THE all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! Have you shared it with a child or grandchild in your life?
Including a special feature, dye cuts, this beautiful board book edition, perfect for teaching the days of the week, offers readers an interactive experience.
"The very hungry caterpillar literally eats his way through the pages of the book—and right into your child's heart..."
—Mother's Manual
"Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative..."
—The New York Times Book Review
Baker & Taylor
A hungry caterpillar eats his way to the cocoon stage, and hibernates for two weeks to emerge as a beautiful butterfly
Baker
& Taylor
As a tiny green caterpillar eats his way through the book, he is transformed into a beautiful butterfly, in a board book edition of the classic picture book.
Follows the progress of a hungry caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. On board pages.
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Add a SummaryThis book shows the life cycle of the caterpillar from egg to butterfly. It also teaches numbers and counting with all of the foods that the caterpillar eats in the middle of the story.
The journey of life so cleverly use in the metamorphoses process a caterpillar takes. Great color Illustrations. I know this is a story I remember from reading to my children now 40 years later I am reading it to my granddaughter and she just loved it with all kind of question and a nature walk to go with it.
The caterpillar eats a lot of stuff and gets a stomachache and then builds a cocoon and become a beautiful butterfly by michael
This is a story about a caterpillar who eats something everyday of the week and he is still hungry each day until Saturday when he got a stomach ache He ate a leaf on Sunday and felt better he became a fat caterpillar who became a beautiful butterfly.
Hopper the elephant and Wilson the mouse wonder one day what exactly they might find at the end of the world. Determining that there’s a good chance of finding lemonade there, the two set out in a little boat with only a red balloon for company. Along the way they are caught up in a sudden squall and the two friends are separated. Wilson searches high and low for Hopper, until at last a friendly bird leads the two to one another. Continuing their journey (minus one red balloon) they find themselves back at their old dock. The end of the world is also the beginning. And for that the two of them could not be happier.
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alanamccausland
Jun 06, 2016
“On Saturday, he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon.
That night he had a stomach ache.”
"Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and he was a beautiful butterfly'
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Add a CommentAs an avid reader of children books from the time I was a kid to even now as a young adult, The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a well-deserved classic and an amazing story. Author Eric Carle’s simple and amusing plot takes you along the journey as the caterpillar blossoms into a beautiful butterfly. This is the perfect book for young children learning or teenagers in a nostalgic mood. I really do think The Very Hungry Caterpillar is beautifully illustrated, written, and a great read regardless of your age. 3.7 out of 5.
-@freshprinceofbooks of The Hamilton Public Library's Teen Review Board
best book forever!!! we read this book for 2 years and every time it is so amazing!
I picked up this book for some of my students! They really loved it as much as I did as a child! This book is great for teaching about caterpillars and butterflies, numbers, and foods. The kids love the different length pages and the holes! Really fun!
My favourite book as a kid- it's a classic!
My two year old adores this book. We get him to identify all the foods the very hungry caterpillar eats on Saturday, and he always beats us to exclaiming that it turns into "a beautiful butterfly!"
This classic still holds up!
I love the caterpillar because it eats a lot and turns into a butterfly. ~Lilian, age 3
Pop! A hungry caterpillar hatches one day and so begins a week long feast and his eventual transformation into something beautiful.
I have this one memorized. It's always a hit at storytime.
Makes a great feltboard story!
A good book is illustrated by colorful pictures. My kids were excited with marvelous transformation of life cycle, from a caterpillar to a butterfly.