Through books like "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" Born to German immigrant parents in Syracuse, New York, Carle and his family returned to Germany — Nazi Germany, at the time —- when he was 6. Although I was shocked, I always carried that day in my heart," Carle told NPR in 2011. Carle was working as an art director for an advertising agency at the time; Martin had just written "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" In 2002, Carle and his late wife, Barbara Carle, founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.

Source: Fox News May 26, 2021 23:30 UTC