Happy belated birthday. As a parent,teacher and school administrator for more than 30 years I have been enjoying and sharing your beautifully crafted children's literature with my three children and countless students and teachers. Today I read my grandson The Very Hungry Caterpillar board book. He turns one tomorrow and he is having a very hungry caterpillar birthday themed party this weekend and I couldn't be happier. Your gift keeps giving. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of the more than 70 picture books that I have written and/or illustrated. I was born in the U.S. and was raised in Germany. My background is in graphic design but since the late 1960's when I illustrated Bill Martin Jr's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? I have been creating books for children. My illustrations are collages made with my own hand-painted tissue papers, a technique many children have replicated and enjoyed in their classrooms and at home. With my late wife Barbara, I am also the cofounder of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA.
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ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday. As a parent,teacher and school administrator for more than 30 years I have been enjoying and sharing your beautifully crafted children's literature with my three children and countless students and teachers. Today I read my grandson The Very Hungry Caterpillar board book. He turns one tomorrow and he is having a very hungry caterpillar birthday themed party this weekend and I couldn't be happier. Your gift keeps giving. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
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