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Originally conceived as a book about a bookworm — called "A Week with Willi the Worm" — the hero, who eats through 26 different foods, was changed to a caterpillar on the advice of his editor. It has sold some 40 million copies and has been translated into 60 languages, spawned stuffed animal caterpillars and has been turned into a stage play. "I remember that as a child, I always felt I would never grow up and be big and articulate and intelligent," Carle told The New York Times in 1994. "'Caterpillar' is a book of hope: you, too, can grow up and grow wings." Politicians like George W. B...

Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, dies at 91 in Massachusetts Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, dies at 91 in Massachusetts Eric Carle’s family said he died Sunday by his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts, with family members at his side. advertisement File photo of Eric Carle from AP. Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and most cherished literary memories, has died at age 91. Carle’s family said he died Sunday at his s...

May 27, 2021 Share NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and most cherished literary memories, has died at age 91. Carle’s family says he died Sunday at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts, with family members at his side. The family’s announcement was issued by Penguin Young Readers. “Heaven just got more colorful,” Peter H. Reynolds, author and illustrator of “The Dot,” wrote in tribute on Twitter. Carle, he said...

‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ Author Eric Carle Dies At 91 Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and most cherished literary memories, has died at age 91. Carle’s family says he died Sunday at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts, with family members at his side. The family’s announcement was issued by Penguin Young Readers. “Heaven just got more colorful,” Peter H. Reynolds, author and illustrator of “The Dot,” wrote in tribute on T...

‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ author Eric Carle dies at 91 Author Eric Carle reads his classic children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” on the NBC “Today” television program in New York on Oct. 8, 2009, as part of Jumpstart’s fourth annual National Read for the Record Day. AP File Photo/Richard Drew Illustrator Eric Carle takes questions from children after reading from his book, “Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?” on Oct. 1, 2007, in New York. The beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and mo...