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It's a Butterfly's Life

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We have many books on nature for our 2 young children, but this book about caterpillars and butterflies is our favorite. The text is full of fun, and details (many facts even a nature lover like myself didn't know). My kids ask for us to read this book over and over. Highly recommended.

This is a beautifully-illustrated book about butterflies and their cycle of life. It provides a lot of details about butterflies, including the migration of the Monarch butterflies, the different types (buckeye, monarch, Indian Moon, swallowtail, regal greatstreak, etc). The illustrations are gorgeous, giving the pictures an almost life-like appearance, as though the butterflies would take flight out of the pages of the book at any given moment! Older children, aged 9-12 will delight not only in the pictures but also the facts about the metamorphosis etc, but young children like my preschooler will take a lot of pleasure in browsing through the vivid illustrations (and a parent can easily condense the facts for a younger child). Highly recommended!

Fun attractive pages loaded with pretty paintings of all types of butterflies and their babies, sentences rolling through with interesting tidbits, all should keep both children and adults glued to this delightful book. Loved the cute fuzzy-headed caterpillars hatching and the odd bit about caterpillars that can shoot their frass up to three feet! Learning is fun. See also Where Butterflies Grow (Picture Puffins)