‘We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar weekly’: readers’ tributes to Eric Carle

Readers share what the celebrated children's author and illustrator's work meant to them

• Report: Eric Carle, author and illustrator, dies at 91
• Obituary: Eric Carle

Eric Carle, children's author and illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and many other children's books, has died at the age of 91. Here, readers share their memories of what the celebrated author's work means to them.