The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Board Book] | ![The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Board Book]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415zAVZ9TiL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
List Price: £5.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 49
Media: Board book
Edition: Miniature board ed
Pages: 26
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0241003008
EAN: 9780241003008
ASIN: 0241003008
Publication Date: September 7, 1995
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a perennial favourite with children and adults alike. Its imaginative illustration and clever cut-out detail charts the progress of a very hungry caterpillar as he eats his way through the week. This board book edition of what is surely a classic picture book is glossy, sturdy and ideal for curious little hands to get to grips with. (Ages 9 months to 2 years)--Susan Harrison
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 For some reason, it appears to have become a "classic" January 2, 2009
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Everyone's got a copy haven't they ? or knows it. But it's just not that great is it ?
Certainly my two boys have never been that interested in it. They have always preferred 30-odd year old copies of Basil Brush books from my youth with no colour pictures but at least a good story, well written.
My only guess is that it's popular with parents because it only takes 2 minutes to read it cover to cover. Goodnight.
 Hungry for the Caterpillar! October 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you love reading to your child, do not miss this book.
It is a delightful, humourous,dream-like surreal book, with a repetitive, poetic, chanting story.
It is (deservedly) a children's classic. Many reviewers here have tried to break down the different elements of this book.
What I would like to convey is the whole experience of reading the book which teaches a simple life experience to a child - which is highly spiritual, particularly the last pages where a riot of colour is the world through the eyes of a butterfly.
The story has optimism and beauty at its very core.
It has limitless opportunities for teaching and conversation. There is a colouring book of the fantastic illustrations which can be bought - the video and CD features lovely music and a calm and peaceful narrator.
Tops my list for children and grown ups of all ages.
A Classic October 12, 2008
Not only is this book fun for young hands, as it's perfectly sized and sturdy, it is also educational. Neither the young boy I got this for or his older brother would put this down for days. It went in the car, to nursery and even to bed
Yum! September 16, 2008
An infamous short tale of the caterpillar that munches its way through the edible obstacles on each page, until it becomes a butterfly. Arguably the most famous of the Eric Carle short stories, The Hungry Caterpillar symbolises the journeys things take in the world in order to accomplish something great. Themes in this book include the virtue of patience and the fact that things can sometimes take a surprising turn.
`The Hungry Caterpillar' shows all the great hallmarks of a young children's book, in that it easily lends itself to the curriculum and is as simple as it is equally open to in-depth interpretation. Possibilities of further learning include additional studies of phonics, links with food technology (fruits and their properties) and Art lessons, which could include the replication of the story by building giant cardboard fruits and a willing pupil dressing up as the wriggly main character!
Thanks to its content, messages and style, this book is useful for readers from Reception to low attainment Year 2.
A true classic! September 14, 2008
I was so happy when a friend gave me this when my now 13 month old was born, it reminded me so much of my childhood. I was even happier once he was big enough to start turning it's pages and poking his fingers in the holes and listening intently (well, not always!!) as I counted each different bit of food. He plays with it all the time and it is so hardwearing and virtually indestructible (unlike some other books I have purchsed!).
It's so amazing that a book I adored as a child, which I then read to my younger sister (well, more knowing it off by heart as I couldn't even read then!!) is now being adored by my son.
It's wonderful to know that there are still some sacred things left that haven't been replaced by a flashier, more plasticky version.
This is a definite must-buy for all little kids (and big kids too!).
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