Else Holmelund Minarik, the acclaimed children’s book author best known for her Little Bear books for early readers, died on July 12 at her home in Sunset Beach, N.C., of complications from a ...

Thomas F. Minarik, now 69, was convicted of three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in 1992 and sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison. Minarik is up for parole in August.