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My Own Very Hungry Caterpillar Colouring Book

My Own Very Hungry Caterpillar Colouring Book

Summary

Colour-in your very own version of Eric Carle's much-loved classic story in this black and white edition.

Children will have hours of fun colouring in their very own edition of The Very Hungry Caterpillar to create a truly unique copy of this wonderful story.

In this refreshed edition, discover additional pages at the end to create your own Very Hungry Caterpillar, favourite foods and beautiful butterfly.

The perfect gift and keepsake for budding artists, illustrators and storytellers of all ages.

Don't miss these other creative, interactive Very Hungry Caterpillar books:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Magnet Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Nature Sticker and Colouring Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Bugs Sticker and Colouring Book

About the author

Eric Carle

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
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