TEN LITTLE CATERPILLARS

Ten Little Caterpillars

Written by: Bill Martin Jr

Illustrated by: Lois Ehlert

Beach Lane Books, 2011

31 Pages

Fiction

            I chose this book because I am very familiar with the authors’ books such as Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? This story counts page by page from one to ten caterpillars. Each caterpillar gets one step closer to becoming a butterfly until the tenth one finally does. The story is very simple, but cute.

The illustrations in this story use bright primary colors with little curvature. If anyone has read any off Bill Martin’s books will recognize that all the illustrations are very similar and created the same way. Lois Ehlert uses watercolors in his designs.

The book has not won any awards, but the author is very well known and has won many awards. I would recommend this book for preschool and kindergarten aged children for it is written simple and lessons this book contains fits a young group. I would use this story teach coloring, counting, and the life of a caterpillar.