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1) Caterpillars
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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...
2) Caterpillars
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Have you ever seen a caterpillar? They're usually looking for something to eat! They love to eat anything green, but leaves are their favorite treat. This book uses simple rhymes and engaging images to teach readers about caterpillars.
3) Caterpillars
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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,...
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What's that squirming between in the trees? While it might look like a solid clump, it's actually a massive group of caterpillars. A group of caterpillars is called an army and there's no doubt about why. These invaders eat nonstop, devouring all the plant life in their path and leaving nothing behind. With simple language paired with photographs of caterpillars, this volume invites young readers to learn, how caterpillars start their lives and why...
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Ca-Mya the caterpillar and her best friends Dezi the dragonfly, and Lamia the ladybug, love playing hide-and-seek. However, three bothersome bluebirds laughed at Ca-Mya because she couldn't fly, or, so they thought...Ca-Mya believed in herself and continued playing hide-and-seek with her best friends. Learn how Ca-Mya and her friends handle the bluebirds teasing Ca-Mya, and how powerful believing in yourself can help you transform in Caterpillars...
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A boy loves his garden, and everything in it, especially all the tiny insects. But … his pet chicken Coco loves them too!
When a boy finds a clutch of butterfly eggs in his garden, he can't stop thinking about the beautiful butterflies they will become. He keeps the eggs a secret from Coco, who finds all the insects in the garden yummy! The boy watches as the eggs hatch, and brightly striped caterpillars appear, growing bigger and juicier every...
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From 6 years old
Come and discover the wonderful life of caterpillars! Learn about their environment, their physical features, what they eat and much more!
The "How they live" collection is a must-have for children and other members of the family who are eager to learn about nature and animals while having fun.
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Caterpillars are the larvae of butterflies and moths. They represent only one of the four stages of a butterfly's metamorphosis...
10) Caterpillars in the field and garden: a field guide to the butterfly caterpillars of North America
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viii, 232 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.
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12) Fat Caterpillars
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I should have known, when I was eight and had triplet sisters, a crazy old neighbor in a big, spooky house, and a wild red-haired girl as a best friend, that my childhood might be less than normal.
It started with Bud, the old man next door. He introduced me to gardening, showed me how to be a gentleman, and talked about God. Then came Molly, the girl. Yes, say it with emphasis: The Girl. She brought me to life, called forth my inner hero, and occasionally...
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When we see a butterfly, we are captivated by its beauty, not really thinking about the process it had to go through in order to become a butterfly. Caterpillars to Butterflies embodies the process that everything or a person has to go through in order to become what it is meant to be. Metamorphosis is a complete change of character or appearance; anything that is valuable usually has to go through a process in order to become what it was purposed...
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Caterpillars and Butterflies is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.
RI.2.4 and Literacy.
L.2.4b. This book explains how caterpillars change into butterflies with full-page color photographs paired with narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "Life Cycle of a Butterfly" (9781477722374) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on...
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Young naturalists learn early that when butterflies and moths first hatch from an egg, they're in the form of caterpillars. They probably don't know that as caterpillars grow, they shed skin, and then eat it. Readers will find this entertaining and accessible look at these ubiquitous larvae exceptionally informative. Carefully chosen photographs support the text and key science vocabulary.
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For sixteen-year-old Ryan, the water is where he finds his freedom. Ever since childhood, when he realized that he would never walk like other people, he has loved the water where gravity is no longer his enemy. But he never imagined he would become his small town's hero by saving a schoolmate from drowning. Jack is also attracted to the water, but for him it's the promise of permanent escape. Disappearing altogether seems better than living through...
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The Bible is full of allegories and parables, and Caterpillars Can't Fly was, written as one more allegory to excite the imagination and inspire young readers to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of God by learning more about the creation. The Bible states that the invisible things of God are, revealed by the visible world. God has been striving through the centuries to show himself to us in many ways, and this book is, intended to be one of...
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Examine the many awesome things about caterpillars, including their body parts and structure, their habitat and how it supports them, and the way they transform from soft-bodied insects into beautiful butterflies or moths. Captions point out key visual details that readers can glean from the book's images, and helpful chapter headings assist readers with locating information and main ideas. In addition, readers will find text features such as a labeled...
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Puppies, Kids, and Caterpillars is a lyrical book of poems that connect
children with light hearted giggles, carefree joy, and wonder!
The stories were intuitively created to uplift and seek out the mystical truth
of God's presence in nature as the characters come to life in an endearing way.
Enjoy the colorful illustrations and have some fun!
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As baby caterpillars, besties Sunshine and Butter formed a stupendous friendship. The inseparable buddies did absolutely everything together. That is, until the time arrived for them to morph into beautiful butterflies. Sunshine and Butter found themselves at odds for the first time ever.
After tempers burst like dams, the besties said some things they really didn't mean. Will Sunshine and Butter's bond be strong enough to recover after their clash?...
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