Today is Eric Carle’s birthday.
You may
be wondering
who Eric is
and what he did.
He wrote a very cool story…
about a
caterpillar…
A Very Hungry Caterpillar.
He wrote this book in 1969.
Eric was born in Syracuse,
New York in 1929.
He
moved to Germany
and completed his schooling
there before returning
to America
in 1952.
He had forty bucks
in his pocket.
A lot of Eric’s books
are about
animals or nature
and tell a story,
while teaching
his little readers
something.
He has over 40 books
in print and some
which are no longer
in print.
They are printed
in several languages.
Eric Carle’s
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
is his best known book.
Challenge –
Today, try to eat through
the foods the
very
Hungry Caterpillar
ate through.
Can
you remember
what they were?
a red apple, two green pears, three
purple plums, four red strawberries, five whole oranges, chocolate cake, ice-cream,
a pickle, Swiss cheese, salami, a lollipop, a cherry pie, a single sausage, a
cupcake, a whole slice of watermelon
and a single leaf.
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