Eric Carle 2009, celebrating the first day of spring. He also designed a "Google doodle" with autumnal theme for the use in Southern Hemisphere. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was chosen by Jumpstart for Young Children as the book for Read For the Record 2009 on October 8 of that year. The program encourages educators, librarians and parents to try to have as many as possible read the same book on the same day all over the world. Carle has won numerous awards for his work in children's literature, including the Japan Picture Book Award, the Regina Medal and the Lifetime Achievement Award
Barbara Carle Interview by Marco Vitale with Barbara Carle on "Sulle orme di Circe" on "Insula europe"a Website (Sponsored by the University of Perugia) http://www.insulaeuropea.eu/ Lucio Zinna in "Arenaria", Collana di ragguagli di letteratura moderna e contemporarnea, autunno, tre, 2009: 95-96. Barbara Carle Barbara Carle is a French-American poet, critic, translator and Italianist. As of 2016, she is a Professor of Italian at Sacramento State University. Carle has published several books of poetry In the U.S. and Italy. She also translated books of poetry by contemporary Italian poets, such as Rodolfo Di Biasio, Gianfranco Palmery, Alfredo De Palchi, and many others. She