Am I giving my age away too much when I say that I remember reading this book with my sweet mama like it was yesterday. I am not 40 yet . . .I have a few more years, but did you know that The Very Hungry Caterpillar turns 40 this year and that the very talented Eric Carle turns 80!
Gosh I loved and still love that sequence of the holes in the pages where the caterpillar is eating through the pickel , the ice cream cone . . . . .check out this link for a sweet video where he talks about creating this much loved story. A little late but still doable, I found this bit of info from The Eric Carle Museum.
"The Carle invites friends, families, and schools throughout the country and abroad to create their own butterflies to flutter in the Museum. Celebrate the caterpillar, who for 40 years has crept into the hearts of millions of readers through his journey of hope from “a tiny and very hungry caterpillar” to a “beautiful butterfly.”
How it works:
To celebrate there is a new pop-up version of the book that I just got in at the bookstore where I work and it is fun! All this excitment over caterpillars and butterflies helped secure both the Root Children and the March "Once Upon A Table" projects for me this week.
So the next Root Children book and hand craft will feature The Very Hungry Caterpillar and I am working out the patterns for the "Once Upon a Table" March project (think transformation!)- unfortunately it will still be my fuzzy pdf converter format, but as promised I did sign up for an Adobe Acrobat class in April and am getting the program so they are less fuzzy- better quality for you!
Now- doesn't all this talk of birthday's make you want to go and eat some cake!!
