This video of him with Mr. Rogers is totally worth clicking through and watching. Nothing from Mr. Rogers is available to be reposted, but you can watch it at the Mr Roger's Neighborhood website for free online.)“When I was a small boy, my father would take me on walks across meadows and through woods,” Mr. Carle wrote on his website. “He would lift a stone or peel back the bark of a tree and show me the living things that scurried about. He’d tell me about the life cycles of this or that small creature, and then he would carefully put the little creature back into its home.”
“I think in my books I honor my father by writing about small living things,” he continued. “And in a way I recapture those happy times.” [...]
“Ultimately, my aim is to entertain, and sometimes to enlighten, the child who still lives inside of me. This is always where I begin.” [...]
Though Mr. Carle didn’t speak often about his upbringing in Nazi Germany, he did say that his time spent in war zones had deeply influenced his work.
“The grays, browns and dirty greens used by the Nazis to camouflage the buildings” only heightened his love for intense and joyful colors, he told The Times in 2007. [...]
Throughout his long career, Mr. Carle always believed that the most important feedback came from his most dedicated readers.
“Many children have done collages at home or in their classrooms,” he wrote. “In fact, some children have said to me, ‘Oh, I can do that.’ I consider that the highest compliment.” [...]
In 2019, the 50th anniversary of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” was celebrated across the country. In an interview that year with Penguin Random House, Mr. Carle mused about why the book has remained so popular. “It took me a long time, but I think it is a book of hope,” he said. “Children need hope.”
“You — little insignificant caterpillar — can grow up into a beautiful butterfly and fly into the world with your talent.” [...]
But even decades after “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” first captivated readers, one question lingered: Why did the butterfly come from a cocoon, rather than a chrysalis?
“When I was a small boy, my father would say, ‘Eric, come out of your cocoon,’” Mr. Carle explained on his website. “He meant I should open up and be receptive to the world around me.”
“For me, it would not sound right to say, ‘Come out of your chrysalis,’” he continued, “and so poetry won over science!”
“The grays, browns and dirty greens used by the Nazis to camouflage the buildings” only heightened his love for intense and joyful colors, he told The Times in 2007. [...]
Throughout his long career, Mr. Carle always believed that the most important feedback came from his most dedicated readers.
“Many children have done collages at home or in their classrooms,” he wrote. “In fact, some children have said to me, ‘Oh, I can do that.’ I consider that the highest compliment.” [...]
In 2019, the 50th anniversary of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” was celebrated across the country. In an interview that year with Penguin Random House, Mr. Carle mused about why the book has remained so popular. “It took me a long time, but I think it is a book of hope,” he said. “Children need hope.”
“You — little insignificant caterpillar — can grow up into a beautiful butterfly and fly into the world with your talent.” [...]
But even decades after “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” first captivated readers, one question lingered: Why did the butterfly come from a cocoon, rather than a chrysalis?
“When I was a small boy, my father would say, ‘Eric, come out of your cocoon,’” Mr. Carle explained on his website. “He meant I should open up and be receptive to the world around me.”
“For me, it would not sound right to say, ‘Come out of your chrysalis,’” he continued, “and so poetry won over science!”
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