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"Spines, false eyes, looking like poop . . . colorful photos and descriptive text help explain the body parts, characteristics, and life cycles that make caterpillars special-and creepy"--

Read and find out about how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

After a caterpillar comes to school in a jar, the children are captivated as it eats, grows, and eventually becomes a beautiful Painted Lady butterfly.

This is a clear and appealing environmental science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. Plus it includes web research

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Caterpillars attract children like magnets--their shapes, colors, and locomotion styles are impossible to resist. Now children can explore the dazzling diversity of the world's caterpillars illustrated in hundreds of full-color photographs. The charm of these larval forms of moths and butterflies is captured in verse and easy-to-follow narrative text by award-winning poet and nature writer Marilyn Singer. Includes matching game, quiz, glossary, and...

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of a variety of caterpillars.

Describes how a caterpillar develops into a butterfly, and discusses moths and the feeding habits and defenses of butterflies.

Briefly describes the life cycle of the caterpillar.

Describes the many kinds of caterpillars, their life cycle, struggle for survival, and role in man's economy. Includes a chapteron raising caterpillars.