Hope for the Flowers

Blurb

Hope for the Flowers is an allegorical novel by Trina Paulus. It was first published in 1972 and reflects the idealism of the counterculture of the period. Often classed as a children's novel, it is a fable or parable "partly about life, partly about revolution and lots about hope – for adults and others including caterpillars who can read". The two caterpillar heroes, Yellow and Stripe, begin their search for meaning by attempting to climb to the top of a caterpillar pillar only to discover another destiny.
The novel has been translated into Spanish, Dutch, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Persian.