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Animal Homes with The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Press-Out-and-Play Book

Read along - and play along! - with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and press-out play pieces.
A home is where these animals can live, and play, and rest.
Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar to see which one you like the best.


Visit animal homes around the world with The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Then use the press-out pieces to bring the animals to life.

Perfect for little hands and imaginative minds this gentle rhyme with four press-out-and-play models is great for creative play and first shared reading experiences.

About Eric Carle

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. www.eric-carle.com
Details
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • ISBN: 9780241798676
  • Length: 12 pages
  • Price: £9.99