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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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Author Eric Carle
Illustrated by Eric Carle
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THE ICONIC #1 BESTSELLER • The all-time classic starring one of nature's loveliest marvels—this beautiful, sturdy fiftieth-anniversary board book features a larger trim size and a bonus companion CD of Eric Carle reading the story!

“Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative.”—The New York Times Book Review

In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.
One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and—pop!—out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.


So begins the journey of Eric Carle’s most beloved storybook character. Follow along as the Very Hungry Caterpillar eats his way through an amazing variety of foods as he prepares to grow into a beautiful butterfly!

This oversized board book format includes a CD of Eric Carle reading his timeless story. Children will love the immersive experience of strikingly bold, colorful pictures and large text paired with fine audio production that brings this tale to life.
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Born in the United States, Eric Carle was taken as a six-year-old child by his parents back to their native country, Germany. Later, he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Academy of Applied Arts) in Stuttgart, and returned to New York in his early twenties as a graphic designer and artist. His many picture books are now known and loved by children around the world.
 
In 2002, Eric and his late wife, Barbara, opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the works of distinguished picture book artists, nationally and internationally acclaimed, are exhibited in three spacious galleries.

Eric Carle passed away in 2021, at the age of 91. View titles by Eric Carle

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THE ICONIC #1 BESTSELLER • The all-time classic starring one of nature's loveliest marvels—this beautiful, sturdy fiftieth-anniversary board book features a larger trim size and a bonus companion CD of Eric Carle reading the story!

“Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative.”—The New York Times Book Review

In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.
One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and—pop!—out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.


So begins the journey of Eric Carle’s most beloved storybook character. Follow along as the Very Hungry Caterpillar eats his way through an amazing variety of foods as he prepares to grow into a beautiful butterfly!

This oversized board book format includes a CD of Eric Carle reading his timeless story. Children will love the immersive experience of strikingly bold, colorful pictures and large text paired with fine audio production that brings this tale to life.

Author

© Penguin Random House
Born in the United States, Eric Carle was taken as a six-year-old child by his parents back to their native country, Germany. Later, he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Academy of Applied Arts) in Stuttgart, and returned to New York in his early twenties as a graphic designer and artist. His many picture books are now known and loved by children around the world.
 
In 2002, Eric and his late wife, Barbara, opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the works of distinguished picture book artists, nationally and internationally acclaimed, are exhibited in three spacious galleries.

Eric Carle passed away in 2021, at the age of 91. View titles by Eric Carle

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