Wiggle into spring with The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

Spring is in the air – lambs are bleating, chicks are tweeting and the very hungry caterpillar is . . . STILL EATING!

Today is Very Hungry Caterpillar Day, an opportunity to welcome the first day of spring and wish a very happy birthday to your favourite creepy crawly. To celebrate, we have spring celebration packs to giveaway to 3 little caterpillars.

To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is tweet @PuffinBooks a picture reading or enjoying The Very Hungry Caterpillar using the hashtag #VHCDay.

Here are some photos from yesterday’s Giant Wiggles for Action for Children to get you started!

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A huge thank you to our friends at Wild and Wolf for the wonderful breakfast sets, and to Cawston Press for the juice.

M is for Mum

How can you make Mother’s Day extra special? We’ve been thinking of fun activities, things to make and do and perfect gifts to show your mum how much you love her.

So without much further ado, we give you…

A is for A to Z of ways to make Mother’s Day Extra Special
B is for breakfast in bed
C is for chocolates
D is for drawing a picture
E is for eating all your greens
F is for fun in the countryside

Spot Loves His Mum by Eric Hill

Sweet Honey by Cathy Cassidy

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

G is for Grandmas (because they’re mums too!)
H is for hugs
I is for icing biscuits
J is for jumping around and dancing crazy
K is for kettle and making lots of cups of tea.
L is for LOVE
M is for making her feel marvellous
N is for new slippers
O is for old photos
P is for pampering
Q is for quiet
R is for reading together

Alfie and Grandma by Shirley Hughes

LOVE from the Very Hungry Caterpillar

S is for surprises!
T is for tidying up
U is for unicorns (because all mums secretly want one)
V is for being very, very, very, very helpful ALL day
W is for washing your socks
X is for XXXX
Y is for yellow daffodils
Z is for zipping through your homework

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Jinney

The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson

Peter Pan by J M Barrie

Hattie B Magical Vet: The Unicorn’s Horn

Moominmamma

If you’re looking for the perfect treat this mother’s day, look out for our competition over on @PuffinBooks tomorrow where you could win a bundle of books for you and books for your mum!

For more great ideas, make-and-dos and competitions sign up for the monthly Puffin Newsletter, BeakSpeak!

LOVE from the Very Hungry Caterpillar

You are . . . the cherry on my cake . . . the apple of my eye. 

You make . . . the sun shine brighter . . . my heart flutter . . .

The Very Hungry Caterpillar has come over all romantic! Join him in his celebration of love and let someone know you care with this Very Lovely Valentine’s Day card. Simply follow the steps below and you’re guaranteed to win the affections of your Valentine this year.

Christmas is coming & the caterpillar’s getting fat

What are your Christmas traditions? From mini-mince pie making with your mum to teetering on a chair to pop an ancient Barbie doll on the Christmas tree, we’ve heard quite a few and across the world wide web a new tradition is emerging  . . . . Christmas Eve Boxes! They’re filled with cosy bed socks, carrots for Rudolf and a bedtime story to read before Santa arrives. Hearing the word carrot the Very Hungry Caterpillar just waggled an excited antenna. He’s counting down to Christmas too. What do you think he’ll be eating on Christmas day? One figgy pudding, two mince pies and three Brussels Sprouts of course . . .

To win the Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Christmas Eve box, which includes room stickers, a Pop-Up-Pull -Out book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Christmas 123, and the original story, jingle your way over to @puffinbooks twitter to enter.

What Christmas traditions do you have in your house? Write them in the comments!

A big thank you and Merry Christmas to our friends at FunToSee for the Very Hungry Caterpillar room decorations and Rainbow Designs for the super soft and fury toy caterpillar.