The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Board Book with CD)

• Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• (Board Book with CD)
• Author: Eric Carle
• Price: $15.99
• Pages: 24
• Publisher: Philomel
• Publishing Date: April 19, 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399247459
• Genre: Nursery
• Annotation: A very hungry little caterpillar goes out in search of fullness. He eats and eats, every day, more and more, until one day as fat as he could get, he cocoons himself and ends up a beautiful surprise!
• Evaluation: The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of my favorite read-alouds. Period. The reason? It's a combination of bright, happy artwork that is simply exquisite, and the multitude of education experiences that are hidden in between a relatable developmentally appropriate book for babies, toddlers and up. This particular edition has a CD/multimedia component in it and makes for a deeper, early literacy learning experience that allows children to listen to the book anytime, on their own and mimic the story teller's reading. It's an awesome combo.

Author Website: http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html

Eensy Weensy Spider

Title: Eensy Weensy Spider
Author: Mary Anne Hoberman & Nadine Bernard Westcott
Publish Date: September 1, 2004
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0316734128

Price: $6.99
Classification: Picture Book, Songs and Music

Annotation: In this book, long time favorite fingerplay song, Eensy Weensy Spider, is extended to include longer lyrics, new friends, and new fingerplays.

Evaluation: This book includes music, fingerplay directions, and games to play. The book is perfect for families new to fingerplay or for families who love the original song and want more. Seeing the song in print supports print awareness and the fingerplay songs supports fine motor skills and sequence and order, just to name a few.

Author Website: http://www.maryannhoberman.com/

Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Stories - DVD

• Title: Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Stories
• Author: Eric Carle
• Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• DVD Release Date: January 3, 2006
• Run Time: 32 minutes
• ASIN: B000BMGEJI
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• Annotation: Join The Hungry Caterpillar and other amazing eric Carle stories as they are animated and brought to life by Disney DVD.
• Evaluation: This is one of my favorite children's DVDs. I get so much use out of it and love the stories that are included in it! Included are THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR, THE MIXED-UP CHAMELEON, THE VERY QUIET CRICKET, and my personal favorite PAPA, PLEASE GET THE MOON FOR ME (although for this one I recommend picking up the board book and reading it too, because it is a special little chubby book with lift up surprises). The sepcial thing about Eric Carle is his artwork and seeing it come to life is a cool thing. This video manages to maintain the artwork's integrity which is not always easy to do. Watches more like a read aloud book then a TV show.

Eric Carle Website: http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html