Eric Carle, author and illustrator of the iconic children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has died. He was 91. Publisher Penguin Kids announced Carle's death on Twitter, Wednesday.

Eric Carle, the beloved children ... metamorphosis of a green and red caterpillar to a proudly multi-colored butterfly. ... community will miss him terribly," National Book Award finalist Jarrett ...

Eric Carle, the beloved children ... metamorphosis of a green and red caterpillar to a proudly multi-colored butterfly. ... community will miss him terribly,” National Book Award finalist ...

Eric Carle, revered by generations reared on his children’s books including The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has died. He was 91. He died on Sunday at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts ...

Eric Carle died on May 23 at 91. ... but he still gets to turn into a butterfly,” I said. Eric ... He shared the 1987 Women’s National Book Association’s Pannell Award for bringing children ...

Mr. Carle, who had lived in Northampton for many years, founded the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst with his wife, the late Barbara Carle, in 2002.

Eric Carle, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ Author, Dies at 91. His family says he died Sunday at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts, with family members at his side.