The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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?

Carle's classic tale of a voracious caterpillar who eats his way through the days of the week and then changes into a eautiful butterfly has been reissued in a sumptuous twenty-fifth anniversary edition with a shiny, silver-coated cover and wonderfully thick, durably pages.
--The Horn Book

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

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Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: Philomel Books
Published: 10/15/1981
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.48h x 12.02w x 0.43d
ISBN: 9780399208539
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 5496 / Very Hungry Caterpillar


Award: E.B. White Read Aloud Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1994 pg. 17 - Superior,Well Above Average
People Weekly 09/09/2013 pg. 49

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