Eric Carle die-cut pages, foldouts, and other innovative uses of page space." In a 2012 survey of "School Library Journal" readers, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was voted the number two children's picture book behind "Where the Wild Things Are". Eric Carle Eric Carle (born June 25, 1929) is an American designer, illustrator, and writer of children's books. He is most noted for "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", a picture book that has been translated into more than 65 languages and sold more than 46 million copies, which is equivalent to 1.7 copies sold every minute since it was published. Since it was published
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.