About this title: On Sunday a caterpillar hatches from his egg. On Monday he eats an apple. On Tuesday he eats two pears. On Wednesday he eats three plums. The hungry caterpillar eats more and more food for every day of the week. What will happen to the caterpillar after all this eating? Die-cut pages and colorfully textured collage illustrations accompany the ...
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Description: Good. Overall rather worn but still a useful readable copy. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Stapled Pictorial Softcover
Publisher: Puffin, Harmondsworth, UK
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780140500875ISBN:0140500871
Description: Good. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Landscape format, unpaginated, about 28 pages with colour illustrations throughout. Good condition, some general reading wear to covers and pages. Owner's name has been tippexed out on ffep. Usually posted within one working day from UK. Full money-back guarantee. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780241119082ISBN:0241119081
Description: Good. All orders are dispatched from our UK warehouse within one working day. Established in 2004. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780140500875ISBN:0140500871
Description: Paperback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition, suitable as a reading copy. Ships within 24 hours. pp., 200grams, ISBN: 0140500871. read more
Description: Good. Overall rather worn but still a useful readable copy. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
Description: Good. Overall rather worn but still a useful readable copy. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780241141069ISBN:0241141060
Description: Good. All orders are dispatched from our UK warehouse within one working day. Established in 2004. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780140569322ISBN:0140569324
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Description: Very good. Hardback. May contain minor creasing/scuffing to dust cover and mild tanning to pages. But otherwise will be of exceptional quality. FAST DISPATCH. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780141383606ISBN:0141383607
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 96 pages. Featuring the very hungry caterpillar on the cover, this book comes with blank pages for you to write thoughts, jot down notes and doodles, and draw your own caterpillars. full colour cover, blank pages throughout (Hardback) read more
"Carle, E. (1987). The very hungry caterpillar. New York: Scholastic.
Summary: A little caterpillar eats his way to a beautiful butterfly in this famous and beloved book by Eric Carle.
Reviews/Awards: Publisher's Weekly 11/3/2003 Horn Book Guide 3/1/1995 Sesame Street Parents- July/August 1994
Curriculum Connection: 1st graders work in groups to create their own versions of this book. Each child chooses a new food that the caterpillar eats, then writes the paragraph for that food. Using the original as a model, the new pages are put together so that there is a hole going through each illustration of the foods the students chose, just like in the book. (This has been done before with a guided reading group of first graders and looks great as a class book.)
"Holy sweet Moses, this book just turned 40. Fresher, brighter, and more beloved than almost any picture book before or since, The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the pinnacle of what most children's writers can only ever dream of achieving. The magic of kids' books is that the recipe reads so simply; all you need is a pattern, lovely pictures, a simple story, and a hook. But, when executed, the cream of the many, many thousands of thousands of attempts rises to the top. If you're not sold on the magic of this story, read it out loud to a group of little kids. When you turn to that final spread of the rainbow colored butterfly, they will invariably tell you, "It's so beautiful!" They're right."
Issues Addressed: the changing life of a caterpillar on his way to becoming a butterfly
Classroom Uses: guided reading, read aloud
Summary: A caterpillar is well on his way to becoming a butterfly. This book captures the story of the change that takes place during the metamorphosis of a caterpillar. No matter how much the caterpillar eats, he is still hungry. By the end of the week, the poor caterpillar is stricken with a bad tummy ache. Soon he has eaten so much, that he has become fat and decides to build a home (a cocoon). Two weeks later, he emerges from his cocoon as a beautiful butterfly.
Text and image: The illustrations in this book are amazing. They go hand in hand with the text to tell the story of the caterpillar. The illustrations are also interactive because there are actual holes in the pictures to show where the the caterpillar has eaten. This really gets the attention of readers.
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