3.0 stars. This is one Children's book that I did not read as a child but it was a favorite of my now five year old daughter and I must have read and enjoyed it a hundred times.

I read this to my niece. She slapped me with the book.
The illustrations were hideous and the language terrible. No originality whatsoever!
I couldn't spot any parallelism other than if you eat too much, you'll become a beautiful butterfly,
which is anatomically incorrect.
What are we teaching our kids?!The nerve of the author

Nice and sweet, with beautiful colours!

One of the joys of becoming a parent is being able to revisit your own childhood favourites, this classic tale of the metamorphosis of a caterpillar to a butterfly is one of the earliest books I can remember as a kid and was the perfect place to start.

So simple and clever as it not only teaches children to count but also explains a part of the animal kingdom around them.

if u haven't read this book wyd !!!! absolutely iconic, 11/10 would recommend my first fave book

it follows a very hungry caterpillar as he navigates this cruel, cruel world in search for a decent feed. Everyday he must rise and eat in a terrible, repetitive cycle that teaches us early of the mundanity of the working week.

But do not worry, for at the end (spOILER ALERT !) he becomes a beautiful butterfly, and all the time he's spent existing and living within this capitalistic society which demands we work everyday in order to achieve some far off dream is ACHIEVED as caterpillar self-actualises and becomes the best version of himself he could be. Caterpillar is the american dream.

the caterpillar: *eats too much, goes into a cocoon*
me, a child: I think he died!
the caterpillar, emerging as a butterfly:

Eh. I've seen hungrier caterpillars.

Eric Carole’s ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ is an explosion of colour, a delicate series of vivid collages unfolding and immersing us in the journey of said titular character.

We can talk about the metaphors/morals of behind eating well, of blossoming into a beautiful butterfly or talk the intricacies of the collages. But the truth is ,this review is a shout out to my icon, the caterpillar who made me into the snack obsessed man I have become today.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the reason I power walk the streets of Suffolk at 9:43pm, 17 minutes before the East of England Co-operative closed. The very same reason I loiter an uncomfortably long amount of time at the snacks counter at any event/house warming. Bristol Waitrose, Kesgrave Dominoes, Edinburgh Margiotta, the London Liverpool Street train station Wasabi, my fridge. A select few places affected by my need. The need for snacks.

Smashing out a whole packet of biscuits was never an indulgence. It was a necessity. A tribute. A memoir to an old friend who’s lifestyle has stuck with me since being a child.

You may eat snacks to fill the hole of hunger, but I eat snacks to leave holes just like my caterpillar chum.

I can only hope to become a big fat caterpillar soon, but i fear the day I turn into a butterfly. Knowing that I will have to replace my snacking ways with the responsibility of some metaphor relating to pollen collecting/adult life.

Thank you Eric Carle but more importantly thank you The Very Hungry Caterpillar. But most importantly thank you Saskia x

Eric Carle has designed, written and illustrated this book! He was not only talented but obviously loved kids very much :)
It's really a great children's picture book - the kids learn not only weekdays and numbers, but also names of various food. What is the most important, the kids learn already a bit of biology :) - the phases a caterpillar goes before it becomes a beautiful butterfly.
What I loved particularly were illustrations! :)

RIP Eric Carle who died today aged 92.

Former president George W. Bush named this his favorite book from childhood (it came out when he was 23 ... but perhaps he meant his kids' childhood). In any event it's one of my favorites from my childhood, and from reading to my own kids. Was it the first to put holes through its pages? Probably not, but it worked very well. Kids like sticking their fingers in things - genius!

Anyhow - this is one HUNGRY caterpillar! He puts a hole through everything be it a slice of watermelon (or wacca menon as my daughter first said it), ice cream cone, or sausage.

It is in fact one of the bestselling books in the history of literature!



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So what does this epic teach us?

1/ Everything in moderation. Our caterpillar just sticks a single hole in each food item - he ain't that sort of greedy, he'll leave some for others.

2/ Try new things. Our caterpillar ain't picky, he'll try anything once, even gherkin!

3/ Eat healthy to avoid stomach ache. A nice green leaf will sort you out.

4/ Change is good. Straighten up and fly right and you too could become a beautiful butterfly and... um ... fly, right!




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A favourite of both my children. My daughter had a board book version of this that she absolutely loved from about 6 months on. She loved the holes in each page and every single time we read it she had to pretend her little finger was the caterpillar and make eating noises at every hole, and when the butterfly emerges we had to make the book flap into the air. It's not a realistic representation of a butterfly and obviously the butterfly isn't eating usual butterfly food but this was a well loved book in our house for years.

"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle is an engaging story that promotes curiosity about nature and the life cycle of a butterfly. It encourages exploration of growth and transformation, making it a solid choice for young readers interested in biology.