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Carle made the library's list with "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," his 1969 picture book about a voracious bug that becomes a butterfly. He said he created the caterpillar by folding and manipulating paper; he first thought of the character as a bookworm, Willie the Worm. "And I had this wonderful editor and she didn't like the worm so much," Carle said. Students from Public School 41 in Greenwich Village and Our Lady Queen of Angels School in East Harlem sat up front as the two authors read from their work. Fourth-grader Brianna Astacio of Our Lady Queen of Angels said Blume's "Double Fudge" was her favorite book because "it's funny." Carle read his brand-new book, "Friends," about a boy who swims across a river and climbs a mountain in search of his friend. Spoiler alert: He finds her. ___ Online:
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