Ocean State Libraries

Butterflies bloom as delicately as flowers in this visually magnificent story of beginnings, middles and ends.

Nancy is furious when she cannot go to her friend Bree's butterfly-themed birthday party, but her family's outing might just be extraordinary enough to make her feel better. Includes facts about butterflies.

"In this fascinating book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Horse, Wendy Williams explores the lives of one of the world's most resiliant creatures--the butterfly--shedding light on the role that they play in our ecosystem and in our human lives"--

Some farms grow vegetables or grains, and some raise cows, sheep, chickens, or pigs. But have you ever heard of a butterfly farm? How do you raise a butterfly? On a farm in Costa Rica, workers care for these delicate, winged creatures as they change from eggs to caterpillars to pupae. Like any other crop, the butterflies will eventually leave the farm. But where will they go? And just how do you ship a butterfly? Very carefully! To discover how...

When they start a unit on butterflies Ms. Frizzle accidentally turns all the kids in her class into butterflies.

A butterfly collector wins a lottery and, thus, acquires a remote cottage where he imprisons a young woman.

Provides a simple explanation of what happens as a caterpillar changes into a butterfly--from the caterpillar's point of view.

A simple illustrated introduction to the life cycle of a butterfly.

Flattered at first that all the other fairies and sparrow men want her to paint their portraits, Bess soon begins to feel overwhelmed and tries to find a way to return to the kind of painting she really wants to do.