The Very Hungry Caterpillar
One sunny day, a caterpillar pops out of an egg. He is very hungry and begins searching for food. He eats his way through ten very sweet pages and gets a tummy ache before finally finding a good, healthy leaf, which makes him sleepy. Then something really amazing happens. But you will have to read it your self to find out what!
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- Lately I’ve been watching my kids grow… and it’s making me realise these little moments won’t stay little forever.
My older one is now obsessed with “Did you know…” science shows like StoryBots + Dr Binocs.
He’ll randomly shoot me with facts like: “Did you know if you can't breathe properly...there might be something wrong with your ravioli?!” (he meant alveoli)
My younger one is starting his reading journey with The Very Hungry Caterpillar. A classic from my childhood… now becoming part of theirs.
And then there’s the art.
The messy, hilarious, fridge-worthy “masterpieces” that adults might overlook as suspiciously sticky works of art.
It made me realise: I don’t just want my kids to learn. I want to be part of their learning journey... and preserve it as they grow.
So I built Notimon — the world’s first note-making game for families with kids.
- Fun and an idea for Jony Ive. These days there definitely seems to be a trend of celebrities- Hollywood actors, professional athletes, politicians and political activists who publish children’s books. Usually without the memorable artfulness of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
- > Penguin Random House owns Eric Carle’s Very Hungry Caterpillar intellectual property. The book has been on Publisher Weekly’s bestseller list every week for 19 years.
This is insane. To be fair, it’s a fun book. But 19 years?!
- It's a toss up between Yorro Yorro: Everything Standing Up Alive by David Mowaljarlai and Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar for me.
Readers who like Kircher might also enjoy: https://books.google.com.au/books?id=C0iGO0Hr95UC and triple check his math .. it gets pretty wonky.
- > I rolled a 15 sided dice
15 sided die? Why didn't you also roll a 58 sided die then?
> I will be reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Great luck! I loved that book as a child. It may have been what led me to HN...
- By the way, the very in the title isn't just an intensifier, it's a reference: The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a classic children's book.
