very very hungry caterpillar

Description

■ A caterpillar’s ​​growth story that conveys dreams and hopes to children
Eric Carle, known as the master of modern picture books, is an author who captures the pure world of children and nature with his unique bright colors. Among the many works he left behind, the most loved picture book would definitely be “The Very, Very Hungry Caterpillar.”
“The Very, Very Hungry Caterpillar,” which has been translated into over 70 languages ​​around the world and has sold over 5,500 million copies, can be said to be Eric Carle’s representative work in name and reality and a steady seller in the picture book field. The bold colors created by Eric Carle and the appearance of the caterpillar in the work, expressed through a unique collage technique created by cutting out colored leaf paper, immediately capture the attention of children.
The tiny caterpillar, born from a small egg, grows little by little by eating food such as apples, plums, and pears from Monday to Friday. On Saturday, the caterpillar gets sick after eating chocolate cake and ice cream, but on Sunday, it eats leaves, which are the perfect food for it, and goes into the cocoon. After two weeks, the caterpillar emerges from the cocoon and finally emerges into the world as a butterfly.
The story of a tiny caterpillar becoming a butterfly with big, beautiful wings instills dreams and hope in children. While reading the book, children will identify themselves with the caterpillar and watch with interest the process of the caterpillar eating food and growing. And when the caterpillar finally becomes a butterfly, it cheers with joy as if it had become a butterfly itself. Children who read this book will have the expectation and excitement that they will grow steadily like the caterpillar in the picture book and become wonderful adults in the future.
■ A picture book where you can enjoy playing while appreciating an interesting story.
In addition to an interesting story, “The Very, Very Hungry Caterpillar” has another special element that makes children fall in love with it. The bookshelf is gradually getting longer, and the small hole in the picture is where the caterpillar passed after eating food.
Children can play with books like toys by inserting their fingers into these small holes or passing yarn like a caterpillar. Additionally, as you turn the pages of a book that gets longer, you intuitively realize that the caterpillars are eating more and more food. Eric Carle's unique design sense allows children to achieve intellectual growth by looking at picture books as if they were playing with interest and curiosity. This playbook format, which Eric Carle attempted in The Very, Very Hungry Caterpillar, later became the biggest feature of his work.

■ Various things to learn from the story of the Very, Very Hungry Caterpillar
This book is filled with a variety of things to learn, including days of the week, numbers, food, and the life cycle of a butterfly. Starting from Sunday, Monday, Tuesday... Follow the caterpillar again until Sunday and naturally learn the names of the days of the week. One apple, two pears, three plums... You can also practice counting from one to five by counting lantern fruits. You will learn the names of the various foods that caterpillars eat, and you will naturally learn about the life cycle of a butterfly by watching the caterpillar emerge from an egg, go through a cocoon, and transform into a butterfly. If you put your finger in the hole, wiggle it, and realistically say onomatopoeia and mimetic words such as “crunch, crunch, yum, yum,” you can enjoy the fun of words and even develop your vocabulary.

▶ Summary of the work
One Sunday morning, a small caterpillar emerges from the egg and searches for food. One apple on Monday, two pears on Tuesday, three plums on Wednesday... . Even though it eats various fruits in increasing amounts every day, the caterpillar is still hungry. On Saturday, I eat a lot of food and get an upset stomach, but I feel better the next day after eating green leaves. The caterpillar, now very large and plump, builds a cocoon around its body and enters it. What will the caterpillar look like after two weeks?