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Not just for children: the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

Fame has not distracted Eric Carle from mission to demystify art

By Laura Collins-Hughes

 |  Globe Staff  

  October 23, 2011

Alix Kennedy is walking down a corridor at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, where she is the executive director, when a staffer utters the code phrase. “The Caterpillar is in the house,’’ he tells her, and Kennedy knows that the man himself has arrived: children’s author and illustrator Eric Carle, whose books have sold more than 110 million copies worldwide. His presence at the museum, when publicly known, runs the risk of causing a commotion.

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