The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Creepy-Crawly Halloween

A Lift-the-Flap Book

Author Eric Carle
Illustrated by Eric Carle
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Celebrate Halloween with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this vibrant lift-the-flap board book, perfect for little hands and curious minds!

Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar on his creepiest adventure yet as he explores the woods by the light of the moon for Halloween! With riddle-like questions prompting readers to lift colorful flaps to discover creepy-crawly creatures such as spiders, beetles, and more, this engaging, seasonal board book from The World of Eric Carle is a wonderful way to celebrate Halloween!
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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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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Celebrate Halloween with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this vibrant lift-the-flap board book, perfect for little hands and curious minds!

Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar on his creepiest adventure yet as he explores the woods by the light of the moon for Halloween! With riddle-like questions prompting readers to lift colorful flaps to discover creepy-crawly creatures such as spiders, beetles, and more, this engaging, seasonal board book from The World of Eric Carle is a wonderful way to celebrate Halloween!

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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