BEHIND THE PAGES of THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR 🐛
Join us for a Special Event from The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art!
🌟 BEHIND THE PAGES of THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR 🌟
Join educator David Feinstein for BEHIND THE PAGES, an exciting new collaboration
from KidLit TV and The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
We’ll start by discovering Eric Carle’s art and exploring his illustrations at the museum.
Next, we’ll find out how the art for THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR was made, and then make our own paper art in the Eric Carle Museum Art Studio!
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🎬 This video was filmed at THE ERIC CARLE MUSEUM OF PICTURE BOOK ART! 🦋
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art’s Educator David Feinstein wants to learn how Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar (VHC) was made! Join us on a playful book adventure as we go behind the scenes at the Museum. With the help of our Museum friends, we get up close and personal with the original art, explore the materials used by Eric Carle, and get the inside scoop on how this iconic picture book came to be.
ABOUT THE BOOK
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THE ICONIC #1 BESTSELLER • The all-time classic starring the world’s favorite caterpillar!
One of The Atlantic’s 65 Essential Children’s Books
“Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative.”—The New York Times Book Review
In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.
One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and—pop!—out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar. So begins the journey of Eric Carle’s most beloved storybook character. Follow along as one of nature’s loveliest marvels eats his way through an amazing variety of foods as he prepares to grow into a beautiful butterfly!
Written and Illustrated by Eric Carle, Penguin Random House Books
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“Ever since I was very young, I have loved making pictures.
I knew even as a child that when I grew up I would be an artist.”
— Eric Carle
Eric Carle (1929–2021) was one of the best known illustrators of our time.
He 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 eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into 66 languages and sold over 50 million copies. Since the Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 152 million copies of his books have sold around the world.
Click the Caterpillar to learn more about Eric Carle:
About David Feinstein 📖
Literacy Educator at The Carle since 2017, David enjoys working with artists, educators, and families to create and share their stories.
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