Later, he was the art director of an advertising agency for many years. Soon he found a job as a graphic designer in the promotion department of The New York Times. So, in 1952, with a fine portfolio in hand and forty dollars in his pocket, he arrived in New York.

But his dream was always to return to America, the land of his happiest childhood memories. Since the Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than sixty books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote.īorn in Syracuse, New York, in 1929, Eric Carle moved with his parents to Germany when he was six years old he was educated there, and graduated from the prestigious art school, the Akademie der bildenden Kunste, in Stuttgart. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into more than 25 languages and sold over twelve million copies. 'Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative.'Įric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. 'The very hungry caterpillar literally eats his way through the pages of the book-and right into your child's heart.' THE all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! Have you shared it with a child or grandchild in your life?Ĭarle's classic tale of a voracious caterpillar who eats his way through the days of the week and then changes into a eautiful butterfly has been reissued in a sumptuous twenty-fifth anniversary edition with a shiny, silver-coated cover and wonderfully thick, durably pages.

The very hungry caterpillar book