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
Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne with "Jolt" describing the music as having a nice retro-futuristic feel which sets the mood perfectly. "G4" commented on the game's voice acting as overly dramatic but appropriate, but criticized many of the sound effects as being cheesy. "GameSpot" described Ardan's dialogue as somewhat lame, and also criticized the game's sound effects. "Metacritic" averaged out the scores of several internet reviews of "Voyage" to reach a rating of 71%, the closest to an 'overall' rating of the game. Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne (known as Journey to the Moon in the United Kingdom and Australia)