Eric Carle

In honor of the 40 th anniversary of Eric Carle’s “ The Very Hungry Caterpillar ,” our libraries are participating in the Eric Carle Caterpillar Reading Program during November. Children (age 10 and under) are encouraged to read a book every week (or have a book read to them every week) for the five weeks of November (Nov. 2 – Dec. 4). Sign-up has already started at all Door County libraries, with participants receiving a bookmark and a reading chart. Each week, when a child completes a book, a librarian will “mark” the reading chart and the child will put their name on a ... Read Full Story

Remember Eric Carle's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar ? You know, the one where the caterpillar eats through a watermelon, a sausage, a slice of Swiss cheese, and various other tasty finds, only to lead himself to a fierce tummy ache and metamorphosis? Well, I had an Eric Carle moment, sans metamorphosis. It went something like this: I agreed to go to an early evening movie in the City and suggested a "snack" first. This was initially supposed to be a slice, probably from Artichoke, but somehow we decided that we were going to have pork buns as a snack. Only pork buns. You ... Read Full Story

In honor of the 40th birthday of Eric Carle’s much beloved children’s book, today has been deemed “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” Day. Even Google’s getting into the celebration: This is exciting for our family because Eric Carle is my mom’s very favorite children’s author (maybe just her very favorite author?) and I adore him too, both of us having taught primary elementary school (I taught 2nd grade for two years, she must have been teaching around 15 years now, everything from Kindergarden through 3rd grade). In fact, the theme for our nursery for my little boy who will be joining us this summer is ... Read Full Story

The Spotlight is on The Very Hungry Caterpillar. by Eric Carle When I sat down to think which book is my absolute favorite, the one that kept coming back into my mind was this classic. As a child the holes the caterpillar made in the pages fascinated me, the colors enchanted me and I remembering being amazed that the caterpillar turned into that huge colorful butterfly! In university while studying elementary education I chose this book as the literary inspiration for a cross curricular unit study for grade 1. I made math lessons with fruit, science lessons about observing insects and the butterfly life ... Read Full Story

This is the second time I have made a Zoobie product a must have. I just think this is such a clever product line and for those of us who have children who like to “cuddle up” with a blankee, this is a sure winner.  Just hot off the press- Zoobies has teamed up with the World of Eric Carle to bring you the Zoobie Very Hungry Caterpillar. This limited edition plush character folds into a pillow with a butterfly print blanket zipped inside. The package also includes the classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar hard cover storybook as well as a certificate celebrating the ... Read Full Story