This clever send-up of every child's biggest challenge -- being patient! -- is a STEM-friendly, laugh-out-loud comedy about metamorphosis. * "Super-charged." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review"Will delight fans of Mo Willems's "Pigeon" series... absolutely charming." --School Library JournalHEY! What are you guys doing?We're going to metamorphosize.Meta-WHAT-now?Transform into butterflies.Right. Right. I knew that...WAIT?! You're telling me I can become a BUTTERFLY?Yes.With wings?Yes.Wait for ME!!Ross Burach's hilarious, tongue-in-cheek exploration of metamorphosis will make you flutter with glee, while also providing real facts about how caterpillars transform into butterflies.

Explore the wonderful world of butterflies with the Junior Scientist series for kids ages 6 to 9 Have you ever wondered how chubby caterpillars transform into beautiful, graceful butterflies? Or why some butterflies have bright, colorful wings while others look plain? Butterflies for Kids answers all your questions with fascinating facts, photos, and illustrations. Learn about the butterfly life cycle, their unusual behaviors, and impressive migrations. You'll even find tips for attracting butterflies to your backyard and using a kit to raise your own! This standout among butterfly books for kids includes: The complete life cycle—Discover how caterpillars grow, what happens inside a chrysalis, how butterflies find mates, and how they stay safe out in the wild. Backyard butterfly profiles—Learn all about 32 different butterflies commonly found in North America, including monarchs, swallowtails, painted ladies, and more. Stats and facts—Explore where and when you can spot different butterflies, what they like to eat, and other fun facts that make each species unique. Take a journey through the lives of butterflies with Butterflies for Kids!

What is a butterfly's life? It's full of twists and turns as butterfly glide on air currents. It's full of dips and dives as they show off for their mates. There are more than 17,000 kinds of butterflies in the world. Some of them will only live for a few days. Others will migrate thousands of miles to winterin a warmer climate. Still others will hibernate through the cold months. For all butterflies, life begins with etamorphosis. In one of nature's most amazing feats, caterpillars become creatures of beauty and grace.Filled with winsome illustrations and a delightful design that looks like an artist's sketchbook, this is an inspiring companion to "It's a Hummingbird's Life".

Fly is fed up with everyone studying butterflies. Flies are so much cooler! They flap their wings 200 times a second, compared to a butterfly's measly five to twelve times. Their babies-maggots-are much cuter than caterpillars (obviously). And when they eat solid food, they even throw up on it to turn it into a liquid. Who wouldn't want to study an insect like that? In an unforgettably fun, fact-filled presentation, this lovable (and highly partisan) narrator promotes his species to a sometimes engrossed, sometimes grossed-out, class of kids.

Butterflies and moths are some of the most amazing creatures in nature. There are over 180,000 different kinds and they can be found on every continent except the Antarctic. From Monarchs to swallowtails, Blue Morphos to birdwings, the intricate beauty of butterflies spans the globe and yet also settles close to home in a child's garden, local park or window box. This large-format book brings the vibrancy and ecosystem of butterflies to life with simple text and gorgeous illustrations, covering the key butterfly and moth families and including scores of fascinating facts. Learn the unique way that butterflies see, or be amazed by the multiple double-page spreads showing wingspans in sensational detail. A stunning showcase of the world's butterflies and moths, debuting one of the UK's finest natural history illustrators, Ben Rothery. Also available: Hidden Planet, Ben Rothery's Weird and Wonderful Animals, Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals and Water World.

A guide to creating habitats suitable for butterflies offers advice on growing host and nectar plants, building nets and cages, and caring for and feeding butterflies, and provides identification clues for various species.

Using dazzling and detailed photographs, "I Am a Butterfly" teaches the main stages of metamorphosis from the point of view of the butterfly, which is both educational and entertaining. A monarch butterfly faces metamorphosis, overcomes her fear of the dark chrysalis, and takes flight with beautiful new wings. Big changes, no matter how scary at first, can bring new friends and new opportunities filled with delicious nectar.Resources and action points provide many ways to become actively engaged in protecting the monarch butterfly population at home or at school. Readers will learn how to attract monarchs to their own backyard, which is great fun and can help grow back the endangered monarch butterfly population.Although perfect for teachers, parents, kids, and monarch butterfly lovers, adults can also relate to the butterfly's big changes and be reminded that after the dark scary chrysalis come the beautiful wings."I Am a Butterfly" includes: * Beautiful photos of each stage of metamorphosis* Ideas to attract monarchs to your school or backyard* Resources to protect monarch butterflies* Internet links for butterfly research* A life cycle diagram* Fun facts about butterflies* Opportunities to discuss life skillsYou¿re a butterfly, too.