The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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The very hungry caterpillar, is a great book for young children. It shows the life of a greedy depressed caterpillar eating his life away. Everyday he would eat more and more (and even things he shouldn't) until one day he formed into beautiful butterfly.
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I loved this book growing up. Even as a adult it is a great book to read to children. As you stated it does show the life of a greedy caterpillar. When it came to all the items he good things he was eating he did not care. All he cared about was eating, but in the end he turns into something beautiful.
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I also loved this book when I was a kid, and I still like it now. I will definitely make sure to read it to any future kids I have. :D
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My daughter loved this one. I also read it to my students when teaching preschool and first grade..
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This is a really great book. I know small children enjoy it a lot! Eric Carle writes and illustrates some amazing children books. I would love to visit his museum oneday.
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I just had the pleasure of reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar to my six month old grandson a couple of days ago, with great enthusiasm. Having the actual book in your hands, you're able to really see and feel the holes in the items that the caterpillar ate through, seeing front and back of each item. The book, or at least the copy we had, had thicker pages, making it easier for children to hold the book, and work at turning the pages. The colorful illustrations really capture the attention of even the very young. Thank you!
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I really loved this book.. I remember when I was young me and my two brothers always read this book and I still loved it..

-- 22 May 2017, 10:44 --

I really loved this book.. I remember when I was young me and my two brothers always read this book and I still loved it..
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This was my favorite when I was little, and my kids love it too. I like that it is also educational. It can help young children to learn days of the week, counting, and how caterpillars become butterflies. The caterpillar also got sick after eating all of the junk food, which can lead to a disscussion with toddlers and preschoolers about the consequences of eating a lot of things that are not good for them.
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Post by Catherine-LeeOBC »

I didn't read this book until I was an adult. I enjoyed the simplicity and visual images put together to make a color, bright fun read.
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To be honest, I do think this is a nice story with lovely illustrations, but I don't really know how it got to be a bestseller. I've seen plenty of books as excellently illustrated and with good educational material that are not so popular but with a more interesting story to go along with it. This book engages the mind and the senses, but not the emotions very much. A book that engages the emotions along with the other two is what makes a book GREAT. I didn't get that with this book. In my opinion, I would choose an equally popular but different book on the bookshelf, I think.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar was one of the first books I learned to read by myself in first grade. It quickly became my favorite book that I read it all the way into second grade. I forgot about till a few years ago. I plan on getting it again to read for when I have children my own.
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I love how I can imagine and still see the pictures of the book - once you mention it - even after all these years.
Shows how great a story it really is =)
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar is definitely a classic that children love and that stays with you when you are an adult. Everything from the writing to the artwork makes it an amazing children's book.
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I just read this to a group of four year olds and they were reading each page as I was turning to it! They're so cute! I hope they always love reading like this.
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When I was a teacher, this was an absolute favorite of my class!
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