Eric Carle is one of my favorite children’s authors. I would recommend any children’s books written by him. One of my particular favorites is “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”. Carle’s brightly colored illustrations are not only very eye-catching, but they are also very childlike. He does most of his artwork as individual objects on blank white paper to leave some things to the child’s imagination. This story is about a tiny caterpillar that is very hungry. We read about what the caterpillar eats on each day of the week, but he is still hungry! Finally on Sunday he eats and eats and eats…and then he is not such a tiny caterpillar anymore.
As a teacher of young children, I can say that even my youngest kids will sit and listen to this story. The pictures really capture kids attention and the story is very fun and the simple words make it easy for young readers to understand.
Other children’s books by Eric Carle include “1,2,3, to the Zoo”, “Do You Want to Be my
Friend?”, “The Grouchy Ladybug”, and “The Very Quiet Cricket”
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