Eric Carle 2009, celebrating the first day of spring. He also designed a "Google doodle" with autumnal theme for the use in Southern Hemisphere. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was chosen by Jumpstart for Young Children as the book for Read For the Record 2009 on October 8 of that year. The program encourages educators, librarians and parents to try to have as many as possible read the same book on the same day all over the world. Carle has won numerous awards for his work in children's literature, including the Japan Picture Book Award, the Regina Medal and the Lifetime Achievement Award
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100. "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" has been recorded by a variety of artists, often with variations in the title, such as "You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover" or "You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover". An early lineup of the Rolling Stones made a demo recording of the song in October 1962. In 1963, the Yardbirds with Eric Clapton recorded a live version of the song at the Crawdaddy Club in London during the sessions that produced the "Sonny Boy Williamson and The Yardbirds" album.