A newly hatched caterpillar eats his way through all kinds of food, getting bigger and bigger, until eventually he turns into a beautiful caterpillar.

Eric Carle's classic and much loved picture book, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”. It is the classic edition of the bestselling story written for the very young. A newly hatched caterpillar eats his way through all kinds of food, getting bigger and bigger, until eventually he turns into a beautiful caterpillar. One of the most popular picture books of all time, no nursery bookshelf is complete without a copy. Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of books for very young children. Eric lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Barbara. The Carles opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts in 2002. Don't miss all the other “Very Hungry Caterpillar” and Eric Carle books: “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”; “Eric Carle's Very Special Baby Book”; "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do You Hear?"; “The Very busy Spider”; “The Very Quiet Cricket”; “The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse”; “1, 2, 3 to the Zoo”; "Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What do you See?"; “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Pop-Up Book”; “The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Buggy Book”; "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"
; “The Bad-Tempered Ladbybird”; “The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Little Learning Library”; “The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Touch and Feel Playbook”; “My Very First Book of Words”; and, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book and Toy”. It also includes: “Little Cloud”; “Today is Monday”; “My Very First Book of Shapes”; “The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Sound Book”; “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”; “From Head to Toe”; “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Big Board Book”; “Draw Me a Star”; “Mister Seahorse”; "Do You want to be My Friend?"; “The Tiny Seed”; and, “The Mixed-up”.

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.