The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Magnet Book

Description

An interactive magnet book featuring The Very Hungry Caterpillar and his story of transformation. Can you help The Very Hungry Caterpillar find all his favourite foods in this magnificent magnet book? Read the story and play with the magnets to bring The Very Hungry Caterpillar's world to life. Discover first concepts like numbers, shapes and colours as you play, using your imagination and creativity to help finish the adventure! The eight chunky magnets are the perfect size for little hands and can be used again and again, helping to develop fine motor skills.

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