The Caterpillar

The Caterpillar A magazine for children (aged 7-11) featuring poetry, stories and art. Features the likes of Michael It is printed in an unpronouncable place in Wales.

The Caterpillar is the younger sibling of The Moth, an international arts and literature magazine for grown-ups. The Caterpillar features poetry, stories and art for kids between the ages of 7 and 11(ish). It appears four times a year ‒ in March, June, September and December. John Hegley chose The Caterpillar as one of his 'top ten children's poetry books' in The Guardian - and it's not even a boo

k, or a poetry book for that matter! - sharing the limelight with the likes of Carol Ann Duffy, Michael Rosen and Jacqueline Wilson. It includes some GREAT writing by the likes of Michael Morpurgo, Meshack Asare, Julie O'Callaghan, Dennis Lee (who penned 'Fraggle Rock'), Frank Cottrell Boyce, Mo O'Hara, John Hegley, Ian Whybrow, Mark Lowery, Hilda Offen and Janet Wong (she's read her poems on the Oprah Winfrey Show!). The Caterpillar Poetry Prize is a new annual prize of €1,000 for the best poem written by an adult for children. You can find details of how to enter at www.thecaterpillarprize.com. The magazine is edited by Rebecca O'Connor in her children's former playroom. A one-year subscription (€20) or a single copy (€5) can be ordered at www.thecaterpillarmagazine.com.

❛ The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.Author Madeleine L'Engle, wh...
06/09/2026

❛ The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Author Madeleine L'Engle, who died in 2007.

❛When you grow up to be an author and write books, you’ll think you’re making the books up, but they’ll all really be tr...
16/08/2026

❛When you grow up to be an author and write books, you’ll think you’re making the books up, but they’ll all really be true, somewhere.

Diana Wynne Jones, born in 1934.

How magical is this piece by Gabriella Barouch, who we featured in Issue 12. ✨️
07/08/2026

How magical is this piece by Gabriella Barouch, who we featured in Issue 12. ✨️

❛ There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.Bea...
28/07/2026

❛ There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

Beatrix Potter, born in 1866.

From Issue 19, a good life lesson to take into your week. 'You Can Lead a Horse to Water but You Cannot Make it Drink', ...
26/07/2026

From Issue 19, a good life lesson to take into your week.

'You Can Lead a Horse to Water but You Cannot Make it Drink', by Alys Jackson 🫧

Today's , 'Joy', Maria Pace Wynter (Issue 36) 🦋
16/07/2026

Today's , 'Joy', Maria Pace Wynter (Issue 36) 🦋

Fun-sized and won't weigh down your bags – for summer holidays, The Caterpillar is a bit of a no-brainer!Where will you ...
12/07/2026

Fun-sized and won't weigh down your bags – for summer holidays, The Caterpillar is a bit of a no-brainer!

Where will you take your copy on tour? 🌞

https://themothmagazine.com/moth-shop

Our third place Caterpillar Poetry Prize winner: 'Maybe Call Me Baby' by Laura Schulkind, which judge Robert Schechter c...
04/07/2026

Our third place Caterpillar Poetry Prize winner: 'Maybe Call Me Baby' by Laura Schulkind, which judge Robert Schechter commended 'not just for what it says, but for making me feel as though I were being addressed by a real kid ‒ and a likeable one at that'....

In case you missed it...This week we announced this year's winners of The Caterpillar Poetry Prize - including our first...
20/06/2026

In case you missed it...

This week we announced this year's winners of The Caterpillar Poetry Prize - including our first-prize winner, Anna Llewellyn's 'The Whistler of Muldoon'.

Check out her beautiful winning poem here. 🪶✨

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