Trivia / The Very Hungry Caterpillar

• Kids' Meal Toy: In 1996, McDonald's released a set of six finger puppets based on Eric Carle books in their Happy Meals. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's puppet was of him inside an apple.
• Pop-Culture Urban Legends: There is a widely disseminated story that Eric Carle was not happy at being forced to include the scene of the caterpillar suffering a stomachache. It originated from a fake interview published as an April Fool's Day prank.
• What Could Have Been: The original draft for the story involved a bookworm.

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