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The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Hide & Seek

by Eric Carle

Interest age: 1 to 4

Published by Puffin, 2021

  • Board books
  • Interactive

About this book

Take a trip into the forest with the very hungry caterpillar as your guide and see how many creatures you can find hiding in some unexpected places.

Where are the busy bees off to on a sunny day? Who’s hiding behind a rock in the stream? Who lives underground in the dark? And who is out on the prowl when the moon comes out and most creatures are fast asleep?

This exciting lift-the-flap board book is a great way for youngsters to explore the different habitats a forest can provide, and to find out which creatures might live in them. Multiple cut-outs on every page add an extra dimension, making the pictures tactile as well as colourful.

Little fingers can follow the cut-out trails and trace the routes of bees, frogs, mice, fox cubs, and the famous caterpillar himself, from the open air to their very best hiding places which are concealed behind sturdy flaps.

With rhyming text giving rhythm to the story, and classic "Hungry Caterpillar-style" illustrations, this is a great book to encourage an interest in nature.

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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