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Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: Penguin
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Released: 05 April, 2018
ISBN: 9780241003008

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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Synopsis

Voted at #6 in Better Reading’s 2025 Top 50 Kids’ BooksRecommended for ages 0+.A much-loved classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has won over millions of readers with its vivid and colourful collage illustrations and its deceptively simply, hopeful story. With its die-cut pages and finger-sized holes to explore, this is a richly satisfying book for children.

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Worming his way into our hearts: Fun for littlies with The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

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22 May 2020

Worming his way into our hearts: Fun for littlies with The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

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Super Fun Activities to Keep Little Ones Engaged - Hours of Fun Here

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2 April 2020

Super Fun Activities to Keep Little Ones Engaged - Hours of Fun Here

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About the author

Eric Carle

Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of books for very young children including his most well-known title The Very Hungry Caterpillar. With his late wife, Barbara, Eric Carle co-founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts in 2002. Eric Carle passed away in 2021, at the age of 91.

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