The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle

...because it has certainly stood the test of time better than myself!! It's a fab book, loved by many children and adults alike. ~ The story ~ 'In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf'...so begins this classic story book. On Sunday morning the egg popped and out of it came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar who started to look for some food... On Monday he ate through one apple but he was still hungry. On Tuesday he ate through two ...
...following the days of the week and a different number of items from 1 to 5. On Saturday he ate through a multitude of items: salami, swiss cheese, cherry pie, watermelon and so on...........enough to give even a grown adult a stomache!! And lo and behold that is what he got. Not content the caterpillar ate through a leaf on the Sunday and felt a lot better (no Rennies required!) He wasn't hungry or little anymore.......'He was a big fat caterpillar.' ...

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...book collection is complete without the classic _The Very Hungry Caterpillar_ This book was written 40 years ago by _Eric Carle_ and has been a favourite of many children including myself when I was younger. The book comes in several different formats, I decided the board book would be the best option as my little boy gets quite excited and likes to help turn the pages; he also enjoys looking at his books alone. I ordered the book from Amazon and ...
...an excellent price the RRP for the book is £5.99 however it can be picked up for a lot less than that. This particular version of the book is recommended for babies from 9 months to 2 years. The book has nice sturdy white glossy pages with rounded corners, Perfect for eager little hands! The story is very simple and I'm sure there are not many people that don't know this story. It is about the life of a tiny caterpillar, it starts off... _In the ...

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...~~~~The Story and Illustrations~~~~ The story focuses around a very small caterpillar who on a bright sunny morning pops out of the egg. The picture gives us our first introduction to the caterpillar- exactly as children would imagine a caterpillar to look- green with a little red face, legs and two large antennae. It really is sunny, and we can tell because the sun on this double page spread is bright and glowingly orange/yellow. It's when the ...
...hungry. At this stage of the story, the left hand side of the double page is as normal- a shining sun and a caterpillar looking for food. The right hand pages become rather like an index, with the first page showing two apples and being cut quite close to the spine and after that they get slightly bigger and we see more of the foods he has eaten. On Monday he eats an apple, Tuesday two pears, Wednesday he ate through three plums, Thursday four strawberries, ...

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The very hungry caterpillar Br Eric Carle This is a simple but beautiful book cleverly put together with timeless appeal. It was first published way back in 1969 but still feels fresh and vibrant all these years later. My son loves it and he’s only nine months! The illustrations are what make this a wonderful book Carle has a style that is all his own mixing lively brushwork with delicate collage. We have two versions of the book one is small, ...
...push through those holes. The smaller of the two books is ideal for my son to look at by himself (he loves books) and at only £4.99 is a must for any parent. The story is very simple and traces the life of a very hungry Caterpillar from an egg on a large green leaf to the magical day when he turns into a beautiful Butterfly. The first page starts with a warm blue moon looking over the leaf that the egg is resting on with the text: “In the ...

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...most successful venture as over the years it has been translated and published into more than 30 languages and has sold over 22 million copies. As well as writing books Eric Carle is famous for his illustrations too. ***The Story*** "In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf." So starts the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. As the sun appears we see a very small caterpillar pop out of the egg and immediately he starts to look for ...
...leaf. Feeling much better after the leaf we see that he is now a big fat caterpillar who isn't hungry anymore. All that's left for him to do is build a small house for himself to stay in for a couple of weeks before pushing his way out when he is a beautiful butterfly. ***The Illustrations*** The drawings look like prints taken from paintings with lots of depth and texture to them. The colours are bright and vibrant as in real paintings even though ...

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"In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf…." I can recite the whole thing (well, maybe getting a little confused with the order of the different foods) and I bet I'm far from the only one! The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been around for a loooong time - nearly as long as I have, in fact, and that's ages - and is rightly regarded as a children's classic, which has been translated into over 50 languages. Apparently, a copy is sold every ...
...George W Bush has listed the book among his favourites from when he was growing up… a statement which raised a few eyebrows as he was, in fact, twenty-three when the book was first published in 1969. ~The Author~ Author and illustrator Eric Carle was born in 1929 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar is his best known book, but he has also written and illustrated many others, over 70 in total. Carle was born in Syracuse, New York to German emigrant parents, ...

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...celebrates its fortieth anniversary. The book opens with a tiny white egg seen in the moonlight on a green leaf. The moon is huge in comparison and bears a smiley face. Turning the page, the sun, also smiling, has come up and a little caterpillar has hatched out of the egg. It is Monday, and he eats through one apple: this is a very narrow page that actually has a hole in it, and on turning over the caterpillar is seen emerging from the hole in the ...
...strawberries and Friday five oranges. The pages gradually get wider too, and this means that on Monday's page we can actually see part of the pages of the next four days and anticipate what is coming. Each picture of a fruit actually has a hole in it, and every time we turn over the caterpillar is there, coming out of a hole he has eaten his way through. At the end of each day, he is still hungry. Turning the page to Saturday, there is a complete ...

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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The Very Hungry Caterpillar. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ is one of the books from my childhood that I remember most vividly. Written by Eric Carle the story follows the life cycle of the caterpillar. The story begins with a little egg on a leaf and then; ‘One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and – pop! – out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.’ During the ...
...day of the week he eats something new. On Monday he eats one apple and this is shown on a very narrow page, on the Tuesday he ate two pears so the page is twice the width of the page with the apple on. Each day he eats an extra item so the pages gradually get a bit wider each time until they are back to the normal page size. In the centre of every thing that the caterpillar eats there is a little caterpillar-sized hole to show where he has been. ...

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...became one of his. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle is a board book designed for young children, following the life cycle of a caterpillar in very simple terms. It has holes on most of the pages allowing the child to stick their finger in it, something that most love doing. The Book. * * * * * * * * When I had this book as a child it was much bigger, funny that isn`t it, things get smaller as you get bigger. However, I discovered that ...
...It is big enough for the child to see and hold and is hard and chunky enough to be handled frequently. The small book is priced at £4.99. Some people may prefer the bigger book, the smaller one takes up less space which is ideal, considering how many other books my son has.The book is hard and cardboard and the holes relate to the caterpillar eating his food. It is bright and colourful, attracting young children to it. The Story. * * * * * * * ...

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...classic children's story, which recounts the transformation of a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Written and illustrated by Eric Carle, this book comes in a number of formats. I'm reviewing the board book which is approximately the size (though not the depth, obviously) of a 7in x5in photo. The story is short, with only 14 pages with words, so my review is already longer than the book. The plot in a nutshell is this: a caterpillar comes ...
...and becomes a butterfly. The front cover is white, containing the title and a large green caterpillar with a red head. Its back is curved and its feet are on the ground and it appears to be looking straight at the reader. Most of the inside pages are also white with highly coloured drawings. The only exception is the first page of the story which is set at night and is mostly dark blues and greens. All the illustrations are highly coloured and are ...

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle ***What's it all about? *** I'm sure a lot of people will have come across this book, as it was first published in 1970! It is truly a classic and for anyone who has a hazy memory, then this is what it is all about: The Hungry Caterpillar tells the story of an egg that hatched on a Sunday and became a caterpillar. The story follows the caterpillar's journey throughout the week, which being very hungry eats ...
...is still hungry. The book continues on in this vein, until we get to Saturday and he basically stuffs his face! After that he has stomach-ache, but the next day manages to eat just one nice green leaf. Feeling much better (but much bigger), he builds a small cocoon around himself. He stays there for more than two weeks. Then he nibbles a hole through and pushes his way out and of course becomes a beautiful butterfly. The book has fantastic colourful ...

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...£4.79 We all know the Very Hungry Caterpillar. If you were born anytime after 1970 I would be willing to place money on you having had a copy of this book as a child. We all remember it and its vivid illustrations and I imagine all the parents who remember this book have gone on to buying or borrowing this book from the library for their kids. About the Author Eric Carle is the American born/Germany raised author/illustrator of more than 70 books ...
...of course best known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar which since being published in 1969 has sold 22million copies and has been translated into 30 different languages. Carle got his start as an illustrator when Bill Martin Junior asked him to illustrate his book Brown Bear, Brown Bear what do you see? This led quickly to Carle writing his own stories beginning with "1, 2, and 3 to the zoo." What's it about? The book is about the journey of a very ...

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...review is a quote from the Daily Telegraph which is printed on the back of the book) The Very Hungry Caterpiller is a legendary childrens book which was written and illustrated in 1969 (it celebrates it's 40th birthday this year) by Eric Carle. Many adults, including myself, will remember this book from childhood and many years on the book is as popular as ever. It has sold over 30 million copies and won many awards. Since being published the book ...
...idea for the story started when Eric Carle was punching holes into a piece of paper which made him think of bookworms. He decided to base the story around a worm called Willi. His editor informed him that the worm would not be a good choice of main character and suggested a caterpillar instead and that's how The Very Hungry Caterpillar was born. There are 22 pages to the book and the story is as follows: There is a white egg laying on a leaf in ...

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...shortbread and marzipan. Are you the same? All those boxes that you bought at the end of November, and totally longed to open, lost their charm? Only orange creams left in the Quality Street tin? Want to cocoon yourself in a duvet for the rest of the winter? I know I do - and that's why 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' seems strangely appropriate for the season. The story, you see, has quite a lot to do with the effects of overeating. It also, of course, ...
...So we start at the beginning, with the words: "In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf" and that's all the words for a full cross page picture, of the moon, the leaf, the tiny, tiny egg. It's a beautiful picture, too, all greens and blues, made up of lots of media - collage, and paint, and crayon - all the things that little children really like using when they're painting. It's quite a rough, messy picture, too, but all the important ...

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...is to be believed. The first time I visited a library was in Manchester, It was a large mid Victorian monolith of a place, years of smoke and grime had blackened its sandstone walls making it look very grim and gloomy. I suppose I should have been afraid of it, but for me it was a place of wonder. Inside the smell of brass and wood polish mingled with the dry musty smell you only really ever get when in the presence of a thousand old books. I always ...
...book, if it wasn’t the hungry caterpillar then Dr Seuss would do and there, sat in the grey light filtered through a grimy Mancunian window, I read. Now I can’t quite remember what is was I liked about the book, I know the pictures were great and I remember pushing my finger through the increasingly torn and tatty pages of the book, I’ll explain that bit later in case you haven’t read it. I think the real reason I loved the ...

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