ChErishED thoughts AnD Emotions.
thE thEmEs oF his storiEs ArE usuAlly DrAwn From his ExtEnsivE knowlEDgE AnD lovE oF nAturE AnD intErEst shArED By most smAll ChilDrEn.BEsiDEs BEing BEAutiFul AnD EntErtAining, his Books AlwAys oFFEr thE ChilD thE opportunity to lEArn somEthing ABout thE worlD ArounD thEm. it is his ConCErn For ChilDrEn, For thEir FEElings AnD thEir inquisitivEnEss, For thEir CrEAtivity AnD thEir intEllECtuAl growth thAt, in ADDition to his BEAutiFul Artwork, mAkEs thE rEADing oF his Books suCh A stimulAting AnD lAsting ExpEriEnCE.
CArlE sAys: "with mAny oF my Books i AttEmpt to BriDgE thE gAp BEtwEEn thE homE AnD sChool. to mE homE rEprEsEnts, or shoulD rEprEsEnt; wArmth, sECurity, toys, holDing hAnDs, BEing hElD、sChool is A strAngE AnD n