Eric Carle art of children's books in Amherst located adjacent to Hampshire College as part of the Hampshire College Cultural Village. The Museum has welcomed more than 500,000 visitors, including more than 30,000 school children, since it opened its doors in 2002. Eric Carle has received numerous honorary degrees from colleges and universities including Williams College in 2016, Smith College in 2014, Appalachian State University in 2013 and from Bates College in 2007. Google paid tribute to Carle and his book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by asking him to design the logo "Google doodle", introduced on its home page on March 20,
Jean Carle while at the BDBC. Carle transferred money from the Public Works Department through the BDBC to a Montreal TV producer so that the public would not learn the federal government had spent $125,000 dollars on the TV series "Le Canada Millennaire". When Justice John Gomery asked Carle that "If this were a drug deal, it would be called money-laundering", to which Carle replied "You're not wrong". Carle argued that his actions were justified because: "I felt it was a benefit for the bank to get an extra $125,000 in advertising without having to pay its own money, I did not