Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a children's picture book designed, illustrated, and written by Eric Carle. It features a caterpillar who eats his way through a wide variety of food before emerging as a butterfly. The Very Hungry Caterpillar uses distinctive collage illustrations, 'eaten' holes in the pages and simple text with educational themes such as counting, the days of the week, foods, and a butterfly's life stages.