Bibliography
The Butterfly Hunt
Author: Yoshi
Publisher: Massachusetts : Picture Book Studios, 1990
Grade Level: Preschool - 2
Synopsis:
This is a beautifully illustrated book about a boy who catches butterflies. He decides though that it is better to set the butterflies free and have happy memories of them flying free.
The Rose in My Garden
Author: Arnold Lobel
Publisher: New York : Greenwillow Books, 1984
Grade Level: Preschool - 2
Synopsis:
This is a rhyming line poem and each page introduces a new line. A surprise interaction among the garden flowers, insects and animals takes place at the end of the book.
How to Hide a Butterfly And Other Insects
Author: Ruth Heller
Publisher: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1985
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
Synopsis:
This is a wonderful book written in rhyme about insects and how they can camouflage themselves. They can be right in front of you but you cannot see them. It is beautifully illustrated.
Bugs
Author: Nancy Parker and Joan Wright
Publisher: New York : Greenwillow Books, 1987
Grade Level: K - 2
Synopsis:Each two-page spread contains an illustrated picture and text for the children and the facing page contains detailed scientific information about the bug.
The Lamb And The Butterfly
Author: Arnold Sundgaard
Publisher: New York , Orchard Books, 1988
Grade Level: K- 3
Synopsis:
This is the story about a lamb and a butterfly that discuss their different ways of living.
Butterfly and Caterpillar
Author: Barrie Watts
Publisher: Silver Burdett, 1989
Grade Level: K- 3
Synopsis:This is a beautiful book with enlarged, color photographs that show the mating, egg laying, and a caterpillar hatching and growing into a butterfly.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: New York : Philomel Books, 1969
Grade Level: K - 3
Synopsis:
This is the wonderful story about a hungry caterpillar that eats it way through a variety of things until it forms a chrysalis.
The Grouchy Ladybug
Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: New York : Thomas Crowell, 1977
Grade Level: K - 4
Synopsis:
This is the story about a grouchy ladybug that refuses to share her food with any other ladybugs. She spends her day making the other animals mad at her. At the end of the day she is a much wiser ladybug who is willing to share with others.
Fireflies in the Night
Author: Judy Hawes
Publisher: New York : Harper Collins, 1991
Grade Level: K - 4
Synopsis:
This is the story about a young girl who visits her grandfather. He tells her all about fireflies.
Where Butterflies Grow
Author: Joanne Ryder
Publisher: New York : Lodestar Books, 1989
Grade Level: K - 5
Synopsis:
This book is told from a butterfly’s perspective, that describes what it might feel to change from a caterpillar into a butterfly
Insect Metamorphosis: From Egg To Adult
Author: Ron and Nancy Goor
Publisher: Atheneum, 1990
Grade Level: K - 6
Synopsis:
This book has colored photographs and text to introduce the metamorphosis of insects.
Insects and Spiders
Consultant: Paul Hillyard
Publisher: New York : Dorling Kindersley
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Extinct Insects and Those in Danger of Extinction
Author: Philip Steele
Publisher: New York : Franklin Watts, 1991
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Synopsis:
This is a very interesting book about insects that are in danger of extinction or are extinct already. The colored photographs, illustrations, time chart, and map lend to the information this book has to offer. There is also a glossary at the end of the book.
Chirping Insects
Author: Sylvia A. Johnson
Publisher: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., 1986
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Synopsis:
This is a wonderful text with colored photographs that describe the insects that make music and how they accomplish this feat.
Butterfly and Moth
Author: Paul Whalley
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1988
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Synopsis:
This is a detailed book with beautiful colored pictures, illustrations and text that thoroughly discuss butterflies and moths. There are antidotes that add interest to the book as you turn each new page.
All Kinds of Bees
Author: Dorothy Shuttlesworth
Publisher: New York : Random House, 1967
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Synopsis:
This is a well-written text about bees and the ways in which they live. You will learn all about bees. There are black and white illustrations to compliment the text.
Grasshoppers and Their Kin
Author: Ross E. Hutchins
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1972
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Synopsis:
This book contains information on grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, mantises, walking sticks, and cockroaches. There are black and white photographs throughout the book.