The little butterfly

Close-up photographs pair with beginning-reader text to highlight stages of a caterpillar's (later butterfly's) life cycle. The interesting photographs capture infrequently seen moments such as a newly hatched caterpillar eating her eggshell. Unfortunately, oversimplifications and poor transitions rob the text of similar precision: e.g., one spread implies that spiders are insects ("Other insects join the feast... / Spiders spin webs to trap meals"). (c) Copyright 2015. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.