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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle
  • You'll adore the gorgeous illustrations of this much-loved caterpillar
  • The story teaches about numbers, days of the week and time but, most importantly, gives children a sense of wonder
  • A short buggy book version now available

 

Publisher: Puffin

'My daughter helped turn pages at just a few months old...'

Probably one of the first books we enjoyed together and she held and turned pages at just a few months old. Now at 22 months old, she loves the page with the row of food the caterpillar eats on a saturday. As her language has improved she is able to say more of the foods on the page. Really lovely butterfly at the end of the book.

Billy Cat
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What families say

My 4 month old son adores this book. We read it (at least twice) every night before bed. Whenever I show him the story he grins and gurgles and has started to try and turn the pages. The story structure and gorgeous pictures are great for tiny tots - a firm favourite in our house!

Rating: 5 star
teachervic
19 April 2012

I bought this book when we were only trying for a baby...before I was even pregnant! I remember it from when I was little. My husband used to read it to my bump and now when we read it to our little girl she gives us big smiles...particularly when the caterpillar is still hungry! She loves looking at the bright colours of all the different foods and I'm sure she'll enjoy it for years to come.

Rating: 5 star
Grace's mam
10 February 2012

Who doesnt love reading this book? My daughter loves to look at this book, its so colourful. Its a wonderful book to read to a little one, she just cant wait to see whats on the next page. The book we have has a puppet caterpillar in it,which of course makes it that much more fun.

Rating: 5 star
Meme
5 May 2012

My son's had this book since he was 5 months old and always loved it. It's still his favourite and can imagine it will remain so for a lot longer. He's 10 months old now and he brings me the book to read to him, he loves the smaller pages with the fruit cause he can turn them very quickly and is quite in awe of the beautiful butterfly at the end. Just the sweetest!

Rating: 5 star
Thomas11
15 April 2012

We love reading this book, we have a very hungry caterpillar puppet to do the actions and have even been to see it in the theatre, my lo is 10 months now and loves turning the page ready for the next day :-)

Rating: 5 star
MummyMoo
12 March 2012

We started to read Ruth this book when she was tiny. It was the first book she actually looked at properly and tried to touch, on the page with the big sun. She still likes it now she's 11 months, although she mainly prefers touch and feel books at the moment.

Rating: 4 star
Roofie
3 March 2012

My son loved me reading this book to him, he loved the colours! sat there quietly and enjoyed a good read with his mom. Even giggled at the part where he turns into a butterly. very good book i also loved it when i was a child!

Rating: 5 star
Gemzie
5 February 2012

My baby adores this, he has the pop up version, the finger puppet version and the "Very Hungry Caterpillar Little Library" set, he giggles whenever we read about what the caterpillar ate :) such a lovely book with beautifully coloured illustrations, was a favourite of mine when I was younger :)

Rating: 5 star
jaredsmummy
30 January 2012

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