Eric Carle was born on June 25th, 1929 in Syracuse, New York and spent his childhood in New York and Germany. For many years, he lived in Massachusetts until he passed away on May 23rd, 2021 at age 91 . He often visited the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts, which is about an hour ½ drive from Wilton. If you visit, you’ll see the illustrations and artwork you might recognise from over 70 of his books. He also wrote many of the books he illustrated, like the one pictured above. Do you recognise it?
Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been translated into 66 different languages, was the subject of a Google Doodle celebrating the first day of spring, and has sold more than 50 million copies. A jumping spider that looks like a caterpillar was named in honor of the 50th anniversary of the book’s publication and the author’s 90th birthday. The Uroballus carlei is found only in Hong Kong. Do you think it could be The Very Busy Spider?
Eric Carle Titles At The Wilton Public Library
Written and Illustrated
Boardbooks- The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Opposites
Easy Readers ( picture books) - Draw Me A Star, Mr. Seahorse, The Artist That Painted A Blue Horse, A House For Hermit Crab, Pancakes Pancakes!, The Tiny Seed, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Where Are You Going? To See My Friend!, You Are Ready!:The World Is Waiting
Easy Reader Level 2- The Very Busy Spider
Illustrated
Easy Readers ( picture books)- Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?, Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear? , The Greedy Python
Easy Reader Level 1-Panda Bear Panda Bear What Do You See?
Maryann Cocca-Leffler was born in Everett, Massachusetts ( a suburb of Boston) on July 25, 1958. She lived in Amherst, New Hampshire for over twenty years, and now lives in Maine. Hello, neighbor! She’s written books inspired by family and friends, and published a children’s book about Judith Heumann and the Section 504 Sit-in, also known as the “Disability Rights Protest That Broke Records And Changed Laws”!
Maryann Cocca-Leffler Titles At The Wilton Public Library
Written and Illustrated
Easy Readers ( picture books)- Jungle Halloween, Bus Route To Boston, Clams All Year, Let It Snow, Princess K.I.M. And The Lie That Grew, Princess Kim And Too Much Truth, A Vacation For Pooch, The Belonging Tree, Janine
Easy Reader Level P- Calling All Cats
Illustrated
Easy Readers ( picture books)- Wanda’s Roses
