NMLP P-036656 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle · World Publishing (US) / Hamish Hamilton (UK) · 1969

First-printing tests: a COMPLETE number line on the copyright page ending in 1 — '1 2 3 4 5 73 72 71 70 69'; 'Printed in Japan' on the copyright page (the die-cut construction had to be printed in Japan); the code 'A3450' at the lower rear board; and the World Publishing imprint on the title page

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-036656 for "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036656, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).