Editor’s Note:  This week, beloved children’s book author and artist Eric Carle passed away peacefully surrounded by family members.   We found this great post by Reading Rockets with links to an interview, short biography and book list.

Eric Carle, the author and illustrator of many classic children’s books like The Very Hungry Caterpillar, opened the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts in 2002. The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer filmed the grand opening and graciously shared their interview with Eric Carle.

Watch the interview, view the interview transcript, read a short biography of Eric Carle, or see a selected list of his children’s books through this link on Reading Rockets.org

Here is another lovely article published on NPR.org as well.