Anthony P-Hungry Cata

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a children book designed, illustrated and written by Eric Carle, first published by the World Publishing Company in 1969, later published by Penguin Putnam. A green baby caterpillar hatches from an egg, and from birth he experiences a perpetual craving for food. He eats through fruits on five days, one piece on the first, two on the second, and so on up to five, then experiments with a wider variety of foods. Soon enough he eats too much and nauseates himself. After recovering he spins a cocoon in which he remains for the following two weeks. Later, the caterpillar emerges as a bright, colorful butterfly with large, gorgeous, multi colored wings.

Linear growth means that it grows by the same amount in each time step. The one fruit can represent linear growth because its going up by 1 each day. whither it be the same fruit or different its staying constant through out the book.

I believe Children’s books are a great way to teach due to the many bright pictures that catch kids eyes. A picture book is a lot less boring then a textbook or a novel. Kids can’t read as well at a young age so these pictures can help the children understand the full meaning of the subject.