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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Board Book and Plush (Book&Toy)
by
Eric Carle
One of the best-selling children's books of all time, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been delighting young readers for over thirty years. Now packaged as a board book with a new plush doll, this classic book will continue to introduce new generations of children to the magical world of Eric Carle.
Board book, 24 pages
Published
August 30th 2002
by Philomel
(first published 1969)
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I actually gave this book 5 stars, but the very hungry caterpillar ate one of them.
Also, did anyone else get a defective book? My version has a bunch of holes in it.
Also, did anyone else get a defective book? My version has a bunch of holes in it.
I believe this book is THE MAJOR CAUSE of the childhood obesity epidemic currently sweeping the nation. Still, nice illustrations.
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A deeply touching saga of the hardship of a young catapillar's life.
The main character has to overcome his ravenous appetite on his jouney to become a butterfly.
There were were in my eyes and laughter too as I jouneyed with the catapillar in the greatest epic ever told.
We had much to learn from the noble catapillar.
The main character has to overcome his ravenous appetite on his jouney to become a butterfly.
There were were in my eyes and laughter too as I jouneyed with the catapillar in the greatest epic ever told.
We had much to learn from the noble catapillar.
I this book we learn that caterpillars, like humans, enjoy eating junk food, but are probably better off just eating leaves, like humans...
A good children’s book is full of wonderful and eye catching illustration with a entertaining and humerous storyline. Eric Carle’s book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has all this and more.
The story is based on a hungry caterpillar who eats his way through the different days of the week (and the pages) enjoying different types of food; from fruits to swiss cheese to chocolate and ice cream, and not surprisingly, the caterpillar ends up with a stomach ache which is then relieved by a green leaf. ...more
The story is based on a hungry caterpillar who eats his way through the different days of the week (and the pages) enjoying different types of food; from fruits to swiss cheese to chocolate and ice cream, and not surprisingly, the caterpillar ends up with a stomach ache which is then relieved by a green leaf. ...more
Dang you caterpillar... Now Im hungry!
In all seriousness, I loved this book as a child and I have read it to my children many times.
In all seriousness, I loved this book as a child and I have read it to my children many times.
kids: 3
times I've read this book: zillions
times I've loved reading this book: every single one
times I've read this book: zillions
times I've loved reading this book: every single one
I remember this book being read to me when I was child and it is still an all-time favourite story of mine. It is suited for EYFS and KS1. The illustrations in this book are so eye catching and vibrant that they really make the story come to life! It is the story of a caterpillar's journey in becoming a butterfly.
Another cross curricular book with limitless activities from writing their own 'The Very Hungry...' book, counting, adding and subtracting, healthy eating, life cycle, symme...more
Another cross curricular book with limitless activities from writing their own 'The Very Hungry...' book, counting, adding and subtracting, healthy eating, life cycle, symme...more
My friend, who is media specialist, bought this for my daughter for a baby shower gift. Since then, it has become a favorite of our family reading time. I love the message of growing up and changing and realizing that too much of anything can give you a tummy ache. Also, how cool is it that there are holes in the book where the caterpillar has eaten.
I don't think much needs to be said about this book because I think pretty much everyone has read it. You know it's going to be special as soon as you touch the pages which are heavier than your average paper. From that point on it is virtuosity. The story is succinct, educational (you learn numbers, foods, and about butterfly life cycles), and beautiful. The author bio on the back cover says "His pictures for this book are cut and layered collages... overprinted with ink, crayon, and t...more
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So now you can find all kinds of hands on children's books, with flaps to lift, pages that fold out, pop up portions, textures affixed to pages, and computer chips embedded in the books. Reading time for children can be an active playtime. But when I was little we didn't have these cool things. Eric Carl was the first author/illustrator to come up with the concept of interactive books. The little holes are absolutely irrestible to little fingers. Who can stop themselves from putting their f...more
SPOILER! He turns into a butterfly.
1) Genre: Concept: Days of week/numbers
2) A very hungry caterpillar loves food so much he eats for an entire week until he eventually transforms into a butterfly. Not only does this book teach children about the days of the work, students will also learn about numbers and the steps a caterpillar undergoes to become a butterfly.
3) Critique:
a) The best aspect of this book are the stunning illustrations.
b) The content of the book is very simple; h...more
2) A very hungry caterpillar loves food so much he eats for an entire week until he eventually transforms into a butterfly. Not only does this book teach children about the days of the work, students will also learn about numbers and the steps a caterpillar undergoes to become a butterfly.
3) Critique:
a) The best aspect of this book are the stunning illustrations.
b) The content of the book is very simple; h...more
I refuse to read this book to my son.
We checked it out of the library because I have been impressed with Eric Carle. We got it home and I read it after my son went to bed. It has all of the wonderful artwork that appears in his other books--large swatches of watercolor creating creatures with lots of visual character.
The story starts out at night with the fireflies dancing around the moon. The type is pretty tiny in the hardcover book that we got from the library, but that's...more
We checked it out of the library because I have been impressed with Eric Carle. We got it home and I read it after my son went to bed. It has all of the wonderful artwork that appears in his other books--large swatches of watercolor creating creatures with lots of visual character.
The story starts out at night with the fireflies dancing around the moon. The type is pretty tiny in the hardcover book that we got from the library, but that's...more
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle is about a small caterpillar that emerges from an egg and begins eating everything he sees. Eventually the caterpillar is no longer hungry, and no longer small. The huge caterpillar builds a cocoon around himself and eventually emerges as a butterfly.
I always loved The Very Hungry Caterpillar when I was a child. I think the illustrations are the neatest part. They are all tissue collages. This in itself makes The Very Hungry Caterpillar uniqu...more
I always loved The Very Hungry Caterpillar when I was a child. I think the illustrations are the neatest part. They are all tissue collages. This in itself makes The Very Hungry Caterpillar uniqu...more
I know this book is meant for children and I am hardly a child anymore, but since I love small stories that our written for children I thought I'd read this for a little pass time. And boy was I disappointed. I mean it was sort of funny and all and I got the point of how it is trying to promote children eating healthy food like veges and stuff instead of junk food. However, the pictures weren't as gripping as they should have been in a childrens book and there was way too much going on in the bo...more
This is a timeless book, mainly for a younger audience. However, it teaches various fundamental topics that children should know.
In a mathematical standpoint, students can learn about the days of the week. The students see what the caterpillar does on each day of the week. A teacher could coordinate a calender to go along with the students to teach them the days of the week. This opens the opportunity for it to be used as sequencing the story. To extend, students could write what the...more
In a mathematical standpoint, students can learn about the days of the week. The students see what the caterpillar does on each day of the week. A teacher could coordinate a calender to go along with the students to teach them the days of the week. This opens the opportunity for it to be used as sequencing the story. To extend, students could write what the...more
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
This is a children’s picture book designed, illustrated and written by Eric Carle. Reading this book invoked some very fun and enjoyable childhood memories. The story starts with an egg on a leaf in the light of the moon. When the sun rises a Caterpillar emerges seeking out food on a Sunday. The days of the week are very important in the synopsis as on each consecutive day the Caterpillar eats a different type of fruit. Also as each day goes b...more
This is a children’s picture book designed, illustrated and written by Eric Carle. Reading this book invoked some very fun and enjoyable childhood memories. The story starts with an egg on a leaf in the light of the moon. When the sun rises a Caterpillar emerges seeking out food on a Sunday. The days of the week are very important in the synopsis as on each consecutive day the Caterpillar eats a different type of fruit. Also as each day goes b...more
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Genre: Concept Picture Book
This book takes readers along on a journey of a caterpillar with a very big appetite. Not only is a journey to find something to fulfill his appetite, but it is a journey of the caterpillars transformation.
a.) A major strength of this book is the organization of the pages with the correlating cut outs.
b.) The little circle cut outs of the book, as well as the different size pages, allow for the ...more
Genre: Concept Picture Book
This book takes readers along on a journey of a caterpillar with a very big appetite. Not only is a journey to find something to fulfill his appetite, but it is a journey of the caterpillars transformation.
a.) A major strength of this book is the organization of the pages with the correlating cut outs.
b.) The little circle cut outs of the book, as well as the different size pages, allow for the ...more
The story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle is a simple yet creative book. It is fun and educational simultaneously. It follows the story of a very hungry caterpillar and the different foods he eats over a week. The caterpillar is not only very hungry, but he also has unusual tastes in food, ones that delight children.
After popping out of an egg on Sunday, the very hungry caterpillar eats holes through the book's pages as he eats his way through a variety of foods, beginnin...more
After popping out of an egg on Sunday, the very hungry caterpillar eats holes through the book's pages as he eats his way through a variety of foods, beginnin...more
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a children's picture book designed, illustrated and written by Eric Carle. The book follows a new born caterpillar as it eats its way through a wide variety of foodstuffs before pupating and emerging as a beautiful butterfly. This is easily one of the greatest children’s books ever written and this is backed up by Kate Taylor who wrote for ‘The Guardian’ saying its "one of the greatest childhood classics of all time." The books many features includes very...more
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food,
ages-2-5,
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A hungry young caterpillar eats his way through the week, and then transforms into a butterfly. The days of the week and counting scheme are presented with interactive tabs, which grow each day along with a hole to show where the caterpillar ate through. These growing pages are an exciting cumulative way of approaching fruits, counting, and days of the week. Our caterpillar also learns about junk food, warning young readers about the hazards of the sugar-induced stomachache. Carle’s tissue p...more
I remember loving this book when I was in elementary school. I was most taken by the artwork. The images are a combination between a cut and paste style and a painted image style. The brush strokes stand out and give the images texture. Now that I am older I can appreciate the variety in page style. Sometimes the image was the page, and it took up more than one side of the spread, other times there was just the picture of the food on a white background, making the food stand out in a dramatic, c...more
The very hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle is a beautifully illustrated children’s book which is perfect for young children in Early Years Foundation Stage. Young children are bound to pick up this book just way looking at the front cover. There is a picture of a colorful caterpillar which will most definitely attract a child’s attention straight away. The book sends out a ‘happy’ vibe with lots of colorful pictures which is great for young children to visualize what they are reading!
At t...more
At t...more
The very hungry caterpillar is a classic children’s book. The hungry caterpillar becomes greedy as by each day he increases his appetite, munching through fruit one by one. As a fruit increases by one each day, children are learning to count in ascending order, developing their accumulative maths skills. The holes in each fruit is a good use of visual stimulus, and can fuel the child’s imagination. The use of days of the week develops the child’s awareness of time, which can be useful in a EYFS...more
The Book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" is basically about the stages of a butterfly. It starts off where the caterpillar is very hungry and looks for food to eat so on Monday he eats 1 apple but is still hungry and looks for more food, on Tuesday he eats 2 pears, Wednesday he eats 3 plums, Thursday he eats 4 strawberries and on Friday he eats 5 oranges after all of that he is still hungry! So on Saturday he enjoys a variety of different foods including chocolate cake, ice cream, a loll...more
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
By Eric Carle
Genre: Concept: Days of the Week and Numbers
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a great adventure of a young caterpillar and his journey of eating over the course of a week. His journey helps to teach children the days of the week. I won’t spoil the end of the story, for those that haven’t read it.
A. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a great concept book for teaching the days of the week. Children can learn to recognize the days of the week. Th...more
By Eric Carle
Genre: Concept: Days of the Week and Numbers
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a great adventure of a young caterpillar and his journey of eating over the course of a week. His journey helps to teach children the days of the week. I won’t spoil the end of the story, for those that haven’t read it.
A. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a great concept book for teaching the days of the week. Children can learn to recognize the days of the week. Th...more
Genre: Picturebook
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Age Group: Newborn - Primary
Summary: The theme of The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the life cycle and transformation. The main character is a caterpillar and readers watch him evolve from a egg to a caterpillar to a butterfly over the course of a week.
Evaluation: I gave this book 5 stars because it had a developed storyline, creative artwork, and special touches like pages of varying size. Eric Carle's illustrations are bright and vivid. T...more
Awards:
Age Group: Newborn - Primary
Summary: The theme of The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the life cycle and transformation. The main character is a caterpillar and readers watch him evolve from a egg to a caterpillar to a butterfly over the course of a week.
Evaluation: I gave this book 5 stars because it had a developed storyline, creative artwork, and special touches like pages of varying size. Eric Carle's illustrations are bright and vivid. T...more
Another book that I absolutely loved as a child.Something appealing about this book to a teacher is that there are so many different lessons that can be brought out. For instance, you can use if for counting numbers, days of the week, different types of food, and the transformation of a caterpillar to an egg to a butterfly. Another thing, it's funny! This is another book that I have read in preschool and they always start laughing historically at the part when the worm starts to eat all the huma...more
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Eric Carle (born June 25, 1929) is a children's book author and illustrator, most famous for his book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which has been translated into over 30 languages. Since The Very Hungry Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 71 million copies of his books have sold around ...more
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“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.”
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That night he had a stomach ache.”
“He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself. He stayed inside for more than two weeks. Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and...
he was a beautiful butterfly!”
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