Celebrate Christmas and the winter season with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this snowy, festive lift-the-flap board book that makes the perfect holiday present!

Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar and his friends on a hide-and-seek adventure through a snowy wonderland in this cozy, interactive board book, perfect for curious hands and minds. Find out who is feeding the reindeer, who is hiding in the igloo, what’s under the Christmas tree, and more in this board book complete with easy-to-lift flaps for hands-on fun. Featuring Eric Carle’s signature illustrative style, delightful rhyming text, and adorable winter characters, this wintry scene is sure to charm young readers looking to celebrate Christmas with their favorite hungry friend.
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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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Celebrate Christmas and the winter season with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this snowy, festive lift-the-flap board book that makes the perfect holiday present!

Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar and his friends on a hide-and-seek adventure through a snowy wonderland in this cozy, interactive board book, perfect for curious hands and minds. Find out who is feeding the reindeer, who is hiding in the igloo, what’s under the Christmas tree, and more in this board book complete with easy-to-lift flaps for hands-on fun. Featuring Eric Carle’s signature illustrative style, delightful rhyming text, and adorable winter characters, this wintry scene is sure to charm young readers looking to celebrate Christmas with their favorite hungry friend.

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© 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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