Caterpillar is SO bored. But everyone knows the best cure for boredom: a marvelous, super-long, super-fun, unforgettable party! He already has everything he needs: apple juice, confetti, decorations, party hats and star stickers to stick on your face. Everything is perfect, except for one missing ingredient: FRIENDS.
Unfortunately, none of Caterpillar's friends are available. Caterpillar is SO sad. But then he comes up with an ingenious solution: using a marker, he creates six new friends . . . on himself! After introducing themselves and shaking each others' hands (or feet), it's time for the party to begin. They dance, they play, they put on costumes and even eat seven feet of pizza. It's a marvelous time!
But what happens when the party is over? Will Caterpillar's new friends leave him? Find out in this delightfully quirky picture book.
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August 31, 2021 -
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780735270916
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- English
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Publisher's Weekly
August 16, 2021
Author-illustrator Vola’s spunky digital illustrations follow seafoam-colored, orange-nosed Caterpillar, who wants to throw a party in his apple house but cannot find willing guests. Caterpillar has mature reading tastes—J.D. Salinger’s Nine Stories, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, and George Orwell’s Animal Farm are all among the titles in his room—as well as varied media interests, among them E.T., Spider-Man, and Dragonball Z. Still, his range goes unappreciated by all of his party invitees, who just so happen to be “um, busy.” “I’m sorry, I can’t come. I have to dust the cobwebs,” Spider replies, and Snail doesn’t even recognize the caller. Undeterred, Caterpillar throws a remarkable party with some surprising guests. Vola’s prose maintains an absurdist humor, while whimsical art in a pastel-adjacent palette will hold young readers’ attention in this offbeat ode to innovation and finding satisfaction in solitude. Ages 3–7.
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