num_pages: 24
description: Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a perennial favourite with children and adults alike. Its imaginative illustration and clever cut-out detail charts the progress of a very hungry caterpillar as he eats his way through the week. --Susan Harrison
language: English
title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
titlecomplete: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
genres: Fiction, Storytime, Animals, Counting, Picture Books, Kids, Classics, Childrens, Mathematics, Food
ratings_count: 489955
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Primary
publisher: Hamish Hamilton