Traces the life cycle of butterflies, and provides interesting data about them.

When a little girl's caterpillar becomes a butterfly during a snowfall, she sends it off to California where it can find flowers to drink from.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of butterflies and moths. Created in partnership with the American Museum of Natural History, it covers everything from biology to conservation. Readers can observe each stage of metamorphosis, watch butterflies feed in a tropical rainforest, follow monarchs on their long migration, and shadow scientists to see how they work with butterflies and moths.

"Like fluttering shards of stained glass, butterflies possess a unique power to pierce and stir the human soul. Indeed, the ancient Greeks explicitly equated the two in a single word, psyche, so that from early times butterflies were not only a form of life, but also an idea. Profound and deeply personal, written with both wisdom and wit, Peter Marren's Rainbow Dust explores this idea of butterflies -- the why behind the mysterious power of these...

Introduces readers to butterflies and the process by which they go from being an egg, to a caterpillar, to a chrysalis, and finally to a butterfly.

"Whimsical, exquisite and fragile, butterflies and moths have enchanted and inspired people for centuries. Origami artist Michael G. LaFosse is no exception. His original butterfly paper-folding techniques are a dramatic new development in origami--which some have hailed as the most important advance in origami since the first paper cranes appeared centuries ago. Hundreds of LaFosse butterflies have been featured in exhibitions around the world and...

Simple, engaging text presents both basic information and fun, quirky facts about the insects' appearance, habits, and life cycle.