The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Kingston, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York/Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Join Eric Carle's hungry caterpillar on his metamorphosis into a butterfly in the first printing of this beloved children's picture book. Oblong shape, bright illustrations on boards, brilliant colorful end pages. No dust jacket. The pages that contain a series of die-cut holes in six of the leaves have blue crayon numbers 1-5. the child who wrote the numbers was James Linbloom, son of Nancy Willard, an award winning author and illustrator. Small brown mark on dedication and colophon pages. Complete number line (1-5/73-69).
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Synopsis
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a children's book written by Eric Carle, first published by the World Publishing Company in 1969. The winner of many awards, it has sold 30 million copies It is highly popular and has been praised for its use of easy-to-read words which makes it good for teaching young children to read. The book contains 225 words and large, colourful illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- HM Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46
- Title
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Author
- Eric Carle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York/Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1969
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- Colophon
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- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...