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Welcome to: A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews, a blog site that offers information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, classroom teachers, librarians, and those studying to become teachers. We hope you will find "just the right book" to share with others. Our goal is to keep the site updated with information about children's authors, book awards, and new releases. Each entry will include the book cover picture, a brief overview, bibliographic information, and suggested uses for families, librarians, and teachers. We will categorize books in several different ways, to facilitate searching.

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10/20/14

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Eric Carle/ Eric Carle
PUBLISHER: Philomel Books             PUBLICATION DATE: 1969
AWARDS:American Institute of Graphic Arts Award in 1970, Selection du Grand Prix des Treize in France in 1972, Nakamori Reader's Prize in Japan in 1975.
GENRE: Fiction Board Book    READING LEVEL: kindergarten
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A hungry caterpillar eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: use the book to introduce the idea of a caterpillar going through metamorphosis.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (James Carnegie, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: Eric Carle, Metamorphosis, Classic
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