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  • Published: 5 November 2019
  • ISBN: 9780141329949
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Board Book
  • Pages: 14
  • RRP: $21.00

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Finger Puppet Book



A beautiful re-issue of this bestselling format - wiggle, munch and count your way through this book!

Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of the bestselling picture books of all time, with over 50 million copies sold worldwide.

This gorgeous interactive format lets babies and toddlers join in the fun as the plush caterpillar finger puppet literally wriggles his way through the holes in each page, munching and crunching through foods before transforming into a beautiful butterfly!

Count along and identify colours in this perfect first introduction to a picture-book classic.

  • Published: 5 November 2019
  • ISBN: 9780141329949
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Board Book
  • Pages: 14
  • RRP: $21.00

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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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