Advantages: Bright illustrations and a lovely story introducing the life cycle of a caterpillar. Disadvantages: None
...'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' in the sense that both books introduce young children to how a caterpillar changes in to a butterfly.
~ Sheridan Cain (author) & Jack Tickle (illustrator) ~
This pair have also produced 'The Tweeny Weeny Tadpole', another must have for young children!
Jack Tickle is a prolific illustrator of children's books, commissioned by countless authors for his talents. He also wrote and illustrated 'The Very Dizzy Dinosaur' ... ...'The Very Silly Shark' won the Southampton Favourite Book to Share Award in 2005.
He is therefore a very talented author and illustrator and knows how to 'pitch' books for early years children.
Sheridan Cain ~ I havent' seen a lot of books around by this author but the three that I have are all in my opinion outstanding:
* The Crunching, Munching Caterpillar.
* Little Turtle and the Song of the Sea
* The Teeny Weeny Tadpole
~ THE CRUNCHING, ...
neenn 14.03.2006
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Advantages: Appeals to young children Disadvantages: none
The Crunching Munching Caterpillar
Lovely story, suitable for very young children. If they are familiar with The Very Hungry caterpillar, they will appreciate the format of this text.
THE STORY AND ILLUSTRATIONS
The first thing we notice about this book is that the corner is "chewed off" and children immediately think it's the caterpillar who has done this; lovely stat to the book, and one which makes it more visual an entertaining for children, ... ...is always hungry, and so the theme of the story is set.
He s about to crunch into a leaf when "BZZZZZZ" a bee lands next to him. Caterpillar is fascinated with the way the bee can fly, and so begins his yearning for wings. He WANTS to fly. The illustrations here are sure to appeal to children. They are larger than life, bold and colourful, and when the bee flies, his journey is shown with a line of dashes.
Caterpillar continues to eat, but soon ...
danielalong 09.11.2006
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