Eric Carle die-cut pages, foldouts, and other innovative uses of page space." In a 2012 survey of "School Library Journal" readers, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was voted the number two children's picture book behind "Where the Wild Things Are". Eric Carle Eric Carle (born June 25, 1929) is an American designer, illustrator, and writer of children's books. He is most noted for "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", a picture book that has been translated into more than 65 languages and sold more than 46 million copies, which is equivalent to 1.7 copies sold every minute since it was published. Since it was published
Jean Carle to be his director of operations at the Prime Minister's Office, a post that Carle held until he retired from the PMO in February 1998. As the director of operations at the PMO Carle was described as very efficient to the point that one Liberal complained that Carle gave the impression that he was working in a dictatorship rather than a democracy. In 1997, Carle was named Commander of the Victorian Order by Elizabeth II. During his time at the PMO, Carle was responsible for organizing the security for the November 1997 APEC summit in Vancouver that saw the RCMP