This rhyming easy-to-read non-fiction science reader covers a favorite nature subject taught in the early childhood curriculum -- the metamorphosis of a caterpillar to a butterfly. "Butterflies start as tiny eggs. Out come caterpillars with many legs...." With catchy rhyming text, author Karen Shapiro gives readers a very simple lesson in the process of metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. The spare text, paired with illustrator Jean Cassels' vivid realistic art, follows the fascinating process step-by-step. Readers see the caterpillar being born, eating, growing, shedding skin, gradually changing form inside a chrysalis, then emerging as a beautiful butterfly. The last page of the book catalogs the many different kinds of butterflies that appear inside, each of them identified with their correct names.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Hello Readers, Hello Readers Level 2, Hello Readers Science, Hello Readers Science Level 2, Science Series .

There are 31 pages in this book. This book was published in 2002 by Scholastic US .

Jean Cassels is the author and/or illustrator of more than children's 60 books, including Two Bobbies , about a dog and cat that were rescued after Hurricane Katrina. The book, which she illustrated, won over 20 state children's choice awards. A resident of New Orleans, Jean was chosen to create the poster for Rex, King of Carnival and Mardi Gras, which will go to The Historic New Orleans Collection.