How Does a Caterpillar Change?: Life Cycles with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator)

Overview

Learn how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly with help from The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this beautifully illustrated story, easy for young readers to understand and wonder at. The perfect book for introducing little ones to insects and all springtime creatures!

The miracles of nature come to life in this vibrant and joyful story featuring beloved author Eric Carle’s signature illustrations. Little ones will learn all about a caterpillar’s transformation, from crawling out of their tiny eggs, to eating leaves to grow big and strong, to the chrysalis process, and finally to emerging as a transformed butterfly! With vibrant, colorful illustrations against a simple text in large, clear type, this book is the perfect way to introduce children to one of nature’s loveliest marvels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593386668
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	02/22/2022
Series:	World of Eric Carle Series
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	10
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Born in the United States, Eric Carle was taken as a six-year-old child by his parents back to their native country, Germany. Later, he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Academy of Applied Arts) in Stuttgart, and returned to New York in his early twenties as a graphic designer and artist. His many picture books are now known and loved by children around the world.
 
In 2002, Eric and his late wife, Barbara, opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the works of distinguished picture book artists, nationally and internationally acclaimed, are exhibited in three spacious galleries.

Eric Carle passed away in 2021, at the age of 91.

Hometown:

Northampton, Massachusetts and the Berkshires

Date of Birth:

June 25, 1929

Place of Birth:

Syracuse, New York

Education:

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Stuttgart, 1946-50

Website:

http://www.eric-carle.com/