Is The Very Hungry Caterpillar Age Appropriate?

I watched the popular children’s story book called “The Very Hungry Caterpillar on YouTube, narrated by the author Eric Carle.

                                             

The story is about a hungry caterpillar that continuously eats for a week and eventually turns into a beautiful butterfly. The illustrations and story encourages young children to count.

The caterpillar reminded me of toddlers who love eating, trying out different textures of food to help them grow into beautiful children?

The only counting my grandchild can do at the moment is how many spoonfuls are left in the yoghurt pot!

As an adult, this book reads like a calorie counter with pictures, it shows that you cannot eat your five a day and chocolate cake without putting on the pounds, just look at the caterpillar on day seven!

My final thought: it’s worth reading, or if your like me just watch it on YouTube!