![]() But we in the children’s book community will miss him terribly,” National Book Award finalist Jarrett J. His books and his advocacy for the arts will continue to ripple through time. “To have spent some time with Eric Carle was the closest thing one could get to hanging out with the actual Santa Claus. One of his last books was 2015′s “The Nonsense Show,” which centered on a parade of flying fish, cat-taming mice and circus animals. or other authors, but most with Carle working alone. It’s beyond reproach,” he said.Ĭarle wrote and-or illustrated more than 75 books, sometimes partnering with Bill Martin Jr. “It’s almost talking about how great the Beatles were. ![]() Fellow writer and illustrator Ted Dewan called the book one of the pillars of children’s culture. The American Academy of Pediatrics sent more than 17,000 pediatricians special copies of the book, along with growth charts and parent handouts on healthy eating. Bush and Hillary Clinton were known to read the book to children on the campaign trail. ![]()
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