Carle, Barbara, 1938-2015
Variant namesBarbara Carle was born Barbara Ann Morrison Nov. 22, 1938. She was working at the bookshop at The Cloisters, a museum and garden branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, when a friend introduced her to Eric Carle, a young illustrator and writer of books for children, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
In 1973, Eric and Barbara married and moved to western Massachusetts. There, Barbara earned her master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts in special education. Soon after, she co-founded Side by Side, an innovative preschool that integrated special needs children into regular classrooms. Together, they dedicated themselves to founding The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Carle, Barbara. [Letter, 1997 Oct. : to Fred Rogers]. | Saint Vincent College, Saint Vincent Library | |
| creatorOf | Carle, Barbara. [Letter, 2001 Oct. 25 : to Fred Rogers]. | Saint Vincent College, Saint Vincent Library |
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| associatedWith | Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952. | person |
| spouseOf | Carle, Eric. | person |
| founderOf | Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | National Education Association of the United States. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rogers, Fred. | person |
| associatedWith | Spitz, Ellen Handler, 1939- | person |
| associatedWith | Walsh, Jacqueline. | person |
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| Northampton | MA | US | |
| North Carolina | NC | US | |
| Statesville | NC | US |
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Birth 1938-11-22
Death 2015-09-07
