R.I.P. Eric Carle ~ June 25, 1929 – May 23, 2021

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R.I.P. Eric Carle

The prolific and much beloved children’s author and illustrator, Eric Carle has sadly passed away at ninety-one years young. Children, parents, teachers, and librarians owe him a debt of gratitude for the enormous contributions he made to children’s literature. A message posted online from his family said he died Sunday and included this poem:

In the light of the moon,

holding on to a good star,

a painter of rainbows

is now traveling across the night sky

Here is his obituary in the New York Times.