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Eric Carle (born June 25, 1929) is an American designer, illustrator, and writer of children's books. He is most famous for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a picture book with few words that has been translated into more than 62 languages and sold more than 52 million copies. Since it was published in 1969 he has illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 162 million copies of his books have been sold around the world. He won the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his career contribution to American children's literature in 2003.
For his contribution as a children's illustrator Carle was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010.
Eric Carle was born in 1929 to Erich and Johanna Carle in Syracuse, New York. When he was six years old, his mother, homesick for Germany, led the family back to Stuttgart. He was educated there and graduated from the local art school (ABK-Stuttgart in German Wikipedia). Eric's father was drafted into the German army at the beginning of World War II (1939) and taken prisoner by the Soviet forces when Germany capitulated early in 1945 (the end of the war). He returned home late in 1947 weighing 85 pounds. "When he came back, he was a broken man," Carle told The Guardian years later. He was a "sick man, psychologically, physically devastated."
Actors: Thomas Newman (composer), Travis Neal (editor), Travis Neal (director), Travis Neal (producer), Travis Neal (writer), Zack Hemsey (composer), Eric Carle (writer), Siena Rosdahl (actress), Clayton Hadlock (actor), Lori Murdock (actress), Emilie Love (actress), Kara Ferguson (actress), Michael Taylor (actor), Kimberlee Quist (actor), Dallon Hernandez (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Short, Thriller,Actors: Tommy Kenter (actor), Paul Hagen (actor), Molière (writer), Kurt Ravn (actor), Louis Miehe-Renard (actor), Birger Jensen (actor), Anders Bircow (actor), Jannie Faurschou (actress), Beatrice Palner (actress), Palle Wolfsberg (director), Jan Ulrich Pedersen (producer), Lisbet Lipschitz (actress), Pierre Miehe-Renard (actor), Ingolf Olsen (composer),
Genres: ,Actors: Pierre Boutron (miscellaneous crew), Francis Perrin (actor), Jean-Pierre Rambal (actor), Maurice Risch (actor), Molière (writer), Anne-Marie Jabraud (actress), André Gille (actor), Manuel Bonnet (actor), Bertrand Lacy (actor), Bernard Allouf (actor), Magali Renoir (actress), Paul-Robin Banhaïoun (director), Daniel Ogier (costume designer), Monique Vermeer (actress), François Giombini (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Molière (writer), Dezsö Garas (actor), Endre Harkányi (actor), Ildikó Pádua (actress), Tamás Major (actor), László Tahi Tóth (actor), Teréz Várhegyi (actress), Dezsö Mészöly (miscellaneous crew), Ferenc Karinthy (miscellaneous crew), Miklós Kalocsay (actor), Ági Soproni (actress), György Csák (actor), László Vámos (director), László Vámos (writer), Mária Kozel (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Francis Perrin (actor), Bernard Alane (actor), Gérard Caillaud (actor), Molière (writer), André Dussollier (actor), Jean-Paul Carrère (director), Georges Audoubert (actor), Virginie Pradal (actress), Claire Vernet (actress), Paule Noëlle (actress), Alain Pralon (actor), René Camoin (actor), Pace (costume designer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Bert André (actor), Kris Betz (director), Molière (writer), Dries Wieme (actor), Frieda Pittoors (actress), Rik Hancké (director), Rik Hancké (actor), Rik Hancké (writer), Dirk Decleir (actor), Wim Meuwissen (actor), Lisette Mertens (actress), Herman Verbeek (actor), Lucienne De Nutte (actress), Hans Verlinden (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Nane Germon (actress), Michel Charrel (actor), Jacques B. Brunius (actor), Catherine Deneuve (actress), Reinhard Kolldehoff (actor), Hardy Krüger (actor), Georgette Anys (actress), Christian Marin (actor), Serge Marquand (actor), Jean-Jacques Delbo (actor), Pierre Tornade (actor), Saro Urzì (actor), Charles Vanel (actor), Michel Vitold (actor), Ginette Leclerc (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Berthold Schulze (actor), Dieter Franke (actor), Molière (writer), Reimar J. Baur (actor), Barbara Adolph (actress), Wolfgang Sasse (actor), Annelene Hischer (actress), Gerd Keil (director), Werner Schäde (actor), Luise Trebe (actress), Wolfgang Keymer (actor), Fritz Oettel (composer),
Genres: Comedy,A box arrived this morning
Its reason was unspoken
It was signed and sent with deadly seal
The box said "Do Not Open"
It stood there in the hallway
And arrested my attention
I paced the floor and pondered why
The box said "Do Not Open"
And still I wondered,
"Will temptation get the best of me again?"
It was just the very thing I wasn't
Wishin' to be ownin'
A package sent to Waseley Hills
The box said "Do Not Open"
Seven lonely days went by
I wasn't really copin'
It soon consumed my every thought -
The box said "Do Not Open"
And still I wondered,
"Will temptation get the best of me again?"
Frozen there in terror, I
Could hardly have been hopin'
Through an omen of my comin' doom,
The box said "Do Not Open"
An image of repulsion
I saw the premonition
It filled my frightened mind and still,
The box said "Do Not Open"
And still I wondered,
"Will temptation get the best of me again?"
I couldn't stand the torture
And approached the thing in question
I ripped away the seal
The box, it lay there open
And there I was, a sorry man
All doubled up and chokin'
With bleedin' hands and withered nails,
The box, it lay there open
And it looks like