Paint your own Very Hungry Caterpillar-inspired Easter egg

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Paint your own Very Hungry Caterpillar egg

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The best classic children’s picture books

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The making of Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar

7 times Eric Carle made us love the outdoors 

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7 times Eric Carle made us love the outdoors

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Win a spectacular bundle of Very Hungry Caterpillar goodies!

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Where to start with Eric Carle’s books

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar is turning 50!

Make a Very Hungry Caterpillar inspired butterfly painting

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How to make Very Hungry Caterpillar paper chains

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Make a Very Hungry Caterpillar squishy marshmallow print

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4 books for a perfectly calming bedtime

A Lift-the-Flap Book

My Very First Colours with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Introduce first colours with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this playful lift-the-flap early learning series!Read along with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and discover bright and colourful animal friends!Each page of this chunky board book has been thoughtfully designed with a peep-through flap to encourage little ones to join in and guess the colour. Perfect for getting very little ones excited about learning their very first colours! 
Discover more early learning books with The Very Hungry Caterpillar: 
123: Learn and Play with The Very Hungry Caterpillar 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Dinner: A shapes book 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First 100 Words 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First 100 Animals 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Touch-and-Feel Animals

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

A Lift-the-flap Book

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Eid

Celebrate Eid with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this lift-the-flap board book! 
 
Perfect for sharing with little ones while introducing them to Eid. 
 
Discover more interactive board books with The Very Hungry Caterpillar: 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First 100 Animals 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Time to Eat! Magnet Book 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Lift-and-Learn Farm 
A Day at School with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Easter

Celebrate Easter with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this interactive basket-shaped board book! 
 
Filled with delicious Easter treats, friendly springtime animals and a search-and-find on every page - little caterpillars will love searching for The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this seasonal shaped board book, perfect for little hands! 
 
Discover more egg-cellent interactive Easter books with The Very Hungry Caterpillar: 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Egg Hunt 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Surprise 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Picnic 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Sticker and Colouring Book

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Christmas Touch-and-Feel

Celebrate baby's first festive season with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this touch-and-feel board book filled with Christmas joy! 
 
Feel the bumpy branches on the Christmas tree, stroke Father Christmas' soft coat and tap the shiny presents to guess what's inside. There is so much to discover with The Very Hungry Caterpillar at Christmas time! 
 
With a touch-and-feel element to explore on every page, this is the perfect gift to share with babies and encourage sensory play during their very first Christmas. 
 
Discover more interactive stories and festive fun with The Very Hungry Caterpillar: 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Christmas Tree 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Night Before Christmas 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First 100 Animals 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Lift-and-Learn Farm 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Touch and Feel Animals 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's 123 Finger Puppet Book

The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Time to Eat! Magnet Book

Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar and create your own delicious meals in this new interactive and sturdy magnet book! 
 
Will The Very Hungry Caterpillar have an egg for breakfast? 
Or strawberries at the tea party? 
Or perhaps a slice of pizza for dinner? Let your little caterpillar decide! 
 
With 5 magnetic scenes and 12 chunky magnets, children can play again and again for endless foodie fun with The Very Hungry Caterpillar - ideal for encouraging little fussy eaters to explore different foods. 
 
Discover more interactive stories with The Very Hungry Caterpillar: 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Breakfast: A counting book 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Feast Sticker and Colouring Book 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Bugs: Wipe-Clean Board Book 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Jungle Slide-and-Seek 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Very Big Colouring Book

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First 100 Animals

Learn your first 100 animals with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this chunky lift-the-flap board book! 
 
Discover polar bears hiding in the snow, eagles soaring through the mountains and sharks prowling underwater in this bright and colourful board book with a familiar environment to explore on every page. 
 
From the jungle to the savannah, under the sea and across the mountains, little ones will love lifting the flaps on every page and discovering hidden creatures alongside The Very Hungry Caterpillar! 
 
Learn more first concepts with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in these interactive board books: 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First 100 Words 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Breakfast: A counting book 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Touch-and-Feel Playbook 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Lift-and-Learn Farm 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Garden: A push-and-pull adventure

Eric Carle

Introduce numbers 1 to 5 with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this playful lift-the-flap early learning series! 
Count along with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and discover two leaping frogs, three colourful fish and more bright and bold animal friends! 
Each page of this chunky board book has been thoughtfully designed with a peep-through flap to encourage little ones to join in and finish the number sequence. Perfect for getting very little ones excited about learning their very first numbers! 
 
Discover more early learning books with The Very Hungry Caterpillar: 
Colours: Learn and Play with The Very Hungry Caterpillar 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Dinner: A shapes book 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First 100 Words 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First 100 Animals 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Touch-and-Feel Animals

Eric Carle

My Very First 123 with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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