The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle’s classic tale of a voracious caterpillar who eats his way through the days of the week and then changes into a beautiful butterfly has been reissued in a sumptuous twenty-fifth anniversary edition. With a shiny, silver-coated cover and wonderfully thick, durably pages, this book is a must have for your child’s library. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the American Academy of Pediatrics have joined with the best-selling children’s book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, and with We Give Books to help families learn about healthy eating habits at home. The Eating Healthy. Growing Strong campaign is an important part of the Alliance’s mission to combat childhood obesity.
This spring, more than 17,500 pediatrician offices across the United States will receive free copies of specially created The Very Hungry Caterpillar books, together with growth charts and parent handouts that encourage doctors and parents to have meaningful conversations about the importance of healthy eating. You can read more about the initiative and download the growth chart and parent handout on the Healthy Children and Alliance for a Healthier Generation campaign websites. There is no question that The Very Hungry Caterpillar is my absolute favorite Children’s book. I enjoy everything about it; the beautiful illustrations, cute story, & that sweet hungry caterpillar that reminds me a lot of myself sometimes! Such a sweet tale of transformation.
When I taught Kindergarten I always loved reading my students The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Other than just being an absolutely wonderful story, you can use this one book to help teach so many different things! Days of the week, sequencing, metamorphosis, insects, healthy eating, the list just goes on and on! Of course, the kids always love this story and reading it multiple times throughout the year was a must! Surprisingly I had never shared it with my own children. It was so fun to see my children enjoying The Very Hungry Caterpillar just as much as I did the first time I heard it! Ava is obsessed with caterpillars, so this book was especially fun for her. Hollis loved looking at colorful pictures throughout the story as we read. So happy to have this book to share with my children, it is always a crowd pleaser!
