"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" is one of the most beloved children's books. The talented author Eric Carle died this week. Rest in peace.

Eric Carle's books have a special place in my heart. The way he creates his illustrations makes them so colorful and appealing to all.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of our favorite books by him, but we enjoy them all equally. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, The Grouchy Ladybug, The Very Busy Spider, The Very Quiet Cricket, and Dream Snow are just a few of our most cherished Eric Carle books.

When you witness a toddler who can't read, recite all the words to these stories, you know just how much they love them too!

5*****

Embora escrito em 1969 e naqueles idos a questão da compulsão alimentar não fosse tão premente quanto na sociedade ansiosa atual, dá sim para ver esse livro com essa chave de leitura. O que importa é que ao final ela se transforma numa borboleta.

That was very entertaining xD

This book has been a very firm favourite through the years with both my children and grandchildren.
The illustrations are lovely and capture the attention of children and adults alike.
Plenty of scope for many discussions with the aid of the illustrations in the book and I found the children wanted to read the story many times.
An outright winner with all my children. Recommended.

The author clearly is injecting his post modern neo marxist views into the book. The literature is clearly an allegory to dialectical materialism and I will not stand for it. I find this book very problematic. I cry out in sadness at the thought of all the young people being swayed by the marxist views pushed by the author. 1 star

Cute, simple, classic...and one of my sister's favorite childhood books actually...
Aw memories. ♥️

I know everyone's supposed to love this book, but I just don't see what's so great about it. The character of the caterpillar is never properly developed, and he comes across as a one-dimensional parody of a larval form. The plot is dull and predictable, as is the language. I'm not thrilled by the artwork.

If it weren't for the fact that George W. Bush praised Caterpillar so highly, I'd unhesitatingly call it vacuous, uninspired rubbish. I must be missing something, but what?

بدون هیچ مقدمه و حرف پیش، با یک کتاب کودکان عالی روبرو هستیم؛
تصویرسازی هایی مينيمال اما بشدت زنده و جذاب، صفحه بندی خلاقانه و عالی، در کنار یک روایت خطی، جذاب و داراي عناصر تکرارشونده (بعنوان صفتی مثبت) دست به دست هم داده اند تا این کتاب را که در 1969 منتشر شده است، در پس این سالیان، هنوز هم خواندنی نگاه دارند.

یکی از دوستان، فرزانه هم صفحاتی از کتاب چاپی رو بهم نشان داد که واقعا عالی بودن... کیفیت چاپ و همینطور ابتکاراتي که توی طراحی صفحات (برش و قطع آنها) به کار رفته بود، عالی بود... و گویا با کمک این قطع بندی متفاوت اما فکر شده کتاب، برای آموزش ساعت به کودک استفاده میشه.

پ ن: این کتاب مناسب کودکان سنین پایین می باشد.
پ ن 2: مرسی از دوست خوبم، فرزانه بابت معرفی کتاب... و البته عکس هایی از کتاب چاپ شده

Theres no way that fat bitch didnt die from eating that much???

Yes, I know, I have never, ever read this book before - it just wasn't a book available for some european kids.
And we were missing out!

I admit I become interested in this book after seeing this on tumblr:


I felt this on a deep spiritual level.

The book did not disappoint.
A very hungry caterpillar eats its way through a wide variety of foodstuffs, teaching children how to count, and the days of the week, while doing so.
I bet the puncholes are super awesome for little kids, I myself was fascinated by them, which is something I shouldn't have admitted out of self-respect, but here we are.

If you have little ones, or if you like children's books, or if you are interested on what shaped the early childhoods of children in other countries, you just have got to get your hands on this book!

Top tier