The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Book Review: Decodability Ranking Level 4
Summary: 5 Stars
Use Eric Carle's Very Hungry Caterpillar toDECODEnglish! Kids love to hear this book read aloud. It willhold their attention while you teach them explicit pronunciation,spelling, and decoding skills. Encourage independent reading!
OtherAmazon titles having the same level of relative linguistic complexityare:
"Farmer Duck" by Martin Waddell
"Guess HowMuch I Love You" by Sam McBratney
"There's a Wocket in MyPocket" by Dr. Seuss
Also, this great story from New Zealand"Mairy Maclary's Showbusiness" by Lynley Dodd
Book Review: A fun, witty, classic tale.
Summary: 5 Stars
We have this book in a small and large size together with anEric Carle videotape that has the story. A young caterpillar is bornand begins to eat his way through the world and through many foods that you child will be able to identify. These foods are eaten on each of the seven days of the week, an added bonus, as your child begins to learn that Sunday is a different day that Monday. The caterpillar gets very fat. He builds a cocoon and then emerges a large beautiful butterfly. My 3 year old does not tire of this story. He learns about nature, food and the days of the week in one absolutely stunningly illustrated book. You can't get much better than this for young children. If you have young children, or if you are looking for a gift for a 4 year old and younger child, this book is highly, highly recommended. Enjoy.Book Review: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a very informative book about the life cycle of a caterpillar into a butterfly.Note to teachers: It taught numbers, days of the week, and different types of foods eaten by the caterpillar. Lots of different art activities can be done, such as creating a caterpillar out of an egg cartoon.
Book Review: Perfect spring reading!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my all-time favorite children's books. One sunny day, a caterpillar pops out of an egg. He is very hungry and begins searching for food. Now, many of Eric Carle's books have gimmicks--the tactile web in THE VERY BUSY SPIDER and the chirping in THE VERY QUIET CRICKET, for example. The gimmick in this book is that the caterpillar eats holes through all the food, holes that are actually punched into the pages of the book. It's a good gimmick, actually. Also, many of Carle's books teach conventions--telling time in THE VERY GROUCHY LADYBUG and animal sounds in THE VERY BUSY SPIDER, for example. This one teaches the days of the week. On Monday, the caterpillar eats this, on Tuesday he eats that, and so forth. Very cute. Eventually, he becomes a fat caterpillar. He then spins himself a cocoon, where he rests for two weeks. And when he emerges...well, you can guess the results. It's a wonderful story. Best of all, the text is very simple as are the illustrations, so the book will appeal to toddlers as well as the pre-K and kindergarten crowd. In fact, it may appeal more to toddlers, because the story is so very simple. I know I read it as a kindergartener. I loved the holes but found the story rather boring. I read it to my two-year-old this spring, however, and he went nuts over it. The days of the week were lost on him, but he was fascinated by the caterpillar turning into a butterfly--he had no idea! Can't tell you how many times we read it. We also re-enacted it, crawling on the floor and eating, spinning ourselves into cocoons, and popping out with fluttery wings. In fact, he was so taken with the caterpillar-to-butterfly phenomenon that I ordered some caterpillars (I used "Insect Lore"--they are on-line--but I'm sure there are lots of other places to get them). We read THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR at each stage of their development and then right before we released them as butterflies. It was the highlight of our spring.Book Review: Charming and effective...what we'd all like to read our kids
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is simply great. It has helped my son (2 1/2) with counting and identifying pictures and the concept of reading a book. The different size pages (and the holes) make the reading fun. Both of us still laugh each time the caterpillar gets a stomach ache (sorry, are there spoilers for children's books?).I am convinced that this is the first book my son will read to me from start to finish (BUT HE WAS STILL HUNGRY!). He loves it!