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Tag: Eric Carle Museum

In Memory: Ashley Bryan

Posted on March 15, 2022March 15, 2022

Photo credit: Bill McGuinness

By Rebecca Kirshenbaum

The children’s literature world lost a giant when celebrated illustrator and author Ashley Bryan died on Feb. 2, 2022 in Sugar Land, Texas, at the home of his niece Vanessa Robinson. He was 98.

Ashley Bryan, Who Brought Diversity to Children’s Books,

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In Memory: Jerry Pinkney

Posted on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

Photo credit: Alvin Trusty

By Stephani Martinell Eaton

Celebrated and legendary illustrator Jerry Pinkney died of a heart attack Oct. 20 at Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, New York. He was 81.

Obituary: Jerry Pinkney by Shannon Maughan from Publishers Weekly. Peek: “Renowned children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney,

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In Memory: Eric Carle

Posted on May 27, 2021August 17, 2021

Photo credit: Jim Gipe, used with permission

By Stephani Martinell Eaton

Eric Carle, celebrated and beloved author and illustrator died peacefully of kidney failure, surrounded by family, on May 23 at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was 91.

Eric Carle, Author of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ Dies at 91 from the New York Times by Julia Carmel.

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