Tis the season to have a jolly Christmas with The Very
Hungry Caterpillar and friends in this chunky pull-the-tab board book.
Each page of this board book has been thoughtfully designed with chunky pull
tabs on each page that encourage little ones to join in and read aloud. Perfect
for getting very little hands, preparing them for the joyful festivities of
Christmas time.
Discover more from The World of Eric Carle:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Christmas Eve
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Christmas Tree
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Christmas
About the Author
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.
