Times staff share personal memories of reading the children's books of Eric Carle, the "Very Hungry Caterpillar" author who died this week at 91.

Eric Carle, the children's author and illustrator, best known for his book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” has died at age 91.

Eric Carle has worked on a stack of books over the years, but his caterpillar has chewed its way to the top.

APPRECIATION Eric Carle: A vision that touched generations of very avid young readers By Cate McQuaid Globe Correspondent,Updated May 26, 2021, 7:02 p.m.

Like the unstoppable caterpillar in his most famous work, Eric Carle invested a great deal of effort into making his best-selling children’s books take flight. “My books are not simple,” he ...

Eric Carle has made millions from the efforts of a certain Very Hungry Caterpillar, but when it comes to hungry crabs—well, that's another story. Behind Carle's home near Key Largo, Fla., there ...

Eric Carle, the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and many other picture books, died May 23. His books awakened the senses and invite interactive responses.

This was Eric Carle, the great man himself, looking surprisingly small and vulnerable inside the echoing, high-ceilinged chamber at the Tacoma Art Museum.

Spring ushers in a seasonal cycle of new rituals March 20 including “Very Hungry Caterpillar Day” in honor of storyteller and illustrator Eric Carle’s classic children’s book of the same name.

Times staff share personal memories of reading the children's books of Eric Carle, the "Very Hungry Caterpillar" author who died this week at 91.

NEW YORK — 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 ...

Eric Carle, a beloved children's author and illustrator, died Sunday at age 91. Carle wrote the children's classic "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," which was published in 1969.