The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Board book)

About the book

The story begins with a tiny egg on a leaf that hatches into a small, green caterpillar. Over the course of a week, the protagonist eats through a sequence of foods, starting with one apple on Monday and progressing through pears, plums, strawberries, and oranges. On Saturday, the diet shifts to various human snacks, including chocolate cake, Swiss cheese, and a lollipop, which results in a stomachache. After eating a green leaf for relief, the caterpillar builds a cocoon and emerges days later as a multicolored butterfly.

This board book serves infants and toddlers who are learning basic counting and the names of the days of the week. Young children use the physical holes in the pages to practice fine motor skills while following the feeding sequence. Readers finish the book with a basic understanding of the biological process of metamorphosis and the concept of healthy versus excessive eating. It provides a visual framework for internalizing chronological order and simple arithmetic.

Details

Published

1969

Language

EN