The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Description

A newly hatched caterpillar eats his way through all kinds of food in this classic and popular story aimed at the very young. First published 1969.

Author description

Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of books for very young children. He was born in New York, but spent his early life in Germany. He returned to the States in his early twenties and worked as a graphic designer for the New York Times. He went on to be the art director of an advertising agency before he began writing and illustrating children's books. Eric lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Barbara. The Carles opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts in 2002.

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9780140569322
• Publisher : Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint : Puffin Books
• Publication date : October 2002
• Dimensions : 291mm X 208mm X 2mm
• Produced in : United Kingdom
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : illustrations
• BIC subject : Picture books; Animal stories
• Pages : 28
• Dewey classification : 813.54
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Eric Carle