The Very Hungry Caterpillar author Eric Carle dies aged 91
Eric Carle has died aged 91. The author of the best-selling children's book 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' passed away on Sunday (23.05.21) in Northampton, Massachusetts. His family said in a statement: "In the light of the moon, holding on to a good star, a painter of rainbows is now travelling across the night sky." Eric's son, Rolf, told the New York Times newspaper his father's cause of death was kidney failure. 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' - a picture book, which tells the story of a ravenous caterpillar who later turns into a butterfly - was first published in 1969 and has gone on to sel...