What is Eric Carle?
[[File:Eric Carle (cropped).jpg|right|200px|thumb|Carle in 2009]] '''Eric Carle''' (June 25, 1929 &ndash; May 23, 2021) was an [[Americans|American]] children's [[author]] and illustrator. Carle illustrated more than 70 books with some being best sellers. More than 102 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide. His best known work is the 1969 book, ''[[The Very Hungry Caterpillar]]'' which has been translated into over 50 different languages. Carle was born in [[Syracuse, New York]]. He was drafted into the U.S. Army during the [[Korean War]] and was stationed in Germany with the Second Armored Division and was appointed the position of mail clerk. Carle had a son and a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/garden/13carle.html|title=Hungry Caterpillar in the Florida Keys|first=Fred A.|last=Bernstein|date=13 December 2007|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> Carle died on May 23, 2021 at his studio home in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]] from [[kidney failure]] aged 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc7.com/eric-carle-very-hungry-caterpillar-author-illustrator/10699566/|title='The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author, illustrator Eric Carle dies at 91|publisher=KABC|date=May 26, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/books/eric-carle-dead.html#:~:text=Eric%20Carle%2C%20the%20artist%20and,the%20cause%20was%20kidney%20failure.|title=Eric Carle, Author of ''The Very Hungry Caterpillar'', Dies at 91|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 26, 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.eric-carle.com/ Official website] [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from renal failure]] [[Category:American children's writers]] [[Category:Writers from Syracuse, New York]] [[Category:American illustrators]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in New York City]] [[Category:American military personnel of the Korean War]] [[Category:Military people from New York (state)]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carle, Eric}