NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Give Grandpa lots of love with help from The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this colorful mini-hardcover starring Eric Carle’s classic storybook character and delightful illustrations! The perfect gift for Grandpa’s birthday, baby announcements, National Grandparent’s Day, and more!Grandpa…I can always count on youTo cheer me onAnd cheer me upOr make me laugh.Show Grandparents everywhere just how much you love them with this imaginative story featuring the world’s favorite caterpillar! Follow along as The Very Hungry Caterpillar encounters Grandfathers of all species, including turtles, roosters, seals, and more! Complete with joyful illustrations and colorful creatures, this charming keepsake is a great way to show Grandpa just how much you care.
Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work,
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children’s Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. www.eric-carle.com
