{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Eric Carle on why 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' is a 'book of hope'","publication_date":"December 24, 2002","summary":"In this 2002 interview, Jeffrey Brown talks to authors Eric Carle and Maurice Sendak on why the art of illustration is so important to children's books, and to the director of a new museum trying to bring children to art using the books they love.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2002\/12\/5a84309487914d4f0242977a291bcaca-carle-1024x576.jpg","thumbnail_height":576,"thumbnail_width":1024}