Harry loves everything about his caterpillar life: crawling up trees, eating leaves, playing with his caterpillar friends, and participating in the Caterpillar Games each Friday. He even enjoys going to caterpillar school where his teacher, a beautiful butterfly named Ms. Betty, teaches about the best leaves to eat. Then one day, Ms. Betty teaches a lesson called "How to Build a Cocoon," where she tells her caterpillar students about building cocoons and turning into butterflies. Harry cannot believe that he has to give up the life he loves as a caterpillar to become a butterfly. Harry decides he won't grow up — he wants to stay the same. Harry's friends, however, teach him that change is a good and promising part of life. Harry's endearing, colorfully illustrated story helps children not to fear change and highlights the positive aspects of growth in our rapidly changing world.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Helps children internalize the positive,
This review is from: Harry the Happy Caterpillar Grows: Helping Children Adjust to Change (Let's Talk) (Paperback)
What I love most about Harry The Happy Caterpillar Grows is that it doesn't speak down to children. In a very open and forthright manner this little story makes change appealing and gives children an expression for their fears and anxieties and possibly an opportunity to talk with the loving adults in their life about changes they face. Either way, it's a great story that will help children internalize the good things about change and feel a whole lot better.
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Great message but most importantly, it's fun to read!,
By Neil Gauthier (Morristown, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harry the Happy Caterpillar Grows: Helping Children Adjust to Change (Let's Talk) (Paperback)
We read this book to our almost three-year-old daughter. She likes all the little details about caterpillar life (they're fun to act out too) and we like that it tells a great story about accepting change. Being a parent (and being a child, for that matter) is about adapting to constant change and any tools that can help you with that are of a great value. So when our daughter tells us that she's "a baby, not a big girl" we can ask her, "don't you want to be a butterfly now like Harry, not a caterpillar?"
It's a good length for bedtime, well written, and with colorful art. Highly recommended.
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Written in cheery prose with brightly colored illustrations,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Harry the Happy Caterpillar Grows: Helping Children Adjust to Change (Let's Talk) (Paperback)
"Harry the Happy Caterpillar Grows: Helping Children Adjust to Change" is a juvenile self-help handbook in the Let's Talk Book series to assist children in adjusting to change. Written in cheery prose with brightly colored illustrations, "Harry the Happy Caterpillar Grows" gradually introduces ideas that will make change easier to accept and integrate for young children. Coping and flexibility, making a list of things that are not changing, focusing on the positive aspects of change, all these suggestions and more are successfully implemented by Harry in his struggle to accept the change coming in his caterpillar life. Children will identify with Harry and learn ways they can work to adjust to changes in their lives too. At the end of "Harry the Happy Caterpillar Grows" there are two lists: One is Tips for Children, and one is Tips for Parents and Guardians; both are very helpful. Also recommended in this series by the same publisher is "Cassandra Gets Her Smile Back: Teaching Children to Care for Their Teeth," by Sherri Alpert, D.D.S., illustrated by Tea Seroya.
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