Carle once told a young fan that if he were not an illustrator, he’d want to be a chef, and his love of food pervaded many of his works. “For Eric, food and cooking was really a way of connecting with ...

The book, first published in 1969, features a caterpillar who eats his way through many different foods on different days of the week before finally emerging as a butterfly. With its distinctive ...

Mentor Public Library is celebrating what would have been Eric Carle’s 94th birthday with a pair of programs this June. Carle is the author and illustrator behind “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” “The ...