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HarperCollins, 2015-04-08

From Caterpillar to Butterfly

From Caterpillar to Butterfly

Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 1

Deborah Heiligman, Author

Bari Weissman, Illustrator

Paperback

SKU:9780062381835

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While watching a caterpillar brought to school in a glass jar slowly change into a beautiful butterfly, the class and the reader learn the basics about the mystery of metamorphosis.
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Heiligman’s gentle, classroom-framed narrative invites young readers to witness metamorphosis firsthand. Through clear language and vivid illustrations, the book fosters curiosity and respect for nature’s cycles, encouraging observation and wonder.

Readability • 2.9

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 32

Subjects • Caterpillars • Butterflies • Metamorphosis • Juvenile works

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Zoology • Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Butterflies, Moths & Caterpillars • Juvenile Nonfiction | School & Education • Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Arts | General • Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books | General • Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Marine Life

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 prompts and an activity encouraging kids to identify the different types of butterflies all around them.

This is a Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

  • hands-on and visual
  • acclaimed and trusted
  • great for classrooms

Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:

  • Entertain and educate at the same time
  • Have appealing, child-centered topics
  • Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers
  • Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach
  • Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations
  • Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills
  • Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists
  • Meet national science education standards
  • Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field
  • Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interests

Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

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