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Eric Carle, the Illustrator and Children’s Book Author Whose ‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’ Sold More Than 55 Million Copies, Is Dead at 91

Writer and illustrator Eric Carle, the author of the classic children’s picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969), died on May 23 at age 91. He was at his summer studio in Northampton, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Eric Carle, Author and Illustrator of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ Dies at 91

Carle wrote and illustrated dozens of books over six decades. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Eric Carle, the author and illustrator of more than 70 beloved children’s books—including the ...