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			<image:title><![CDATA[Me at six months]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With my mother in Syracuse, NY, 1934]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[And indeed my ears did stick out! 1934]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Here I am in front of my family’s house in Syracuse, NY, where i lived until I was six years old. I went back to visit Syracuse in 1992.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[On a visit to Syracuse in 1992. I stopped at the building that used to be my school where Miss Frickey was my teacher. The building is now housing for the elderly.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With Carlton Mayer and his sister Claire, in 1934. Carlton was my boyhood friend from Syracuse, NY.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With Carlton Mayer and his sister Claire, in 1956. When I returned to the U.S. as an adult, after spending most of my childhood and young adulthood in Germany, I went unannounced to his door. “You’re Eric!” Carlton exclaimed when I asked  him if he knew who i was.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With my father on the ship to Germany]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With my first grade class, Stuttgart, Germany, 1936]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With my parents, Johanna and Eric Carle, vacationing in the Black Forest, 1939]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[My house in Stuttgart where I lived as a child]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With Hans Schweiss, a fellow art student]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Professor Ernst Schneidler unde whom i studied art and design, 1950]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[I worked at an advertising agency in New York in the early 1960’s]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With my children Cirsten and Rolf, 1970]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[My son Rolf (l), my sister Christa (m), and her husband Roland (r) at the opening of the Franz Hals Museum in Holland in 1988.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With Bill Martin Jr who is the author of the first book I illustrated for children Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? The opportunity to illustrate this book changed my life.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With my friend Elbert Chen in 1992 who while in high school wrote an essay about my book The Very Hungry Caterpillar which he submitted as part of his application to Harvard University. He was accepted!]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With my editor Ann Beneduce, 1996.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With Bobbie and our friends Jerry and Gloria Jean Pinkney at the Katonah Museum of Art in 1997. Jerry is a children’s book author and illustrator and Gloria is an author of children’s books and has also written an inspirational book for adults.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With award winning picture book artists Mordecai Gerstein and Peter Sis, and writer Susan Harris, in my studio 1998.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With Fred Rogers during the filming	of an episode of Mister Rogers Neighborhood in which Mister Rogers pays a visit to my studio, 1997.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With Jane Goodall 1999.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[While visiting in Japan in 2000 with Takeshi Matsumoto (l) Director of the Chihiro Iwasaki Museums in Tokyo and Azumino, and Kazuo Iwamura (r), gifted picture book artist with whom I collaborated on the book Where are you Going? To See My Friend!]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With Hiroshi Imamura, the president of Kaisei-Sha Publishing Company, my publisher in Japan, in 2000, who we have to thank for making it possible to publish The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Back in 1968 when The Very Hungry Caterpillar was ready to be published, my editor Ann Beneduce, who was unable to find a company to print and bind the book in the U.S., showed it to Mr. Imamura on one of her many trips to Japan. He instantly offered to help find a way to produce it.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With children’s book author and illustrator Chris van Allsburg when he visited my studio during an exhibit of his work at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in 2004.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[My wife Bobbie looking at a model of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[During construction of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[During construction of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With my wife Bobbie with whom I co-founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and Nick Clark, The Museum’s Director, 2002]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With Children’s book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art’s opening gala celebration. November 2002.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With the dancers from Amherst Ballet company who performed a wonderful production of my book The Very Lonely Firefly at the Museum in 2003.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[In my studio working on the art for my book: Does A Kangaroo Have A Mother, Too?]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[In this picture, I am at work on my latest book 10 Little Rubber Ducks which is based on a true story about a shipment of toy rubber ducks that fall overboard and end up on shores all around the world. I first read about this story in a newspaper article.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[A selection of my painted papers.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[More painted papers which I keep filed by color in flat file drawers in my studio.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[My flat file drawers where I store my painted papers in my studio. On the shelves above, I have a collection of art books as well as books about animals and insects that I refer to when I am working on my own books.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[At a bookstore in early 1970’s in Hamburg, Germany. This was before I grew my beard!]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[With my dog Tock in 1984. Tock was named after a character in my friend Norton Juster’s book The Phantom Tollbooth.]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[At the opening of the Franz Hals Museum in Holland in 1988.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ecwkids1.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[At a book signing in bookstore.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ecwkids2.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[At a Kindergarten housed in the same building as my Japanese publisher Kaisei-Sha in 1992.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ecwkids5.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[At a presentation with schoolchildren in Germany.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec_house2.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[My house where I used to spend the summer in the hills of western Massachusetts.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec_house3.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[A view from my house where I live now with my wife Bobbie in the Florida Keys.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/eckids.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[At The Sterling &amp; Francine Clark Institute in Williamstown, MA during the filming of a Japanese television program called “Superteachers” in 2000.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/japan2.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[With Bobbie on one of our trips to Japan during an exhibit of my work at the Takasaki City Gallery in 2000.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/japan4.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[During the opening of the exhibit at Takasaki City Gallery in 2000.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/mermaidcaterpillars.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia has produced black light puppet performances based on a number of my books. Here I am with two of the performers at the premiereof their production of The Very Hungry Caterpillar in Northampton, MA in 2000.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/magicflute1.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[In 2001, I had the pleasureof doing set and costume design for a production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute by the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. These costumes are made from Tyvek (the kind of fabric used to wrap houses during construction) that I painted in the same style as my painted tissue papers.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/magicflute2.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[More costumes from The Magic Flute production.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/magicflute4.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[These painted Tyvek banners unfurled in stages during the performance.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/honorarydegree.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[I was proud to recieve an honorary degree from Western New England College in May 2004.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting1.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Squeeze paint (acrylic, water or poster paint) into dish, add water…]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting2.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[…and stir.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting3.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Place a single sheet of tissue paper on a clean surface.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting4.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Paint bold strokes onto the tissue paper. (Hint: lift up the tissue paper briefly, so it doesn’t stick to surface.) Let it dry on newspapers while working on other tissue papers.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting5.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Apply a second color. Perhaps in blue wavy brushstrokes. Again: lift tissue paper and let it dry on newspapers.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting6.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Apply a third color, Yellow dots might look nice.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting7.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Apply a fourth color. Here I paint black onto a piece of carpet…]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting8.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[…and make prints on top of the red, blue, and yellow design.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting9.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[You did a great job!]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage1.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Draw a caterpillar onto tracing paper or other transparent paper.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage2.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Place the drawing on top of a red tissue paper and cut through both tracing and tissue papers. Be careful!]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage3.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[You now have the face of the caterpillar.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage4.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Turn the face over and apply a thin layer of glue or paste. (I use wallpaper paste.)]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage5.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Paste it onto a while illustration board or similar material.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage6.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Cut out the first green segment of the caterpillar’s body.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage7.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Place the tracing paper, with the head and body segment removed, as a guide for pasting down the green segment.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage8.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Repeat steps 6 and 7, selecting different shades of green for each segment until…]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage9.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[…the body is finished.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage10.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Carefully cut out the eyes: Moisten the area around the eyes; wait a second, lift and remove the eyes.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage11.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Cut out yellow and green parts for eyes and nose and glue them into their places.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage12.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Cut out brown parts for feet and glue them down as well.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage13.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Use crayons or colored pencils for the final touches.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage14.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[And the last thing you do…is sign your name.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-collage15.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[You did a great job!]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting1.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Squeeze paint (acrylic, water or poster paint) into dish, add water…]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting2.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[…and stir.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting3.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Place a single sheet of tissue paper on a clean surface.]]></image:title>
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		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting4.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Paint bold strokes onto the tissue paper. (Hint: lift up the tissue paper briefly, so it doesn’t stick to surface.) Let it dry on newspapers while working on other tissue papers.]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting5.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Apply a second color. Perhaps in blue wavy brushstrokes. Again: lift tissue paper and let it dry on newspapers.]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting6.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Apply a third color, Yellow dots might look nice.]]></image:title>
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			<image:loc>https://eric-carle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ec-aec-painting7.jpg</image:loc>
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