The Very Hungry Caterpillar

· Penguin UK
4.5
65 reviews
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Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a perennial favourite with children and adults alike. Its imaginative illustration and clever cut-out detail charts the progress of a very hungry caterpillar as he eats his way through the week. The e-book format of this classic makes the perfect addition to your child's digital library.

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4.5
65 reviews
Rita Kazem
3 December 2019
read to sons, read to grandaughter,beautiful story of the life of a butterfly & is a gold nugget of a book they found it interesting & loved the way it was set out.
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Tebza Kid
3 June 2021
thanks to very hungry caterpillar it gives me hope all the time in this book think grow and man up
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Charlotte Needham
27 October 2019
Great book
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About the author

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. www.eric-carle.com

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