Thursday, March 10, 2011

The Very Hungry Caterpillar


Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Author: Eric Carle
Publication Date: 1969
Genre: Picture Book
Audience: Prek-2
Overview: This is a book about the journey of a caterpillar into a butterfly. It starts off as an egg and goes through the phases until it becomes a beautiful butterfly. This book teaches the days of the week as well as counting to ten, through its discription of the caterpillars daily routine until he becomes a cocoon. Carle's collage like illustrations bring out the vibrant colors which will keep children engaged in the text.
Activity: This book could be used as a introduction to the metamorphosis process in science class. The students could have a discussion on this book before they take a closer look at these stages of life in their science classes. The author uses collaged pictures throughout the book, students could create their own page to be put together to create their own class book about caterpillars. Becasue this book uses the days of the week and counting, this could also be brought into a lesson on counting and learning the days of the week by setting up a timeline of what happened on each day of the story.
Reviewer's Name: Kalli Parrish

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