The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First 100 Words

Description

A big lift-the-flap board book - with colourful scenes and multiple flaps on every page! Have fun learning first words with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this brightly coloured chunky board book. Explore familiar themes such as At Home, At the Park, At the Zoo and At the Picnic! Every spread is a colourful, engaging scene - spot The Very Hungry Caterpillar on every page and find hidden words and friendly characters under the multiple flaps.

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