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'I absent-mindedly punched holes with a hole puncher'

Eric Carle's short but lovely commencement speech from 2007.

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Tony Wilson
May 04, 2024
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This is such a great little speech — humble, funny, and with some grains of inspiration in there too. Did he really regret not doing well at chemistry and Latin? I’m thinking not.

I love the nod he gives to luck. I love the nod he gives to editors.

Finally, a word from your Speakola convenor who also writes picture books. Don’t only buy ‘The Very Hungry…

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