How Does a Caterpillar Become a Butterfly?

and Other Questions about Butterflies

How Does a Caterpillar Become a Butterfly? and Other Questions about Butterflies

by Melis­sa Stewart

Ster­ling Pub­lish­ing, 2014

for ages 7 to 10

ISBN 978–1‑45490–666‑7

Pur­chase this book at your local inde­pen­dent book­seller or Amazon.com.

How does a cater­pil­lar turn into a beau­ti­ful but­ter­fly What is a chrysalis? How does a new but­ter­fly break out of its cocoon? Is it true that but­ter­flies can taste with their feet? Bud­ding sci­en­tists will delight in fol­low­ing this favorite crea­ture’s life­cy­cle and dis­cov­er­ing the role it plays in nature.

Behind the Book

“I’ve writ­ten lots of books about but­ter­flies, but it seems like I dis­cov­er some­thing new with each title. While research­ing this book, I learned a lot more about the amaz­ing assort­ment of defens­es cater­pil­lars and but­ter­flies have to pro­tect them­selves from ene­mies — from cam­ou­flage and eye­spots to mak­ing a big stink. To make sure I had the most up-to-date infor­ma­tion, I checked in with many of the sci­en­tists I’ve inter­viewed before and I also met a few new researchers along the way.”

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How Does a Caterpillar Become a Butterfly? and Other Questions about Butterflies

by Melis­sa Stewart

Ster­ling Pub­lish­ing, 2014

for ages 7 to 10

ISBN 978–1‑45490–666‑7

Pur­chase this book at your local inde­pen­dent book­seller or Amazon.com.