love reading Challenge.
And it continues - I still somehow find the time to make this work, even though I'm on tighter and tighter deadlines with reading, writing, and everything.
When I was younger, The Very Hungry Caterpillar was a cute tale with the beautifully crafted pages by Eric Carle. I still love the artwork, but essentially the book tells me "eat a whole bunch, get fat, hibernate, and then you'll be beautiful."
Regardless, I'm not as cynical about this piece as I was The Runaway Bunny. It's so short of a book that I almost don't really know what to say about it. This post is already longer than the words themselves. But yes, grow up, be fat and happy, eat too much sometimes, and fly away. Ah, to be young again and be able to eat piles of cheeseballs without consequence!
Anyway, I look forward to moving up to chapter books because those really shaped me as a reader and a writer. Be on the lookout for more "Books that made me" posts in the future!
Okay, this re-review was hilarious. I love the message of getting fat and beautiful! Harold and the Purple Crayon also said that it's okay to eat way too many pies as long as you give your leftovers to hungry-looking purple crayon animals ;-)
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