caterpillars

To a little caterpillar a trip across the garden was the longest, most adventurous journey in the world.

Toestomper doesn't mind having baby caterpillars invade his home because they make such nice pets, but when they change into butterflies and begin zooming around Littletown, no one is safe.

Faced with writing a story about summer vacation, Malinda Martha imagines herself directing a backyard theater performance of the metamorphosis of a monarch butterfly.

Describes the metamorphoses of a caterpillar into a butterfly, with ideas for exploration of the scientific process through projects and experiments, illustrations, and a glossary.

Little Critter and Gabby find a caterpillar in the yard, and they take care of it until it turns into a beautiful butterfly and flies away. Includes activities.

Young Katie develops an obsession with caterpillars, much to her mother's chagrin, and is distressed when her beloved pets suddenly disappear.

Katie Duck learns how to manage disappointment when she is cast as a wiggling, crawling caterpillar at the spring dance recital.

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days.

Photographs and text document the life of a butterfly from egg to caterpillar, caterpillar to chrysalis, and chrysalis to eight-week-old adult.

Describes the life cycle of the butterfly, from the hatching of the caterpillar, through its struggle to survive, to its metamorphosis into a butterfly and the laying of its own eggs.