From iridescent blue swallowtails and brilliant orange monarchs to the worlds tiniest butterfly (Western Pygmy Blue) and the largest (Queen Alexandra's Birdwing), an incredible variety of butterflies are celebrated here in all of their beauty and wonder.
K-Gr 3-A companion to Glaser's Wonderful Worms (1992) and Spectacular Spiders (1998, both Millbrook), this title contains colorful, realistic illustrations that keep step with the simple, sometimes rhyming text. Three pages of more detailed data about monarchs and their complex lives, the addresses of butterfly societies, and a list of Web sites to explore are included. Despite the fact that mating is never mentioned (and egg laying is), and even if you own such fine titles as Gail Gibbons's Monarch Butterfly (Holiday, 1989), Deborah Heiligman's From Caterpillar to Butterfly (HarperCollins, 1996), and Kathryn Lasky's Monarchs (Harcourt, 1993), you might still want to make room for this ...
Eric Carle and Arnold Sundgaard's classic tale is now available in a redesigned edition.
One day, a Lamb and a Butterfly meet in a meadow. The Lamb, cautious and dependent upon her mother, is curious about the Butterfly's independent way of life. Meanwhile, the free-spirited Butterfly doesn't understand the sense of security that the Lamb needs from her mother.
