The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Father Christmas

About Eric Carle

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. 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. In 2003 Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 2002 Eric and his wife Barbara cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst Massachusetts a 40000-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. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. www.eric-carle.com