The Very Hungry Caterpillar [ Board Book]

Publishers Weekly: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Board Book and Plush [With Plush]

So begins Eric Carle's modern classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. More than 12 million copies of this book have been sold in its original, full-sized edition, and the beloved tale of science and gluttony has been translated into 20 languages.

What is The Very Hungry Caterpillar about? This beloved children’s book tells the story of a hungry caterpillar’s journey through various foods before transforming into a butterfly.

This all-time favorite not only follows the very hungry caterpillar as it grows from egg to cocoon to beautiful butterfly, but also teaches the days of the week, counting, good nutrition and more. Striking pictures and cleverly die-cut pages offer interactive fun.

A hungry caterpillar eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep.One of the best-selling children's books of all time, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been delighting young readers for over thirty years.

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.

Generations of children have grown up on this beautifully dramatized story of a caterpillar who eats his way to becoming a butterfly. In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf. One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and—pop!—out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.