A caterpillar starts out life very small, then grows and transforms from a larva into a butterfly or moth. This book uses bright, appealing photographs and simple text to explore caterpillars' unique traits, colorful bodies, distinctive habits, and different habitats in a concise way that is engaging to young readers. Through comparing similarities and differences of various caterpillar species, this book highlights caterpillars' defining features,...

Caterpillars attract children like magnets--their shapes, colors, and locomotion styles are impossible to resist. Now children can explore the dazzling diversity of the world's caterpillars illustrated in hundreds of full-color photographs. The charm of these larval forms of moths and butterflies is captured in verse and easy-to-follow narrative text by award-winning poet and nature writer Marilyn Singer. Includes matching game, quiz, glossary, and...

"This title examines different aspects of caterpillars, including their body parts and structure, their habitat, their eating behavior, and what they do--from how they move to what role they play in the ecosystem"--

"Find out how caterpillars form a chrysalis or cocoon before transforming into a butterfly or a moth."--Publisher's website.

An introduction to the world of plants and insects presents the story of a single bean that grows into a plant, and the egg hatched atop that plant that grows into a caterpillar.

"The colorful flowers in Mama's garden reveal a strange-looking creature. "What is it? Does it sting, does it bite?" Join in this photographic journey as the young girl and her mother care for the caterpillar. Watch as it transforms into a chrysalis and then emerges as a beautiful monarch butterfly. How can the young girl "claim" the butterfly as her own but still let it go free?"--

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and life cycle of caterpillars.

"The book starts with the stages of metamorphosis from egg to worm-like caterpillar to pupa, and finally, to a magnificent butterfly. It then introduces some caterpillars and butterflies and asks children to notice their similarities and differences. The book then challenges children to guess which caterpillars would change into which butterflies"--Amazon.com.

Identifies thirteen different caterpillars and what steps they go through to become butterflies or moths.

The very hungry caterpillar introduces the letters of the alphabet with the help of his animal friends.