The secret of Eric Carle's books' appeal lies in his intuitive understanding of and respect for children, who sense in him instinctively someone who shares their most cherished thoughts and emotions. He receives hundreds of letters each week from his young admirers. Children also enjoy working in collage and many send him pictures they have made themselves, inspired by his illustrations. Many of his books have an added dimension - die-cut pages, twinkling lights as in The Very Lonely Firefly, even the lifelike sound of a cricket's song as in The Very Quiet Cricket - giving them a playful quality- a toy that can be read, a book that can be touched. His art work is created in collage technique, using hand-painted papers, which he cuts and layers to form bright and cheerful images. Eric Carle's art is distinctive and instantly recognizable. Since the Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than sixty books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote.
His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into more than 25 languages and sold over twelve million copies. But he was still hungry.Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. On Monday, he had an apple and on Tuesday, he ate two pears. He ate increasing quantities of fruits each day, on all the weekdays but after each day he still felt hungry. The newly-born caterpillar soon began to look for something to eat. Pop! Out came a small and very hungry caterpillar.
One Sunday morning, a tiny egg laying on a leaf hatched under the warmth of the sun. Let’s read about the journey of this caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly! The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of the most popular children’s tales of all time in which a caterpillar is always hungry and eats whatever he finds, until the end where he metamorphosizes into a butterfly! The caterpillar story has been adapted from the original work of Eric Carle. Have you seen beautiful butterflies in all colours and different patterns? Aren’t they amazing? But do you know how a butterfly is formed? Here is a short caterpillar story about its life cycle, presented with a very unique and interesting angle such that it teaches children different life lessons.
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