Humour
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Author Eric Carle
Illustrator Eric Carle
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Story
A small egg is sitting on a leaf. One Sunday morning, the egg hatches and a very hungry caterpillar crawls out. The caterpillar eats apples, pears and plums, but he is still hungry. Eventually, he eats so much he gets a stomachache. He then builds himself a small cocoon and goes inside…
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Why we chose it
A hugely successful and much loved story. Children enjoy counting the healthy fruit he eats – and love the stomach ache inducing double page spread of rather more usual caterpillar food. And it teaches the life cycle of a butterfly.
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What a young reviewer said
A beautifully illustrated book and a lovable story (Hope, age 14)
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First published
1969, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, USA