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Sleep Tight Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

Interest age: 0 to 2

Published by Puffin, 2018

  • Board books
  • Picture books

About this book

You may be familiar with the tale of the Very Hungry Caterpillar and what he eats over the course of a week, but now it’s time to join the Very Hungry Caterpillar as he makes his way home to bed.

On his way, we meet animals around the farm who are also going to sleep. With flaps to lift and rhyming lines, once you’ve said ‘Goodnight’ to the other animals and finally the Very Hungry Caterpillar, you too will be ready to curl up and join them in the land of nod.

With gorgeous artwork to admire, this is a calming goodnight story from the nation’s favourite caterpillar.

About the author

Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, and more than 88 million copies of his books have sold around the world.

He is one of the best-known and loved of picture book creators. His work is immediately recognisable through his vibrant use of colour and tissue-paper collage. Eric Carle's most famous book is, of course, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

In the mid 1960s, Carle decided to give up a successful career in advertising to become an illustrator and graphic designer. His first published work appeared in a cookery book. Soon afterwards, children's book author Bill Martin asked him to illustrate the manuscript of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? The resulting book was an instant hit. Encouraged by this success, Carle began submitting ideas for his own books. One of these was Willie The Worm. His editor suggested that a caterpillar might prove a more endearing character - the rest is history.

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