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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Essay

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Ever since I was a little girl I really never liked to read any types of books, but the one book that I absolutely loved was The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. This book is about a little caterpillar that was very hungry. The story starts off with a little egg on a leaf that had popped and out came a very hungry caterpillar. On Monday he started by eating one apple, and every day of the week he would eat another type of food until he finally was full one day. After he satisfied his hunger he had built himself a cocoon, and after more than two weeks he turned into a beautiful butterfly. This book is just an excellent children's book for the fact that it teaches three main concepts; counting , the days of …show more content…

At the beginning of the book it started off with a little egg that popped into a caterpillar then the caterpillar eats for a complete week. Towards the end of the book the caterpillar builds himself a cocoon that he remains in for more than two weeks, “then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and… he was a beautiful butterfly.” This is showing the life cycle of a butterfly in a way that the children don’t feel like they are actually learning. The last page of the book shows a beautiful butterfly, this illustration also follows one of Molly Bang’s 10 principles. “The larger an object is in the picture, the stronger it feels,” which actually brings so much excitement to the children. Overall, this book is an excellent book for children, not only is it teaching them, counting, the days of the week, and the process of becoming a butterfly, but it is also can be evaluated into a good picture book. This book is attracting to children, avoids racial, ethnic, and sexual stereotyping in illustrations. Additionally, the illustrations are appropriate for both the intended audience, and to the story. It allows the children, and the adults to connect during reading time, and keeps the children entertained that whole

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