Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Title

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Author

Carle, Eric

Publisher

Philomel, New York

Year

1994 (original 1969)

ISBN

0399226907 (Hardcover)

Illustrations

Carle, Eric (color drawings)

Table of Contents

none

Bibliography

none

Index

none

Pages

26

Categories

toy and movable books, picture story books, caterpillars, juvenile fiction, animals, insects

Language

English (en), Chinese (zh), French (fr), German (de), Greek (el), Spanish (es), Vietnamese (vi), and 14 more

Reading Level

Ages 4-8, Baby - Preschool, Grades 2-3

My Summary

My daughter Carina loves this book! She played an orange when her kindergarten class put on a play based on it for Mother's Day.

Summary from Amazon.com

With its lovely, humorous illustrations and wonderful narrative about a hungry caterpillar growing up to be a beautiful butterfly, Eric Carle's story touches anyone who still has some growing to do. Along with reassuring repetition—"He was still hungry ..."—the book includes some wonderful interactive moments: what youngster can resist sticking a finger through that hole in the page as his ravenous friend makes his way through various delicacies?

See and/or order this title at Amazon.com:

• Hardcover, Board Book edition, Philomel Books, 1994
• Hardcover, Book & toy edition with Plush Caterpillar, Philomel Books, 1991
• Hardcover, Miniature edition, Putnam Pub Group Juv, 1986
• Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group Juv, 1984
• La Oruga Muy Hambrienta, Hardcover, Reprint edition, Putnam Pub Group Juv, 1994 (Spanish)
• The Eric Carle Slipcase Collection: The Very Hungry Caterpillar; The Very Busy Spider; The Very Quiet Cricket, 1994
• La Chenille Affammee, 1992 (French)
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar/Chu Sau Rom Qua Doi, 1994 (English/Vietnamese)
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar, 1994 (English/Chinese)

See and/or order this title at Amazon.co.uk:

• Paperback, Puffin classroom library 1, AWL Primary Ed, 1998
• Paperback, 28 pages, Puffin, 1974
• Paperback, Pub Group West, 1994
• Paperback, Mantra Pub, 1992 (with Kanai Dutta)
• Paperback, Mantra Pub, 1992 (with Qamar Zamani)
• Paperback, Mantra Pub, 1992 (with Gita Patel)
• Paperback, Mantra Pub, 1992 (with Mohammed Omar)
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar/Chu Sau Rom Qua Doi, Paperback, Black Butterfly Children, 1994 (English/Vietnamese)
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Paperback, Black Butterfly Children, 1994 (English/Chinese)

See and/or order this title at Amazon.de:

• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt, Hardcover, Gerstenberg, 1998 (German)
• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt, Paperback, Gerstenberg, 1997 (German)
• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt: Liederspielheft und das Lied 'Der Schmetterling erinnert sich', Paperback, Impulse Musikverlag, 1997 (German)
• Board Book, Hardcover, Philomel Books, 1994
• La Oruga Muy Hambrienta/The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Hardcover, Philomel Books, 1994 (Spanish)
• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt: Das besondere Spielbilderbuch, Paperback, Gerstenberg, 1994 (German)
• Hardcover, Book & toy edition with Plush Caterpillar, Philomel Books, 1991
• Miniature Edition, Hardcover, G.P. Putnam, 1986
• Hardcover, Philomel Books, 1983
• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt: Ein Bilderbuch, Paperback, DTV (German)
• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt, Audio CD, Jumbo Neue Medien, 1998 (German)
• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt, Audio CD, Impulse Musikverlag, 1995 (German)
• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt, 2 Audio cassettes, Jumbo Neue Medien, 1998 (German)
• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt, Audio cassette, Jumbo Neue Medien, 1998 (German)

No longer available (but if you send me an e-mail message, I'll try to find you a used copy):

• Hardcover, 25th anniversary edition, Philomel Books, 1994, ISBN 0399227539
• Hardcover, 25th Limited edition, Philomel Books, 1994, ISBN 0399228047
• Hardcover, 32 pages, Hamish Hamilton, 1995, ISBN 024101798X
• Audio Cassette, 1994 (with Roger McGough & Juliet Stevenson), ISBN 1858495806
• Gerstenberg, 1997 (Greek), ISBN 380674081X
• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt, Paperback, Gerstenberg, 1994 (German), ISBN 3806741379
• Meine kleine Raupe Nimmersatt: Malbuchausgabe, Hardcover, Gerstenberg, 1989 (German), ISBN 380674369X
• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt, Paperback, Gerstenberg, 1985 (German), ISBN 3806743231
• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt, Audio cassette, Impulse Musikverlag (German), ISBN 3926597399
• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt, Hardcover, Gerstenberg (German), ISBN 3806740348