Description:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a classic children's book. Eric Carle developed, wrote and illustrated the first book, which was published in 1969. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is about a small caterpillar that eats its way through a variety of foods before retreating into its cocoon and becoming a beautiful butterfly.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been described as "one of the most important children's book classics of all time."

Highly recognizable are the illustrations, as well as the "eaten" holes in the pages. Simple text with educational themes accompanies the graphics - for example: simple counting, the days of the week, popular foods, the life cycle of a butterfly.

Since its first publication, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been one of the first books that generations of parents read to their children. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has a high profile among families with children worldwide:

• USA: 72%
• UK 81%
• Germany 78%
• Japan 77%

In the German-speaking markets, 17 versions of the books "Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt " are available.