Carle's first children's book, "1, 2, 3 to the Zoo," was published that same year and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" came the following year. It has since been translated into 70 languages.

In 2010, CYBIRD Co., Ltd. debuted an educational video game based on The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Curiously, even though the book itself serves as an early tool for teaching counting, the video ...

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar was far from an instant success and sales were slow. “It took five or six years for me to make enough money to live a very modest life,” Carle says.

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art held its annual “Very Hungry Caterpillar Day,” featuring activities for small children, complete with a few chances to “meet” the caterpillar himself.

Times staff share personal memories of reading the children's books of Eric Carle, the "Very Hungry Caterpillar" author who died this week at 91.

Eric Carle said The Very Hungry Caterpillar was "a book of hope", in a BBC interview in 2019 Eric Carle, the US author of best-selling children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has died aged 91 ...

Times staff share personal memories of reading the children's books of Eric Carle, the "Very Hungry Caterpillar" author who died this week at 91.