This book has a similar stoyline to Eric Carle's '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', ... Read review
Caterpillar longs to be able to fly, but he doesn't have any wings. All he can do is munch ... more
and crunch his way through a blackberry bush. However when Butterfly comes along, she smiles a secret smile because she knows something Caterpillar doesn't!
Caterpillar longs to be able to fly. He enview Bumblebee his wings, and he wishes he could ... more
soar through the air like a bird. But all he can do is crunch and munch his way through a blackberry bush. When Butterfly comes along she smiles a secret smile because she knows something Caterpillar doesn't!
Caterpillar longs to be able to fly. He envies Bumblebee his wings, and wishes he could ... more
soar through the air like a bird. But all he can do is crunch and munch his way through a blackberry bush. When Butterfly comes along, she smiles a secret smile because she knows something Caterpillar doesn't!
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.
... ...won the pre-school award from the Booktrust Early Years Awards in 2005.
His book '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: more
This book has a similar stoyline to Eric Carle's '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' which won the pre-school award from the Booktrust Early Years Awards in 2005.
His book '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, MUNCHING CATERPILLAR ~
The first thing that most children notice about this book, aside from the very bright front cover illustration is the little bit of book in the top right hand corner that has been munched away by the caterpillar. This is a lovely touch and instantly makes it more appealing to children.
~ The Story ~
A hungry caterpillar munches and crunches his way through countless leaves until one day.............. a bumblebee lands next to him. The caterpillar wishes he had wings and could fly around like the bee.
The bee says "Well you can't, you have legs to walk with". "I guess so!" replies the caterpillar who carries on crunching and munching.The caterpillar meets two more creatures that have wings, and each time he wishes he had wings like them and they all give reasons as to why he can't fly:
a sparrow who tells the caterpillar he is too fat to fly.
a butterfly who hints that perhaps one day he will be able to fly and tells him to go to sleep. (Does she know something the caterpillar doesn't!!)
Feeling very tired, the caterpillar goes to sleep and has a wonderful dream that he has wings and can fly!When he wakes up he is stiff from his long sleep ............he crawls out from his cocoon and hey presto: 'He was no longer short and plump. He had WINGS! Great, big , wonderful, BUTTERFLY WINGS!'
~ Illustrations ~
These are extremely bright, large and simple yet very appealing to young children. Jack Tickle has managed to give the caterpillar a personality and through his facial expressions you can see whether he is sad or happy.
Crunch and Munch are written in bold black either above or on each leaf that the caterpillar munches and crunches his way through.
The sheer delight of the caterpillar whilst dreaming that he could fly is great and the children I read this to today thought that the caterpillar looked really funny with wings!
~ Style and Format ~
This is a very simple text with some repetitive text that children can join in with: "Well you can't" when the other animals tell the caterpillar that he can't fly and "I guess so" when the caterpillar replies. (Slightly American methinks as we would generally say "I suppose not!"
The illustrations are across a double page and there is no white background at all which makes it very eye-catching.
The text is positioned in different places on each page and when the caterpillar is dreaming that he is flying the font of the text changes so it's more 'curly wurly' (as one little girl told me today!) and it goes up and down the page, swooping as the caterpillar swoops up and down whilst flying.
I have read this to children aged between 2 and 5 and all have enjoyed it.
~ Educational Value ~
Recognise the rhyme of crunch and munch.
Introduces or reinforces the life-cycle of a butterfly.
Encourages children to join in with an element of repetitive text.
~ Price ~My paperback ISBN: 1-85430-641-3 was £5.99 but it's worth checking out the following at www.amazon.co.uk for used and new books:
paperbacks from £1.90
pop-up book from £2.99
hardcover from £2.99
boardbook from £1.50 (great for very young children as there's no chance of ripping the pages!)
I'm a huge fan of Eric Carle and The Very Hungry Caterpillar but for anyone who has become tired of this book then The Crunching, Munching Caterpillar is a great alternative to demonstrate how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. It's shorter so holds the attention of very young children and it is a far brighter, more colourful book! Well worth a visit to your local library!!
neenn 14.03.2006 (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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Advantages: lovely book Disadvantages: no mention of chrysalis
The crunchingmunchingcaterpillar by SheridanCain and Jack Tickle published by little tiger press.
While looking in the charity shop I came across this book and bought it for Adrian’s library it cost me 20p would have cost £4.99 new. I looked on line it is £8.99 now
This book measures about 26cm by 23cm.
The cover caught my eye it is a beautiful leaf green with the title written across it. Underneath the title is a yellow caterpillars face with a big happy cheerful smile. His body disappears into darker green leaves at the bottom of the book cover.
The first page as we open the book is just pictures of green leaves with little holes eaten into them. The title page is next the same green leaves on a sky blue background with a yellow and green caterpillar with red spots crunching and munching through the leaves ...
Advantages: Lots of discussion points Disadvantages: Always going to be compared to the Very Hungry Caterpillar
We first came across The CrunchingMunchingCaterpillar in the library a few months ago and immediately Jacob was drawn to the big yellow caterpillar?s face smiling back at him from the cover of the book. It became such a firm favourite that when the 3 weeks borrowing time was up, Jacob couldn?t bear to part with the book and we had to renew it for a further 3 weeks. Of course, it wasn?t long before we decided to buy our own copy of the book and we used his World Book Day token to get £1 off the cover price of £4.99 at Tesco.
So, what did Jacob find so special about this book? I think the first thing that is noticeable is the top right hand corner of the book has been munched away. Looks like the caterpillar hasn?t only been munching leaves but has also made a start on the book! This makes the book stand out from the others and there ...
Advantages: Lovely story, beautiful illustrations, well read CD, Disadvantages: None!
book!
Now these books retail at £7.99 each from various retailers, Amazon sell them at £6.30 but I got 5 of these books for just £8.99 from the Book People catalogue in November. I can't see these on their website so not sure if they are still available as a pack but it's always worthwhile emailing them to see if it is still available.
Other books in this pack are:-
Quiet by Paul Bright / Guy Parker-Rees
The CrunchingMunchingCaterpillar by SheridanCain / Jack Tickle
Fidgety Fish by Ruth Galloway
The Very Noisy Night by Diana Hendry / Jane Chapman.
All of which are available from most good bookstores or online separately too!
Book published by Little Tiger Press
ISBN 1-84506-236-1
Thanks for reading
Michelle x Dec06 x ...
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The crunching munching caterpillar
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Caterpillar longs to be able to fly. He enview Bumblebee his wings, and he wishes he could soar through the air like a bird. But all he can do is crunch and munch his way through a blackberry bush. When Butterfly comes along she smiles a secret smile because she knows something Caterpillar doesn't!
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