The author died at age 91 of kidney failure at his studio in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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“When I was a small boy, my father would take me onwalks across meadows and through woods.

Children’s book author Eric Carle

“All of us regretted it.

During the war, there were no colors.

Carle would later say that the experience enhanced his love for intense colors.

File: Eric Carle in 2007

which was published in 1967.

This led to his book “1,2,3 to the Zoo,” which came out a year later.

I think it is a book of hope.

A Very Hungry Caterpillar display

Children need hope,” he said in 2019.

“You little insignificant caterpillar can grow up into abeautiful butterflyand fly into the world with your talent.”