The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Big Board Book)
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Big Board Book)  (English, Hardcover, Carle Eric)

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  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
  • Genre: Juvenile Fiction
  • ISBN: 9780141338484, 0141338482
  • Edition: 2011
  • Pages: 24
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    The Very Hungry Caterpillar is an international bestseller that is considered to be a timeless childhood classic. Designed by Eric Carle in his signature collage fashion, this book aims to entertain toddlers and introduce them to simple educational themes.

    Summary Of The Book

    The picture book tells the story of a famished caterpillar who is born with a never-ending appetite. The book starts right when the green little caterpillar hatches out of the egg and enters this world. It proceeds with him eating fruits, cheese, pie, sausage, salami and many other food varieties throughout the book until a point where he is nauseated. Once he is cured by eating a leaf, he sets off to weave a cocoon and slowly becomes a beautiful butterfly.

    The author uses a few weeks of this caterpillar's life to teach children some basic aspects of everyday learning like counting numbers, days in a week, and different types of food. The book graphically explores the stages of a butterfly's life while depicting the funny, unreasonable diet of a caterpillar. Carle also throws in fascinating bits on the order of Lepidoptera, making the book informative as well as appealing.

    The distinctive pictures and the embossed designs are the book's most attractive features. The pages that are made of die-cut paper vary in size and shape to give the book a unique feel. These pages even have holes in them as an indication of the caterpillar eating through it. The colorful artwork and eye-catching illustrations are carefully crafted to stimulate children's visual instincts. This board book version is considerably large in size and is ideal for schools, homes and libraries.

    First released in 1969, The Very Hungry Caterpillar was an instant hit and won a great deal of awards in the genre of children's literature. In 1970, it received the American Institute Of Graphic Arts Award for its spectacular design. It has sold more than 30 million copies all over the world and has been translated into about 40 languages. A wide range of tools, toys and games have been created in correspondence to the book and the famous caterpillar has featured in TV shows and commercials.

    About Eric Carle

    Eric Carle is an American children's book writer and illustrator.

    Some of his other works include Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, All Around Us, The Grouchy Ladybug, and Little Cloud.

    Carle was born in the year 1929 to German parents. Though his birth place was New York, his family returned to Germany when he was 6. After being educated in Stuttgart, Eric returned to the USA in 1952 and joined The New York Times as a graphic designer. After years of experience, he was made the art director of an advertising firm. He was also briefly deployed to Germany by the American Army during the Korean war. His career as an illustrator and designer of children's books began in 1967, with his first independent work and a bestseller, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? He has been the recipient of several awards including the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award.

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    Imprint
    • Puffin
    Publication Year
    • 2011
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    • Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. www.eric-carle.com
    Additional Features
    Age Group
    • 1-3
    Dimensions
    Width
    • 10 mm
    Height
    • 273 mm
    Length
    • 234 mm
    Weight
    • 577 gr
    Ratings & Reviews
    4.6
    124 Ratings &
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    5

    A masterpiece

    I love this book.......my 2 year old also has really enjoyed it. The illustrations are lovely too. A great way of introducing new words to toddlers.
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    Anchal Raghav

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    Aug, 2015

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    5

    Awesome

    My 2.5 year old loves this book. It has good pictures. It can be used to teach days of the week as well as good habits. Like eating junk food causes stomach ache and eating green leafy veggies is healthy.
    Amazing book. The size is perfect to hold while reading or to them, the quality of the book and pages is awesome.
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    Kavita Kamath-Dhumal

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    Jul, 2019

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    Nice book for very young readers

    This is a fun book for very young readers. The book has different size pages which they can explore which also gives them some introduction to counting. The drawings are nice with an almost childlike feel.
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    Sundeep Mallya

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    May, 2015

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    5

    Simply awesome

    Awesome for the age group..big, bright and engrossing
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    Flipkart Customer

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    Oct, 2022

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    5

    Wonderful

    Good book.
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    dhanusree r

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    Nov, 2021

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    5

    Mind-blowing purchase

    A really must have book for your Baby, they really will enjoy it.
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    May, 2021

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    Did not meet expectations

    Paid for board book but received paperback.
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    5

    Best in the market!

    Awesome and my kid loved it. It's sturdy.
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    Beulah

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    Nov, 2020

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    5

    Love It

    My daughter loved this book and wants to read it again and again! Pages are hard and durable, finishing is excellent, images are eye catching and story line is captive.
    Kids can learn different days of the week, numbers, fruits and caterpillar life cycle through this book.
    A must have for every parent!
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    5

    Simply awesome

    Very interesting book. It's basically a story book which can be told by parents in intresting way. Kids love to listen stories along with looking at pictures. This is the big board book which seems a little bigger for 1 year olds but I prefer this compared to other format which is much smaller. The advantage of smaller book is that your little one can carry it easily.
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    Questions and Answers
    Q:Is this puppet book?
    A:no. this is hard cover book
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    Q:Is this a boardbook? All the inside pages are of board?
    A:yes this is board book. yes all pages are board
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    Q:Is this a board book?
    A:yes
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    Q:Is this bog board book a board book or hardcover with normal pages
    A:hard cover board book
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    Q:How many pages does this board book have?
    A:the is board book
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