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I was recently given these photos of our beloved Tock, the white Samoyed (on left in above photo) who was our dog a long time ago. Tock was a very special dog and she had a good dog friend named [...]

It was a busy and exciting time in western Massachusetts where we spent the past 10 days visiting with friends and making my annual appearance at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art for a [...]

Do You Want to Be My Friend? which was published forty years ago in 1971 is my favorite book. It has only eight words. But it’s not a simple book. It’s a guessing game: what animal is [...]

These are posters I designed before I started to illustrate picture books. My first job when I was 20 years old was at the Amerika Haus U.S. Information Center in Germany where I worked as a [...]

Bobbie and I spent this past weekend in Massachusetts where we thoroughly enjoyed meeting Tomi Ungerer and his lovely family. An exhibit of Tomi’s work, Tomi Ungerer, Chronicler of the [...]

My mother’s mother, my maternal grandmother, used to tell me stories, as I have mentioned in earlier blog posts. She also taught me how to draw an 8-pointed star. As she scribbled a star on [...]

I can’t wait for my annual book signing at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art on July 16, 2011. Hope to see you there!

I am delighted that my books are enjoyed in different countries and are being read in so many different languages. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been translated into more than 50 languages! I [...]

Dear Friends, It has been a lovely winter in Florida. A good quiet stretch of time by the ocean and just the kind of time the hermit part of me enjoys. But like many creatures, we are thinking [...]