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
Vision Inspired by the People which it shares similar anti-corruption stances. In 2012 VIP nominated candidates for the Belize House in the Belize Rural South and Corozal Bay constituencies, but was not a factor in either election. In the 2015 municipal elections, VIP candidate Hubert Enriquez finished third in a five-way mayoral race in Belmopan. VIP also ran other municipal candidates in Belmopan and San Pedro Town. Vision Inspired by the People Vision Inspired by the People (VIP) is a political party established in December 2005 in the Cayo District of Belize. It first contested municipal elections in the capital city of Belmopan on 1