Eric Carle, the 1 behind The Very Hungry Caterpillar (《好饿的毛毛虫》)and many other children's 2 , left the world at the age of 91. The children around the world 3 his colorful and wonderful books.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar was Mr. Carle's best-known book. It4 in 1969. Since then, over 55 million copies of the book have been sold, and it has been translated(翻译) into more than 705 languages.
Mr. Carle was born in New York in 1929. As he was growing up, Mr. Carle6 a lot of time with his father, who would take him out in 7 . That's the8 why so many of his books are about nature. 9 h e was 6, he moved to Germany with his family. He studied10 there. In 1959, Mr. Carle went back to New York and got a job as an artist at the New York Times. Then he11 drawing pictures for some writers and he also wrote many popular books by himself. Most of his books are for 12 readers."I believe that children are eager(渴望) to learn. I want to show13 that learning is really interesting and fun."
14 Mr. Carle is no longer in the world, his excellent art and funny story books will still bring 15 to readers all around the world.
