http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/28/top-100-picture-books-2-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-by-eric-carle/ A School Library Journal Blog Sat, 25 May 2013 04:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/28/top-100-picture-books-2-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-by-eric-carle/#comment-807260 Shannon Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:35:59 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=14123#comment-807260 I read it to my kids, but I change the word (gulp, I know it isn't cool to censor!). Now that they are a little older they read it themselves but we've talked about the differences. I read it to my kids, but I change the word (gulp, I know it isn’t cool to censor!). Now that they are a little older they read it themselves but we’ve talked about the differences.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/28/top-100-picture-books-2-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-by-eric-carle/#comment-806463 Elizabeth Bird Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:05:46 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=14123#comment-806463 It bugged my mother too, which may explain why I never read it growing up. It bugged my mother too, which may explain why I never read it growing up.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/28/top-100-picture-books-2-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-by-eric-carle/#comment-806085 Shannon Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:02:36 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=14123#comment-806085 While I love this book, as a former teacher I am always bothered by the fact that the caterpillar makes a cocoon and comes out a butterfly. Moths have cocoons...a butterfly would have a chrysalis. It's a small detail, but bugs me every time I read it! While I love this book, as a former teacher I am always bothered by the fact that the caterpillar makes a cocoon and comes out a butterfly. Moths have cocoons…a butterfly would have a chrysalis. It’s a small detail, but bugs me every time I read it!

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