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Very Hungry Caterpillar (The)
by Eric Carle
Age Range: 6-8
The Very Hungry Caterpillar was included in the ‘Reading the Way’: Inclusive Books from Around the World Research and ‘Reading the Way 2’ projects. (Full report in the Education Zone of this website)
Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been lovingly created by hand into a tactile and braille version for VI and sighted children. The colourful collage illustrations, on specially prepared paper, has used 34 different textured materials. Contours are explored as an added dimension of shapes through the use of multi-layered and embroidered elements.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, in this format, would generally be too expensive to produce in a mainstream publishing setting. The challenge of producing it in terms of bringing it to a UK audience would be the stringent UK safety standards that they would need to meet. These safety tests will often mean such books are unlikely to make it onto the bookshelves of UK children. High production costs are also a major challenge - these books are hand-made which means that the retail price will be extremely high.
OIW would like to see ways of making such valuable books available, perhaps by exploring opportunities to part-subsidise, in order to ensure viability for a commercial partner and an affordable price for the end user.