July 2015 Book of the Month Explore the amazing animal alphabet with the very hungry caterpillar in this delightful board book. Featuring Eric Carle's bright, distinctive artwork and lots of favourite animals, big and small.
A recent survey from The Early Learning Centre found thatThe Very Hungry Caterpillaris the most read children's book in Britain with 5.5 million children reading it more than nine times a year. This is bright but simple ABC book, featuring Eric Carle's wonderfully distincive animal artwork, perfect to introduce the letters of the alphabet to young Very Hungry Caterpillar fans.
Learn your abc with The Very Hungry Caterpillar...
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Every child should experience this wonderful, cumulative story, with its brightly coloured pictures of the tiny but greedy caterpillar that eats his way through one apple, two plums and three pears before turning into a beautiful butterfly. The board version stands up well to the inevitable poking of little fingers through the holes in the pages. Kirkus UK
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About Eric Carle
Eric Carle (25 June 1929 - 23 May 2021) was 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 eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into more than 50 languages and sold over 33 million copies.
Since the Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 110 million copies of his books have sold around the world.
