<P> The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a children 's picture book designed , illustrated , and written by Eric Carle , first published by the World Publishing Company in 1969 , later published by Penguin Putnam . It features a caterpillar who eats his way through a wide variety of foodstuffs before pupating and emerging as a butterfly . The winner of many children 's literature awards and a major graphic design award , it has sold 30 million copies worldwide . It has been described as having sold the equivalent of a copy per minute since its publication . It has been described as `` one of the greatest childhood classics of all time . '' It was voted the number two children 's picture book in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers . </P>
<P> The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a children 's picture book designed , illustrated , and written by Eric Carle , first published by the World Publishing Company in 1969 , later published by Penguin Putnam . It features a caterpillar who eats his way through a wide variety of foodstuffs before pupating and emerging as a butterfly . The winner of many children 's literature awards and a major graphic design award , it has sold 30 million copies worldwide . It has been described as having sold the equivalent of a copy per minute since its publication . It has been described as `` one of the greatest childhood classics of all time . '' It was voted the number two children 's picture book in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers . </P>
when did the very hungry caterpillar come out
when did the very hungry caterpillar come out
1969
1969