His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. This box set of Eric Carles Collection includes six beautiful picture books editions of: 1,2,3 to the Zoo: A Counting Book, Today is Monday Slowl. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies.

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. ERIC LOVES ANIMALS (JUST LIKE YOU), by Eric Carle When he was starting out as a commercial artist, before any books with his name on them had been published, Eric Carle made a.

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