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LECTURE: Eric Carle, Eric Carle: Picture Writer
Author and Illustrator of Children's Books

Tuesday 27 March
Lecture Room - 6 pm


The author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which has been translated into more than twenty-five languages, plus over sixty other books, Eric Carle is a world-renowned author, illustrator and designer of children's books. His preferred medium is collage; he uses high quality, white tissue paper, which he paints and then stocks for later use as the palette for his work. In this illustrated talk, he will show how he creates his vividly-colored stories.

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Via Angelo Masina 5
00153 Rome, Italy.


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