What is The Very Hungry Caterpillar in emojis?

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle can be summed up in emojis as: 🥚🐛🍎🍐🍓🍊🍰🍭🍄🦋🌱 — a shorthand emoji plot summary you can copy and share.

How do you describe The Very Hungry Caterpillar with emojis?

Break the story into its key beats and pick one or two emojis for each — the setting, the main characters, the turning point, and the ending. The decoded summary above shows one way to do it for The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

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Picture BookEric Carle · 1969

The Very Hungry Caterpillar in Emojis

A tiny caterpillar eats his way to becoming a butterfly — in emoji.

A newly hatched caterpillar eats through more and more food each day of the week until, full and grown, he wraps himself in a cocoon and emerges as a beautiful butterfly.

The plot in emoji

The Very Hungry Caterpillar emoji summary, decoded

Here's what each part of the emoji story means, beat by beat.

🥚🌙In the moonlight, a tiny egg sits on a leaf.
🐛☀️Out pops a very hungry little caterpillar.
🍎🍐🍓He eats through fruit — one apple, two pears, three plums...
🍰🍭🧀On Saturday he devours cake, candy, cheese, and more.
🤢🍃With a tummy ache, he nibbles one nice green leaf.
🐛🛖Now big and fat, he builds a small cocoon around himself.
⏳🌱He waits inside for more than two weeks.
🦋🌈At last he emerges as a beautiful butterfly.

The cast of The Very Hungry Caterpillar in emoji

The main characters, one emoji each — tap any to copy.

🐛

The Caterpillar

The ever-hungry star.

🦋

The Butterfly

What he becomes.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar emoji set

A copyable set of emojis that capture the book's vibe. Tap any emoji, or copy them all.

Did you know?

One of the best-selling picture books of all time — a copy has sold roughly every minute since it was published.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Very Hungry Caterpillar in emojis?: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle can be summed up in emojis as: 🥚🐛🍎🍐🍓🍊🍰🍭🍄🦋🌱 — a shorthand emoji plot summary you can copy and share.
How do you describe The Very Hungry Caterpillar with emojis?: Break the story into its key beats and pick one or two emojis for each — the setting, the main characters, the turning point, and the ending. The decoded summary above shows one way to do it for The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
What can I use these book emojis for?: Copy the The Very Hungry Caterpillar emoji summary into a book-club chat, a BookTok or Instagram caption, a reading challenge, or a 'guess the book from emojis' game.

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