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I Love Earth with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Author Eric Carle
Illustrated by Eric Carle
Hardcover (Paper-over-Board, no jacket)
$9.99 US
5-1/2"W x 6-3/4"H | 20 oz | 60 per carton
On sale Mar 24, 2026 | 32 Pages | 9798217141722
Age 2-5 years | Up to Kindergarten
Reading Level: Lexile 360L | Fountas & Pinnell I

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Celebrate the Earth with The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar knows that the Earth is special. Featuring Eric Carle’s colorful illustrations, this small hardcover book is the perfect way to celebrate the beauty of nature and build appreciation for our planet with your young reader.
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Born in the United States, Eric Carle was taken as a six-year-old child by his parents back to their native country, Germany. Later, he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Academy of Applied Arts) in Stuttgart, and returned to New York in his early twenties as a graphic designer and artist. His many picture books are now known and loved by children around the world.
 
In 2002, Eric and his late wife, Barbara, opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the works of distinguished picture book artists, nationally and internationally acclaimed, are exhibited in three spacious galleries.

Eric Carle passed away in 2021, at the age of 91. View titles by Eric Carle

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Celebrate the Earth with The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar knows that the Earth is special. Featuring Eric Carle’s colorful illustrations, this small hardcover book is the perfect way to celebrate the beauty of nature and build appreciation for our planet with your young reader.

Author

© Penguin Random House
Born in the United States, Eric Carle was taken as a six-year-old child by his parents back to their native country, Germany. Later, he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Academy of Applied Arts) in Stuttgart, and returned to New York in his early twenties as a graphic designer and artist. His many picture books are now known and loved by children around the world.
 
In 2002, Eric and his late wife, Barbara, opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the works of distinguished picture book artists, nationally and internationally acclaimed, are exhibited in three spacious galleries.

Eric Carle passed away in 2021, at the age of 91. View titles by Eric Carle

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