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Charlie the Caterpillar
Charlie the Caterpillar
Author: Dom DeLuise, Christopher Santoro (Illustrator)
As Charlie the Caterpillar meets one group of animals after another playing together and having fun, he asks if he can join in. But each time he's told not welcome -- because he's ugly. As winter approaches, Charlie spins himself a cocoon. When spring arrives, the cocoon opens and out comes Charlie -- now a beautiful butterfly. Everyone ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780439754170
ISBN-10: 0439754178
Publication Date: 4/2005
Pages: 32
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5 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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summerlady46 avatar reviewed Charlie the Caterpillar on + 44 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Charlie is dismissed by animals because of his ugliness and feels very hurt and left out, until his transformation into a beautiful butterfly makes them change their minds. This is a cute book with the underlying message that it shouldn't matter what one looks like in choosing friends. Nicely illustrated by Christopher Santoro, this book has a great message for children.
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reviewed Charlie the Caterpillar on + 59 more book reviews
This was basically a different angle on "The Ugly Duckling"--- only he was a caterpillar. And, you could practically HEAR Dom Deluise reading it to you, even as you read it aloud to your children, from the way it's written. It's cute, hilarious, touching all at once, and an even better moral than the original.

Charlie realizes that if the ones who originally spurned him only wanted him now because he was beautiful, then they were not "real" friends. Real friends want you for what is inside, and that's something important for all kids to know. And, Charlie proves himself to be a real friend by becoming best friends with another "ugly" caterpillar, Katie, and telling her the secret of what she is to become...
pigwoman avatar reviewed Charlie the Caterpillar on + 82 more book reviews
Got this for my Grandchildren they love it.


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