Eric Carle talks about The Very Hungry Caterpillar

26/04/2020

The YouTube video, made by Waterstones to celebrate 40 years of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, shows Eric Carle talking about how he wrote the story, and about how he makes his artwork.

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