The Very Special Baby Book

Cherish every moment of your child’s very special first year in this keepsake baby book, featuring the Very Hungry Caterpillar and friends.

New parents will love revisiting favorite characters from Eric Carle’s long list of beloved children’s books while recording their newborn’s milestones in this keepsake album filled with his iconic artwork. There’s space to capture every detail from pregnancy and birth to favorite lullabies, first smile, and more.

There's a spot for baby’s hand and footprints, monthly recaps of development, pages to include pictures as baby grows, and dozens of illustrations throughout, including the Very Hungry Caterpillar, the Grouchy Ladybug, Brown Bear, and many more childhood favorites.

The Very Special Baby Book also includes special features, such as:

• Two envelopes for saving a lock of hair and other treasures
• Two sheets of milestone stickers
• A large pocket on the inside back cover for storing larger keepsakes

Millions of children have loved exploring the world of Eric Carle; now, new parents and grandparents can revisit his sweet and colorful characters while creating memories for their children.Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into seventy languages and sold over fifty-five million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many bestsellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. Eric Carle passed away in 2021 at the age of ninety-one. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today.