By like Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?, Do you want to be my friend? with From head to toe, Carl introduced general themes with simple text and bright colors.

He once observed: “The unknown often brings fear.” “In my book, I try to use a positive message to eliminate this fear. I believe that children are naturally creative and eager to learn. I want to learn from them. Show that learning is really fun and fun.”

Hungry caterpillarPublished in 1969, its story tells the metamorphosis of green and red caterpillars. The colors of blue and brown become proud multi-colored butterflies, which are welcomed by parents and happy children.

Originally thought to be a book about bookworms, called Spend a week with Willy the Worm -The hero who eats through 26 different foods was changed to a caterpillar at the suggestion of his editor. It has sold about 40 million copies, has been translated into 60 languages, produced stuffed animal caterpillars, and has become a stage play.

Carl told the New York Times in 1994: “I remember when I was a child, I always felt that I would never grow up, to be smart, intelligent, and intelligent.”caterpillar It is a book full of hope: you can also grow up and grow wings. “

As we all know, politicians like George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton read this book to children in the campaign. The American Academy of Pediatrics sent a special edition of the book to more than 17,000 pediatricians, with growth charts and parent handouts on healthy eating. Veteran author and illustrator Ted Dewan called the book one of the pillars of children’s culture.

He said: “It’s almost talking about how great the Beetle is. This is beyond reproach.”

Unique illustration style

Carle wrote and/or exemplified 75 books, sometimes in collaboration with Bill Martin Jr. or other authors, but most of them worked with Carle.One of his latest books is 2015 Bullshit show, Centered on flying fish, cat-raising mice and circus parades.

Carl and his family were born to German immigrant parents in Syracuse, New York, and he returned to Germany at the age of six, which was then Nazi Germany. Under Nazi rule, modern, expressionist and abstract art were banned, and only realist and naturalist art were allowed.

When Carle was 12 or 13, a high school art teacher would invite him to his home to change his life, where he secretly displayed his expressionist art, including Franz Marc s work. Blue horse.

Carle told NPR in 2011: “I am used to painting beautiful pictures on the mountains in the background. Although I am shocked, I always miss that day.” As an illustrator, he said that he chose to paint in unconventional colors. Animals showed his young readers that there are no wrong colors in art.He thanked Marc for An artist who draws a blue horse.

His iconic illustration technique is mainly done by piecing pictures together using thin paper he painted in various colors and textures. He told the Associated Press in 2003: “It sounds old-fashioned, but I think I have a connection with my child, and I think other people are the same.”