The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969)

by Eric Carle

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
21,715	1041	172	(4.37)	196
Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days.

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

terbrocklibrary, nherche, DairyLord, LeahCluff, ATarnow, AudreyMezil, FMClibrary67114, NZHardmanFamily, ldeblank

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Member recommendations

60
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle (gilberts)
00
The crawly crawly caterpillar by H. E. Todd (bookel)

▾Lists

Favorite Childhood Books (62)

Best children's picture books (1)

Favorite Animal Fiction (13)

» 24 more

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (11)

100 books to read in a lifetime (4)

A Smorgasbord of Culinary Fiction (5)

BBC Big Read (59)

Honey For a Child's Heart (5)

Best Children's Books You've Read (40)

27 Books Parents Should Read to Their Kids Before They Grow Up (1)

Top-Rated Children's Books (16)

Five books to read aloud to your kids (2)

Brightly Beaming Curriculum Books (4)

CCE 1000 Good Books List (30)

my children books reading list-from 100 great books (14)

Puffin Books 70th anniversary handbook recommendations (5)

Best Board Books for Babies (4)

Children's Books About Science and Math (1)

Books With Our Favorite First Lines (154)

1960s (86)

Before Austen Comes Aesop (21)

75 Books for Literacy Block: Fall 2016 (8)

Childhood Favorites (276)

Bennett's 30 Great Books Every Preschooler Should Meet (12)

Books Read in 2022 (4,282)

Under The Chinaberry Tree (93)

Books Mentioned in The Wedding Planner's Daughter series (27)

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 196 mentions

▾Member reviews

English (1,025) Dutch (11) Spanish (2) French (1) All languages (1,039)

date ▼ | votes

Showing 1-5 of 1025 (next | show all)

Read Aloud Books with Ms Corey
https://youtu.be/LyjureRNYMQ?si=Ma32Uv6MPp4TTQeg
(

)

Coreyabreau | Sep 22, 2023 |

reviewed

hcs_admin | Aug 18, 2023 |

An ingenious way to practice the days of the week and counting and consider the process of metamorphosis. (

)

rebwaring | Aug 14, 2023 |

Classic, everyone likes this one. Mx and Ms when through phases of asked for every night.

Mx2018 | Aug 14, 2023 |

A childhood classic but also simple in its conception. This was another I was going to use in teaching a class but didn't end up using. (

)

Elise3105 | Aug 13, 2023 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 1-5 of 1025 (next | show all)

▾Published reviews

add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (18 possible)

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Publisher Series

Picture Puffins

Is contained in

The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature by Jack Zipes

The Very Busy Spider | The Very Hungry Caterpillar | The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

Has the adaptation

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Pop-Up Book by Eric Carle

▾Awards and Honors

Awards

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, No 199 – 2003)

Distinctions

IBBY Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities (Books with Braille or Tactile Illustations – 2007)

Indies Picture Book Hall of Fame (2011)

Notable Lists

1,000 Books to Read Before You Die Page-A-Day Calendar (2021)

100 Books to Read in a Lifetime

100 Essential New England Books (100)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (2009.0013, 2009, Age 0-3)

De Grote Vriendelijke 100 (47)

NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (12th Edition: 1996-1998)

Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books (76 – 1997)

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Original title

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Alternative titles

Original publication date

1969-06-03

People/Characters

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Awards and honors

Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books (1997, No 76)

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 199)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (2009.0013 | 2009, Age 0-3)

100 Essential New England Books (Boston Globe, #100)

Indies Picture Book Hall of Fame (2011)

(show all 8 items)

Epigraph

Dedication

For my sister Christa.

First words

In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.

Quotations

He was a big, fat caterpillar.

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

English

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (3)

Lexile

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Wikipedia:Yet more Best of BJAODN

▾Book descriptions

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

One sunny Sunday, the caterpillar was hatched out of a tiny egg. He was very hungry. On Monday, he ate through one apple; on Tuesday, he ate through three plums--and still he was hungry. When full at last, he made a cocoon around himself and went to sleep, to wake up a few weeks later wonderfully transformed into a butterfly!

Haiku summary