The big day is finally here ! The Very Hungry Caterpillar is 45 years young today ! It’s a day where all caterpillars will not only be celebrating the anniversary but also the start of Spring too!
We've been loving sharing reviews of many of the lovely Very Hungry Caterpillar products on offer over the past six months and I'll have a special final anniversary celebration blogpost coming up at the weekend. In the meantime, you can keep track of the celebrations with the dedicated hashtag #VHC45, the official twitter feed @WorldEricCarle and the facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/theworldofEricCarle)
To help kick off the celebrations, I have a lovely prize up for grabs for one lucky Madhouse Family Reviews reader - The Very Hungry Caterpillar 'Lets Count' On-the-Go-Book and The Very Hungry Caterpillar Twist and Click Animal Blocks . Just fill in your entries on the Rafflecopter widget below to go into the draw.
UK only. Closing date : 3/4/14
T & C's : Entries close at midnight on the closing date. Winners will be selected with a random number generator and announced on facebook, twitter and in the giveaway post subject line. Please note, you will be contacted by email and/or twitter and if I haven't heard from you after a week, I'll have to pick another winner. Prizes will be sent out by the companies or their PR directly to winners. Madhouse Family Reviews cannot be held responsible for any prizes that go astray !
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great book, I remember it from primary school when learning about life cycles
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ReplyDeleteMy son is 30 and my sister bought him The Very Hungry Caterpillar for his 1st Christmas, then it was used for my daughter. Recently I bought pyjamas, game and another lunch boxfor my grandson- and so the legend goes on, stronger than ever.
ReplyDeleteCannot remember when I first read this book but I was very little! This book is older than me and is still one of my favourites and my children's too!
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ReplyDeleteI remember this book from when I was small.
ReplyDeleteI first read The Very Hungry Caterpillar at primary school.
ReplyDeleteI first read The Very Hungry Caterpillar at primary school, I always remember the vibrant colours in the artwork!
ReplyDeleteI read this to my little sis when we were both kids
ReplyDeleteI can remember reading it at school xx
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a toddler!
ReplyDeleteI think I first read the hungry caterpillar in school, hard to remember as it was over 28 years ago!!
ReplyDeleteI remember my mum reading it to me as a child and it was the very first book we bought for our daughter before she was even born!
ReplyDeleteMy Mum read it to me at home before I started school - happy days
ReplyDeleteIts older than me! I remember my granddad reading it to me when I was young.
ReplyDeleteI think it was at primary school
ReplyDeleteI remember it from when I was little and my mum used to read me it! Lovely book!
ReplyDeleteAshleigh
Can't believe our fav caterpillar has been hungry for so long! First found out about him about 20 years ago (when I was far to old to be reading him shhhh!)
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ReplyDeleteI was either 4 or 5 when I first red the book
ReplyDeleteI was about 4 and in nursery
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is 24 now, and she really loved this book. Not sure if I remember it from before that or not.
ReplyDeleteI remember it from primary school (and Im 28 now!) and I read in to my children xx
ReplyDeleteI first read it when i bought it when i was younger
ReplyDeleteIt was one of the first books I read when I was a little girl x
ReplyDeleteAbout 7 years ago with my 1st son
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I remember reading this book when I was at reception and my kids have read the book since
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I can't recall when I first came across it but I love it! :)
ReplyDeleteI never owned this as a child, but I remember it, so I would imagine from nursery. I bought it for my own daughter :)
ReplyDeletewhen my children were little, over 30 years ago
ReplyDeleteI don't remember it from my own childhood but I do remember my friend's aunt buying it for her first child who's now 10.
ReplyDeleteI had it as a child then i got for both of my children :)
ReplyDeleteMy brother who was 6 years younger than me had it and I read it to him!
ReplyDeleteI first read this book as a small child and now read it to my three children
ReplyDeleteI read this book myself as a child & have always loved it. I used to read it to my son when he was small.
ReplyDeleteWhen my son was small, so about 25 years ago
ReplyDeleteWhen I was about 5/6 and my mum used to read it to me! I still love the story now!
ReplyDeleteI had it read to me when I was a child.
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ReplyDeleteI'm not really sure but I think my daughter had the book when she was young, quite a number of years ago and my granddaughter has one now x
ReplyDeleteI remember my Dad buying me this book and I loved it so much he read it to me every night.
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ReplyDeleteI've discovered it when my son was born more than 6 years ago!
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when my 3 kids were little
ReplyDeleteWhen i was in primary school in the 80s. My son loves it just as much as i did.
ReplyDeleteI recall coming across it in the Children's Library. It was so much fun to read to Pre-School Children. They loved it.
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a long time ago lol
ReplyDeleteI had a sheltered life, and didn't read it until I had babies.
ReplyDeleteI remember it when I was little but I don't know what age I was
ReplyDeletewhen i was really tiny, about 3 or 4.
ReplyDeleteI remember buying this book for my daughter in infant school
ReplyDeleteWell i am 35 now and can remember this when i was small xx
ReplyDeleteI can remember it from when I was a child (quite a long time ago!)
ReplyDeleteI read it to my eldest who is now 29! Now I read it to her sons!
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ReplyDeletelt was one of the first books l found and read to my children (they now have children of their own)
I can remember it as a young child, and my kids love it now
ReplyDeletelove this book, its got such good memories of childhood
ReplyDeleteI think I must have been in nursery!
ReplyDeleteIt was my favourite book at primary school
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ReplyDeleteI am ashamed to say but I only discovered the books recently when browsing books for my grandson
ReplyDeletelovely book brings back memories
ReplyDeleteWhen I was little this was my favourite story :)
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ReplyDeleteWhen i was in primary school xx
ReplyDeleteWhen I was little but can't remember how old.
ReplyDeletewhen my great nephew had the book
ReplyDeleteWhen I was little about 25 years ago. I'm feeling extremely old right now
ReplyDeleteA long time ago when I was at primary school! This is a book I still need to buy for my Noah x
ReplyDeleteWhen I was about 4, My Mam used to read it to me at bedtime.
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ReplyDeleteAt primary school, a long time ago... :) xx
ReplyDeleteIt was read to me as a toddler, then I read it to my sister 10 years later, & now I read it to my 3 year old.
ReplyDeleteI read it as a very young girl with my mother and then at nursery
ReplyDeletefirst read them with my daughter when she was a baby, now aged 12
ReplyDeleteI remember it in year 2 primary the teacher reading it to us all whilst we drank our carton of milk and ate our segment of apple at the end of the school day. loved it from then on
ReplyDelete2 yrs ago when I was pregnant
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ReplyDeleteI remember reading this with my teacher when I was about 5!
ReplyDeleteMy dad used to read this to me when i was about 6
ReplyDeleteAs a young child, in nursery school I think!
ReplyDeletemy earliest recollection of the story is in primary school
ReplyDeletei first read this to my daughter when she was in primary school she is now 30 and enjoys reading this to her little girl
ReplyDeleteI remember it from primary school
ReplyDeleteAbout 5 years ago when grandson was 3
ReplyDeleteAbout 30 years ago when my oldest son was a toddler.
ReplyDeleteLoved this book in school.
ReplyDeleteLoved it as a child and read it to my class now (I'm a teacher)
ReplyDeleteAbout 10 years ago when I first read it to my young son.
ReplyDeleteI remember it from when I was a child, I'm not sure what age
ReplyDeleteI remember it from a child when me and my sister used to read it together
ReplyDeletei remeber my teacher reading it in nursery it was amazing! i wanted to eat as much as it did hehe
ReplyDeleteI think it must have been in my first few years at primary school, it was on the book shelf in the reading corner
ReplyDeletei remember reading it to my little sister as a baby!
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ReplyDeleteI first read this to my daughter,three to four times every day.
ReplyDeleteI forst read it with my daughter when she was 3, she insisted on getting it out of the library after having been read it at nursery
ReplyDeleteI first read it to my niece a few years ago
ReplyDeleteI first discovered it in the local library with my Mum when I was a toddler and I'm re-discovering It now with my toddler.
ReplyDeleteMY MOM USED TO READ THIS TO ME FROM ABOUT THE AGE OF ONE, AND I NOW READ IT TO MY ONE YEAR OLD ;-)
ReplyDeleteI can remember reading this over 20 years ago at the nursery school I worked at
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ReplyDeleteKel Ellen Hirst
I only came across this book when my daughter was born 3 years ago - she loves it. I hope her siblings love the book just as much too :)
ReplyDeleteAbout a year and a half ago, reading it to my son
ReplyDeletereading the book to my Grandchildren
ReplyDeleteMy baby girl has the finger puppet book. she loves it!
ReplyDeleteI read this in primary school and read it to my son and will read it to my daughter when she gets bigger. Favourite childrens book
ReplyDeleteDee Scarlett
when i was a kid!
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ReplyDeleteI remember reading this story to my son when he was small and he is in his 20s now.
ReplyDeleteI first came across this gorgeous book when my eldest was little, he was given a lovely gift set which included the book for his 1st birthday x
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ReplyDeleteI can't remember, I was little :)
ReplyDeleteI remember it from school, loved it. Glad it is still popular all these years later.
ReplyDeleteFirst discovered it whe I had my first child in 2009.
ReplyDeletei think i was in nursery
ReplyDeleteI discovered the book in primary school!
ReplyDeletewith my first child I think.we bought him the board book and he loved it!
ReplyDeleteI first discovered this wonderful book when I read it to my son when he was little.He is 24 now and he still has the original copy to pass on to his children one day
ReplyDeletewhen i was little, think it was a present from a family member, i loved it
ReplyDeleteI first heard it when I was in nursery, I now read it to my children....every child should get the chance to read it, Its an amazing book.
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when my granddad first read it to me when I was little
ReplyDeleteI remember reading it as a child and I now read it to my daughter
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ReplyDeleteI remember reading this as a kid at primary school - I also remember us all painting a huge picture to go round the assemble hall!
ReplyDeleteI remember it when i was small!!!
ReplyDeleteI cannot remember actually reading it before I had my son though I knew it existed. Now its a family favourite.
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ReplyDeleteWhen my daughter was little, now her own daughter loves it x
ReplyDeleteI got it for my Birthday when I was 2 - and loved it ever since. Now my children love it too !
ReplyDeleteMust have been my mum read it to me adnd the reinforced at school, Love the book :)
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i dont remember it from school myself but i remember my younger brother reading it :)
ReplyDeleteIt was in the school library when I was about 6. There was a waiting list for it because it was so popular.
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ReplyDeleteI remember having it read to me as a very small child and loving it
ReplyDeleteI first found it when my son was little and I was given a book by my friend.
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ReplyDeleteI first came across The Very Hungry Caterpillar when I helped in a reception class in a school about ten years ago. The children loved the story and were fascinated by the life cycle of a butterfly. It was easy and fun for the children to copy pictures using paint and collage to make bright, attractive wall displays.
ReplyDeleteI didn't read it until I was an adult! I think it must have been a younger relative or a friend's child's copy...
ReplyDeleteMy husband reckons that he taught his younger brother to read using this book when he was a child, he has very fond memories of it!
as a baby
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ReplyDeleteI think I first read this when I was a nursery teacher, reading it to my 3 and 4 year olds at work about 15 years ago :)
ReplyDeleteI first read The Very Hungry Caterpillar to our children in the 1980's .
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Mrs Laceys Class - Reception, 23 Years ago :)
ReplyDeleteBecci Cleary
me and my partner used to read to my bump when i was pregnant with my son... but i used to read it as a sprog!
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i remember reading it as a child!
ReplyDeletemy mum used to read this to me when i was younger, and i still have exactly the same book that i now read to my children - although it does look like its seen better days (i am 26 though lol)
ReplyDeleteWhen I was around 3 :)
ReplyDeleteWhen my youngest sister was very small she loved this book, I then read it to my daughter when she was born. I now have an infant son who hasn't had the pleasure yet :)
ReplyDeleteI remember hearing it when I went to playschool 30+ years ago!
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i remember it from playschool
ReplyDeleteThe first memory I have of this book was in primary school, i was in reception when my teacher first read it to me :)
ReplyDeleteCan't remember exactly when as I was very young but I know I loved it!! :-)
ReplyDeleteWhen my little sister received it for her birthday!
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ReplyDeleteUsed to read this to my children over 30 years ago, and now read it to my two little granddaughters, aged 1 & 5 - the same rather cloth-eared book! They love it as much as mummy!
ReplyDeleteI can remember my mum reading this to me when I was about 4 x
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A long time ago, I was probably 5 or 6 years old x
ReplyDeletewe have always had a copy of this book from when i was in primary school til now for my grandson.
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ReplyDeleteI dont remember exactly. I think I was read it in pre-school but didnt understand the words very well but the pictures were great!!!
ReplyDeleteI dont remember exactly but sometime at primary school I think
ReplyDeleteStacey guilliatt
when I win it I will read it
ReplyDeleteI can't remember the first time, it must have been when I was at primary school
ReplyDeleteAt playschool :)
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ReplyDeleteI remember it from primary days too.
ReplyDelete@muslimahi
At school :) xx
ReplyDeleteI remember it from when my children started school
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ReplyDeleteI'm very embarrassed to admit only 3 years ago with my son xx
ReplyDeleteJill cordner
Only just discovering it now that I have a young son. Don't really remember it from when I was growing up.
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