Butterfly Books for kids

Butterfly Books for kids

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

THE ICONIC #1 BESTSELLER • The all-time classic picture book starring the world’s favorite caterpillar! Generations of children have grown up on this beautifully dramatized story of a caterpillar who eats his way to becoming a butterfly.

One of The Atlantic’s 65 Essential Children’s Books

Caterpillar to Butterfly

Children learn about the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly in every classroom, but never before have they seen it like this! This National Geographic Kids Level 1 Reader explains this magical process with beautiful illustrations and easy-to-grasp text, just right for kids learning to read independently.

Waiting for Wings

Every spring, butterflies emerge and dazzle the world with their vibrant beauty. But where do butterflies come from? How are they born? What do they eat–and how?
With a simple, rhyming text and glorious color-drenched collage, Lois Ehlert provides clear answers to these and other questions as she follows the life cycle of four common butterflies, 

Are You a Butterfly

This colorful first nature picture book, written by Judy Allen and illustrated by Tudor Humphries, gives children aged 4 to 7 an inside look at the everyday life of a butterfly as it evolves from a caterpillar into a delicate flying insect.

What’s Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon

With warm and heart-fluttering illustrations, discover the next nonfiction picture book about butterflies and moths from the creator of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science!

From Caterpillar to Butterfly

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.

Ten Little Caterpillars

Ten little caterpillars are out and about in our big, wide world–come join them! You never know what you might find. . . . A butterfly, perhaps?

Readers of all ages have celebrated the work of Bill Martin Jr and Lois Ehlert ever since their first collaboration on Chicka Chicka Boom Boom more than twenty-five years ago. 

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