Ages: Preschool – Grade 2
A newborn caterpillar hatches from an egg on Sunday. He is tiny and very hungry. He snacks through the pages of the book, eating a variety of foods throughout the week. He gets bigger and fatter until he ends up with a stomachache. He eats through a green leaf and builds himself a cocoon the following Sunday. After two weeks, he eats a hole in the cocoon and emerges as a beautiful butterfly. Read about the caterpillar’s adventures in The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a great book! It is an entertaining story with a unique layout and wonderful illustrations. The first few pages are normal size. However, the pages for the first five days of the week are different sizes. The size corresponds with the number of pieces of food the caterpillar eats. The page for Monday is very small, and the pages get a little bit bigger each day of the week, until Friday when the page is full size. The pages of the book when the caterpillar eats through the food have a small hole in it. Children will love to stick their little fingers through the holes. The illustrations in this book are very colorful. The text is simple and ties in with the illustrations great. The simple and repetitive text makes it easy for young children to follow along. This book is great because it teaches children the days of the week, counting, different types of fruit/food, and how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. Children will be amazed by the “magical” transformation of a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly in the wonderful children’s book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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