As you may be able to tell from the title, this books feels like it is yet another product trying to ride on the popularity of Eric Carle's original 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. Having said that, it is a worthwhile little lift-the-flap book for the youngest readers.

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The artwork is lovely, in Carle's familiar style. It is full of animals and nature scenes that we have not seen before by the author. Each of the illustrations is stunning and loveable. In a sense this book is a toddlers book of art.

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Younger children enjoy the interactive element of the book: lifting the flaps and discovering the hidden animals. The text is written in rhyme, which is nice.

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I cannot say that this is a remarkable book or a particularly original book. Yet children's books do not need to be original, they only need to be good - and this is a good version of this type of book. It is artful and enjoyable.