Hungry for Love

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a 1969 children's picture book by American author and illustrator Eric Carle. The plot follows a very hungry caterpillar that consumes a variety of foods before pupating and becoming a butterfly. It incorporates elements that contribute to early childhood education, including numbers and the days of the week. Since its publication, the book has sold more than 55 million copies and has been translated into over 70 languages. According to its publisher, Penguin Random House, a copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar is sold every 30 seconds. It has been acclaimed as "one of the greatest childhood classics of all time" and praised for its "iconic" art style, featuring collage artwork and pages with holes where the caterpillar "ate" through.