This A Very Hungry Caterpillar colouring book is a black and white version of the original book. Eric Carle fans and budding illustrators can now bring this bestselling story to life, in their own colours, and at the same time enjoy reading their favourite story.

Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award winning author/illustrator of books for very young children. He was born in New York, but spent his early life in Germany. He returned to the States in his early twenties and worked as a graphic designer for the New York Times. He went on to be the art director of an advertising agency before he began writing and illustrating children's books. Eric lives in Massachusetts with his wife Barbara. The Carles opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts in 2002.