Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Entry Number: 68
Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Author: Eric Carle
Illustrator: Eric Carle
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton (UK), Putnam (US)
Year: 1969, 1994
ISBN: 978-0399226236
Genre: Fiction
Topics: insects, cycles, counting, days of the week, metamorphosis, butterflies
Age Group: 0-4
Awards: 
Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books (1997), BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003), 100 Essential New England Books (Boston Globe, #100)
Dewey Category: 813.54
Format: Picture book



Introduce your child to Eric Carle’s essential library with this tried and true classic. Watch as the hungry insect chomps his way through the pages of this book. The unique illustrations and inventive page-turning elements will enlighten any age of reader to the wonders of reading a hands on story.

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