Toestomper, who is mean, rude, and disgusting, changes his ways after he destroys the home of a bunch of caterpillars and is forced to adopt them.

La oruga muy hambrienta es un libro lleno de colorido que habla de como una oruga se transforma en una linda mariposa. Los nįos se divierten al descrubrir los cambios tan asombrosos por los que pasa la oruga. Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate...

A rowdy pillow fight among young caterpillars causes the Big Caterpillar to step in and take action.

To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.

Although she does not know why or how, a small creepy-crawly bug is certain that she must make her way to Mexico.

Impressed by the proud caterpillar's boast that she will turn into a butterfly when she grows up, a polliwog determines to watch the caterpillar very carefully and turn into a butterfly too.

Caterpillar wants to fly like Butterfly, Bumblebee, and Sparrow, and Butterfly thinks his wish may come true.

Caterpillar wants to fly away with her friends Bee and Ladybug, and she can after she becomes a butterfly.