The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Ocean Hide & Seek: A Finger Trail Lift-The-Flap Book - Board Book

by Eric Carle (Author), Eric Carle (Illustrator)

Play hide-and-seek with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this joyful lift-the-flap board book from The World of Eric Carle, perfect for little explorers everywhere!

Explore the ocean and its creatures in this colorful and interactive board book featuring the world's favorite caterpillar! Swim with dolphins, fly with seagulls, and search for every animal's hidden baby under durable flaps for curious hands. Complete with Eric Carle's signature illustrative style, a gentle rhyming narrative, and an introduction to marine life, little ones will be amazed by what they find in the ocean!

Author Biography

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. www.eric-carle.com