Later Life
Eric Carle has a son and a daughter. He currently divides his time between the Florida Keys and the Hills of North Carolina. For over 30 years, Carle and his second wife, Bobbie Morrison, lived in Northampton, Massachusetts.
With his wife, Eric Carle founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, a 44,000 sq ft (4,100 m2) museum devoted to the 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 since it opened its doors in 2002. Carle received an honorary doctorate from Bates College in 2007.
Google paid tribute to Carle and his book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by asking him to design their logo "Google doodle", on their home page on March 20, 2009, celebrating the first day of spring. (Carle also designed "Google doodle" for autumn theme for the use in Southern Hemisphere.)
His book The Very Hungry Caterpillar was chosen as the book for Jumpstart's 2009 Read For the Record program on October 8. Read For the Record encourages educators, librarians and parents to try to have as many as possible read the same book and the same day all over the world.
He has also won over 14 awards for his work in children's literature and most for his collages, all from 1989-2008.
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