FROM OUR EDITORS

Now Eric Carle's famous caterpillar comes in an adorable plush and book package! Sure to keep your child giggling with delight (and maybe even make some tummies growl), this charming set contains the board book edition of Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar and a colorful six-inch-long caterpillar doll. Carle's classic has never been so much fun!

A caterpillar hatches out of his egg and is very hungry. On his first day, he eats through one piece of food; on his second, two, and so on. Little holes cut in the pages allow toddlers to wiggle their fingers through the food, just like the caterpillar. Vivid and colorful illustrations and ingenious layered pages help preschoolers learn the days of the week, how to count, and how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. This picture book is considered a must for every toddler's library.

ANNOTATION

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he 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. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

One of the best-selling children's books of all time, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been delighting young readers for over thirty years. Now packaged as a board book with a new plush doll, this classic book will continue to introduce new generations of children to the magical world of Eric Carle.

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SYNOPSIS

With its lovely, humorous illustrations and wonderful narrative about a hungry caterpillar growing up to be a beautiful butterfly, Eric Carle's story will touch anyone who still has some growing to do.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

Eric Carle's classic story with die-cut pages of the caterpillar who eats and eats-and finally becomes a butterfly-is packaged with a colorful plush version of the titular critter, in the boxed set The Very Hungry Caterpillar Board Book and Plush Set. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Children's Literature - Marilyn Courtot

One Sunday a very hungry caterpillar hatched. He eats his way through a variety of foods that are boldly and colorfully illustrated. The story progresses with the caterpillar spinning a cocoon and waking up into a butterfly, illustrating one of nature's common but lovely marvels.