# The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Hardcover

by **Eric Carle** (Author)

**THE all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! Have you shared it with a child or grandchild in _your_ life?**

Carle's classic tale of a voracious caterpillar who eats his way through the days of the week and then changes into a eautiful butterfly has been reissued in a sumptuous twenty-fifth anniversary edition with a shiny, silver-coated cover and wonderfully thick, durably pages.  
_\--The Horn Book_

"The very hungry caterpillar literally eats his way through the pages of the book--and right into your child's heart..."  
\--_Mother's Manual_

"Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative..."  
\--_The New York Times Book Review_

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### Author Biography

**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

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.43 x 8.48 x 12.02 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** October 15, 1981

**Award:** E.B. White Read Aloud Award (2011)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Very Hungry Caterpillar

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 2.9

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 21.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

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