The Very Hungry Caterpillar & From Head to Toe

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
Philomel Books

1969

                   Eric Carle has written and illustrated several children's books. One that we all know is Brown Bear, Brown Bear. He was born in New York in 1929, and moved to Germany when he was six years old. He came back to the United States in 1952 with a graphic design portfolio and fifty dollars. He worked for The New York Times. Soon he began writing books with Bill Martin.

                  This book goes through the stages of being a caterpillar and how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. This book is good for the very young. I like how at the end the caterpillar does become a butterfly. One way to use this book is to teach a child about how a child becomes a moth or a butterfly, and the difference between the two. Look at the different stages of life for a caterpillar like the larvae and cocoon. It's very important for children to understand and discover the world around them.

From Head to Toe

Eric Carle

Harper Collins Publishers

1997

                  About the author located above.

                  This book describes each of the body parts from head to toe. It can help a child who is beginning to learn each body part and why it is important. One of my favorite lines from the book is after each thing the animal asks if you can do it too? I think this is a good book for younger children. You could use to teach the children about a certain body part and how we are each animals, and have some of the same body parts that they animals around us have.