My children have always been fond of the 1969 book, 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle, so when we received this game as a present for one of their birthdays this year from their Great Aunty, they were keen to play the game. In the story, a little egg turns into a caterpillar, who spends a whole week munching on various foods he finds, until he eventually has eaten so much, he wraps himself up in a cocoon, When he emerges he is a beautiful butterfly. The game has been designed totally with the book in mind. The images used are from the book, and the aim of the game is to follow the plot of the book in a linear manner around the board. ...  Read the complete review

My big girl is now 4 yeays old and has in the last couple of months developed a real love of board games. She's not so happy with the whole losing part of it though and we frequently see her throwing herself to the floor if things don't go her way but overall she loves the whole participation and the fact that it is something we can all get involved with. Obviously her tender age does mean there are certain restrictions to the type of games she can play and up until recently the one that we really played was Snakes & Ladders. Fortunately Christmas came Father Christmas managed to find a couple of other games for my girls. One of these being The Very ...  Read the complete review