A small green inchworm is proud of his skill at measuring anything—a robin’s tail, a flamingo’s neck, a toucan’s beak. Then one day a nightingale threatens to eat him if he cannot measure his song. Children will enjoy the clever inchworm’s solution and delight in finding the tiny hero on every page.

Every inch the classic, this was the first of Lionni’s books to win the Caldecott Honor.
一条身体很小、一点力气都没有的小小一寸虫，它有很多敌人，像鸟儿，只要一个不小心，就会被鸟儿吃掉。当点心！可是一寸虫每次遇到危险时，总是能化险为夷，因为它知道自己有一个很得意的用处，它会──用自己的身体量东西，所以遇到了危险，它就用这个长处来帮敌人量身体、量尾巴、量脚……转移敌人的注意力。

　　但是有一天，一寸虫遇到了一个很大的困难。有一只夜莺竟然要一寸虫量量它的歌到底有多长。歌要怎么量呀？如果它量不出来，就要被吃掉了。一寸虫该怎么办呢？别紧张，一寸虫急中生智，想到了一个很棒的方法，它还是用身体一寸一寸地量，最后……

“The lovely colors, the sharp definition of cutouts against white space, the rhythm of the composition, and the simplicity of the whole make a handsome and appropriate book to give pleasure to little children and their elders.”—The Horn Book Magazine