The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Board Book]

A treat for all ages and mental disorders. The very hungry caterpillar tells a tale of a small insignificant bug on his journey through life to become a hero. The artwork alone is worthy of a place in the Louvre. You can improve your experience of this book by having autism or ADHD. You can put your finger in the holes of the pages, and absolute delight. 10/10

Fab wee book. Easy for baby to hold. Pictures are really vibrant and super cute! Love it!

Great book which I also loved as a child! My 3 year old absolutely adores this book and it is great quality. I am sure it will be loved for many years to come.

A nice and well written book that’s perfect for babies of any age. It’s also durable to handle beating from small humans😅.

Quality good 👍 👌 colour size and useful helpful value for money 👌

Granddaughter loves the book

The Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle This children’s classic is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, a testament to its success and enduring ability to bring enjoyment. Carle brings words, colour, images, science, maths, health and time into this simple story about the miracle of nature whereby a caterpillar transforms into a beautiful butterfly; children can learn a lot from this book. Firstly, the story starts with perspective, “in the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf”. In the vastness of the surroundings, Carle focuses on something tiny – a single caterpillar egg. Amazing things are found in the small details of our universe. On the next page, this egg hatches into the caterpillar with a “pop!” – Carle uses onomatopoeia to appeal to the child’s senses and give a sense of it happening suddenly. Carle said in one of his newsletters that “The book is like a bridge, over which a story travels from the writer to the readers.” And in order to make the story travel, the typography of the book is important, as well as the words and pictures. When the caterpillar eats fruit, the pages are different sizes, depending on how much he has eaten and what day it is. This helps with a child’s counting and learning the days of the week. There are also small holes through the pictures of everything he eats, as if the caterpillar has eaten his way through the book too! In fact Carle’s idea for the book came from the thought of a bookworm has he punched holes in paper. These small, simple holes make the very hungry caterpillar come alive. The book also teaches children about healthy eating, with humour. Unusually for a caterpillar, after eating lots of fruit, he consumes ice cream, cake, cheese, pie and more, which makes him feel ill. It has something in there for adults too; after all the feasting, the caterpillar eats a “green leaf, and after that he felt much better” – he needs a detox! Some adult readings see deeper into the hungry caterpillar – that it is a warning against capitalist greed; or that it represents a spiritual transformation. Perhaps this is seeing too much in story for children, but the tale is definitely one of hope and each reader can take something different from it. The pictures are crafted by Carle himself – beautiful colourful collages that make the pages bright. The butterfly is particularly spectacular and the patterns of the wings continue after the last page of words. The images help bring the metamorphosis to life in a way that children can understand; on one page the caterpillar is small, then he is large, then he is inside a cocoon, and finally, he is a butterfly. The change is complete but the cycle will begin again. Having watched butterflies hatch, I don’t think this will ever stop being fascinating and this book definitely captures that fascination. To explain why he chose a cocoon instead of a chrysalis, Carle said it mainly came from the words his father used to say to him when he was a boy: “‘Eric, come out of your cocoon.’ He meant I should open up and be receptive to the world around me. For me, it would not sound right to say, ‘Come out of your chrysalis.’ And so poetry won over science!” Here he blends poetry and science to create a children’s tale that is at once informative, striking and funny. see my other book reviews here: https://estherbookblog.wordpress.com/

It’s one of my favourite book like to read to children it’s has nice illustrations and has a good story

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It is a good book. Children learn about the days of the week, counting to five and more, the names of different food, what happens when we eat too much, and a little about how butterflies are born. I do wish the caterpillar could be seen moving through the food, but overall, great learning points in one book.

This book is exactly how i remember from my own childhood. Being a ‘90s baby I was happy to be able to share a childhood favourite with my own son. He loves the book and the colorful pictures

This is a nice, sturdy board book edition of Eric Carle's classic book. The book content is terrific, with brightly colored pictures and great language for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and early readers. The nice thick board book pages mean that when a little one sticks their fingers in the holes the caterpillar "eats" through the pages, the pages won't rip like a paperback. This was a gift and apparently it was a hit! The 2 year old kept asking adults to read this to her over and over again. Just what every gift-giver likes to hear.

beatuful book