Discover the vibrant colors of Christmas with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this festive picture book, perfect for spreading holiday cheer!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is celebrating Christmas. What colors do you see at this festive time of year?
Join in on an adventure to name all the colors you see during Christmastime with The Very Hungry Caterpillar! Follow along to discover silver tinsel, red peppermints, green sweaters, and more! Featuring labeled illustrations of Eric Carle’s signature artwork and delightfully shaped board book pages for curious hands and minds, this joyful holiday celebration from The World of Eric Carle will prepare young readers to observe all that makes Christmas special.
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
