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The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First Spring

Author Eric Carle
Illustrated by Eric Carle
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Celebrate spring with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this brightly illustrated and beautifully phrased book! This story is the perfect way to introduce little ones to the changing seasons and identify all that makes spring spectacular!

There’s so much to do
On a bright spring day
When warm weather melts
Winter snow away.

Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar as he and his friends explore all that the spring season has to offer! Young readers will learn all about seasonal sensory experiences, like watching clouds change shapes, feeling cool rain on your skin, sniffing fresh blooming flowers, and so much more! Complete with Eric Carle’s signature illustrative style against a simple text in large, clear type, this book introduces children to a season of growth, novelty, and beauty in an imaginative way.
© Penguin Random House
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. View titles by Eric Carle

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Celebrate spring with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this brightly illustrated and beautifully phrased book! This story is the perfect way to introduce little ones to the changing seasons and identify all that makes spring spectacular!

There’s so much to do
On a bright spring day
When warm weather melts
Winter snow away.

Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar as he and his friends explore all that the spring season has to offer! Young readers will learn all about seasonal sensory experiences, like watching clouds change shapes, feeling cool rain on your skin, sniffing fresh blooming flowers, and so much more! Complete with Eric Carle’s signature illustrative style against a simple text in large, clear type, this book introduces children to a season of growth, novelty, and beauty in an imaginative way.

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© Penguin Random House
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. View titles by Eric Carle