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The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter

  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter

  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar is at the farm hunting for tasty Easter eggs . . .

    Meet friendly farmyard animals and lift the flaps on every page to help The Very Hungry Caterpillar hunt for eggs.
    Will you find them all?

    A simple, delightful new seasonal lift-the-flap adventure with big flaps that are perfect for little hands.

RELEASED 25/02/2021

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First 100 Words
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First 100 Words
Eric Carle
Happy Christmas from The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Happy Christmas from The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Creepy-Crawly Halloween
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Creepy-Crawly Halloween
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Magnet Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Magnet Book
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Hide-and-Seek
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Hide-and-Seek
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Bugs Sticker and Colouring Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Bugs Sticker and Colouring Book
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Sticker and Colouring Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Sticker and Colouring Book
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Christmas Eve
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Christmas Eve
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Nature Sticker and Colouring Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Nature Sticker and Colouring Book
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Birthday Party
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Birthday Party
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book and Snuggle Blanket
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book and Snuggle Blanket
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Christmas Library
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Christmas Library
Eric Carle
Eric Carle's Book of Many Things
Eric Carle's Book of Many Things
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Sound Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Sound Book
Eric Carle
Sleep Tight Very Hungry Caterpillar
Sleep Tight Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
  • Bill Martin Jr
  • Eric Carle
Happy Christmas from the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Happy Christmas from the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
I Love Dad with the Very Hungry Caterpillar
I Love Dad with the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
All About the Very Hungry Caterpillar
All About the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
Where is the Very Hungry Caterpillar?
Where is the Very Hungry Caterpillar?
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s 123
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s 123
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Baby Record Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Baby Record Book
The Nonsense Show
The Nonsense Show
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Colours
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Colours
Eric Carle
The World of Eric Carle: Big Box of Little Books
The World of Eric Carle: Big Box of Little Books
Eric Carle
I Love Mum with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
I Love Mum with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s abc
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s abc
Eric Carle
The Very Lonely Firefly
The Very Lonely Firefly
Eric Carle
Eric Carle Brown Bear Treasury
Eric Carle Brown Bear Treasury
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Cloth Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Cloth Book
Eric Carle
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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Features

The making of Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Emerging from a chrysalis of middle-aged ennui, The Very Hungry Caterpillar transformed children's books.
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Where to start with Eric Carle’s books

Incredibly, it’s been 50 years since Eric Carle’s Very Hungry Caterpillar first munched his way through enough food to feed a small army, giving himself a stomach ache and becoming a staple part of millions of readers’ childhoods in the process.
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Features

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is turning 50!

Yes, that’s right! In 2019, it’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s 50th Birthday. And whether you’re a bookseller or librarian, we’ve got everything you need to celebrate the big birthday in style! #VHC50
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Games & activities

Make a Very Hungry Caterpillar inspired butterfly painting

Inspired by the moment when Eric Carle’s Very Hungry Caterpillar transforms into a beautiful butterfly, this simple craft will delight toddlers and help them learn about colours, patterns and symmetry.
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Games & activities

How to make Very Hungry Caterpillar paper chains

A perfect cutting-and-sticking activity for Very Hungry Caterpillar fans, these paper chains will brighten up a rainy day! You could even use them to decorate for a Very Hungry party…
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Games & activities

Make a Very Hungry Caterpillar squishy marshmallow print

This super-satisfying crafting activity will help little fingers to create Very Hungry Caterpillar masterpieces using marshmallows and paint! Don’t forget to keep a few marshmallows aside to nibble afterwards…
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7 times Eric Carle made us love the outdoors

From Brown Bears to Very Hungry Caterpillars, via seahorses, giraffes, leopards and flamingos, Eric Carle’s vibrant and imaginative art – created using tissue paper and collage techniques – helps us see the natural world in a totally unique and playful light. Here are seven times his artwork has made us fall in love with the great outdoors...
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Games & activities

Paint your own Very Hungry Caterpillar-inspired Easter egg

Crawl into spring with this Very Hungry Caterpillar-inspired egg painting tutorial. Little egg munchers will just love getting their hands messy with this fun craft, inspired by the classic Eric Carle story.
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5 books for a perfectly calming bedtime

With the right story, bedtime can be a serene and relaxing event - enjoyed by both reader, and child. Here are five calming bedtime books to ensure that night-time isn’t fight-time.

Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of books for very young children including his most well-known title The Very Hungry Caterpillar. With his late wife, Barbara, Eric Carle co-founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts in 2002. Eric Carle divides his time between the Florida Keys and the hills of North Carolina.

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