Love From the Very Hungry Caterpillar

What a gem! Of course, it's Eric Carle, so gem status is guaranteed, but still.

His trademark collage illustrations once again bring to life reader favorite - the very hungry caterpillar - in the 2015 picture book, Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

This tiny book is short and sweet, telling the reader why s/he is loved. Everyone likes to hear that they make the stars sparkle and the sun shine brighter for someone, right? Little ones will enjoy pointing out our friend the caterpillar on each page. This is a wonderful snuggle up book to read with your child or grandchild (another Grandma's Book of the Month Club pick!) and it's brief enough that the littlest of the littles will sit still for it :)

One of the items on my bucket list is visiting The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA. I was looking for more information about the museum on his website and blog, when I found this:

Very Eric Carle: A Very Hungry, Quiet, Lonely, Clumsy, Busy Exhibit

This traveling exhibition is co-organized by the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

• Spring 2018: Discovery Cube, LA, Los Angeles, CA
• Summer 2018: Family Museum, Bettendorf, IA
• Fall 2018: Mississippi Children’s Museum, Jackson, MS
• Summer 2019: Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito, CA

I'm sad that the exhibition won't be in Seattle, but California is doable! To tide you over till you can visit the museum, here are some video links Eric Carle fans will enjoy:

Here's a cute Q&A interview with him from 2007.

On the 40th anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, he gave this interview.

Here he is reading aloud The Very Hungry Caterpillar.