# The Very Hungry Caterpillar

**Author:** Eric Carle
**Lexile:** 460L
**Grade range:** Grades K–2
**Age range:** 2–6
**First published:** 1969
**Page count:** 26
**Genre:** Picture Book / Beginner Reader
**ISBN-13:** `9780399227530`
**ISBN-10:** `0399227539`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-very-hungry-caterpillar
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A tiny caterpillar eats its way through the days of the week — and a memorable spread of food — before spinning a cocoon and emerging as a butterfly. Eric Carle's collage classic teaches counting, days of the week, and metamorphosis, a cornerstone of pre-K and grades K-2 early literacy.

## Themes

- nature
- counting
- growing up

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade — [source: The First Academy — Kindergarten Read-Aloud & Early Readers Suggested Summer Reading](https://thefirstacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/K-Prep-and-K-Read-Aloud-Reading.pdf)
- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: CES Academy — Grade-by-Grade Summer Reading List](https://www.ces-schools.net/summer-reading-a-grade-by-grade-recommended-reading-list-for-kids/)

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