The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
	List Price:   $21.99 Unit Price:   $17.59 You Save:   $4.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0399208534 ISBN-13:   9780399208539 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Edition:   illustrated Category:   2012 USDA Approved NE Materials, Picture Story Bks, Nutrition, Picture Books Pub. Date:   October 1981 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover; With dust jacket Ages:   1 to 6 Grades:   ps to 1
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CHILDREN CATERPILLARS_FICTION TOY AND MOVABLE BOOKS
Description/Notes
CA 2012 USDA Approved NE Materials Eric Carle's classic is now available for the first time in a new, oversized board book format, ideal for storytime or anytime. Includes a bonus audio CD of Carle reading the story. Full color. 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 A caterpillar eats a great deal and then spins its cocoon. Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days. 'This 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.' Full color. One sunny Sunday, the caterpillar was hatched out of a tiny egg. He was very hungry. On Monday, he ate through one apple; on Tuesday, he ate through two pears; on Wednesday, he ate through three plums-and still he was hungry. Strikingly bold, colorful pictures and a simple text in large, clear type tell the story of the hungry little caterpillar's progress through an amazing variety and quantity of foods. Full at last, he made a cocoon around himself and went to sleep, to wake up a few weeks later wonderfully transformed into a butterfly! Brilliantly innovative designer and artist Eric Carle has dramatized the story of one of Nature's commonest yet loveliest marvels, the metamorphosis of the butterfly, in a picture book to delight as well as instruct the very youngest reader or listener. Cleverly die-cut pages show what the caterpillar ate on successive days, graphically introducing sets of up to ten objects and also the names of the days of the week in rotation, as well as telling the central story of the transformation of the caterpillar. The final, double-page picture of the butterfly is a joyous explosion of color, a vibrant affirmation of the wonder and beauty of Nature. Revised Edition.