A Butterfly is Patient
Written by: Dianna Hutts
Illustrated by: Sylvia Long
Chronicle Books
2011
40 Pages
Nonfiction
This nonfiction book teaches all about butterflies. The book begins with the life cycle of the butterfly, and the book tells all about its transformation from a caterpillar to a butterfly. The book tells about the butterflies' role in nature and all of its natural abilities. The book also teaches tons of facts about individual species of butterflies. For example, the largest butterfly is the Queen Alesandra's Birdwing. The smallest butterfly is the Western Pygmy Blue. This book is filled with tons of really interesting facts about butterflies.
The illustrations are done with paint, and they are very stunning. The pictures are very lifelike, and the colors are natural. The butterflies are extremely bright and eye catching. The butterflies are exact in size and color to the real life versions. The book contains scales, maps, and tons of other things that help support the text. I was really amazed by all the small details in the illustrations. The text in the book is mostly formal and it is located around the pictures. Some of the pictures are contained within borders.
This book would be great to use in any elementary classroom. This book could be used for a science lesson on butterflies. It would be great to have actual butterflies to compare to the ones in the book. Students could do more research on butterflies or write to describe them.
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