Burach, Ross
Summary: A caterpillar learns to be patient while trying to metamorphosize.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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Summary: Unlike all the other caterpillars Charley sometimes wonders what it would be like to be a fawn or a waterfall, so when the day comes to form her chrysalis, Charley must decide who she will become.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: Panda tries to follow a butterfly over a mountain, but the slippery, snowy slope makes it difficult to climb.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: Mr. McGinty and his dog Sophie love observing Monarch caterpillars and butterflies on their morning walk, so when they discover that the milkweed Monarchs need to survive has been mowed down, Mr. McGinty comes to the rescue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2016
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Summary: "Embark on a bouncy, playful and poetic journey back in time through the life cycle of one of Earth's most beautiful insects that ends...at the beginning!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2023
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Summary: It's Saturday, the best morning of the week when a scream interrupts the perfect day for learning about butterflies. Mili the guppy is missing! But have no fear, P.I. Butterfly is on the case. She'll stop at nothing to solve the mystery. P.I. Butterfly preserves the scene, records every clue, and interviews suspicious suspects, but she ends up on a trail to nowhere fast. As she drowns her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Cat Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KILRolli, Jennifer Hansen
Summary: Claudia loves butterflies. Blue ones. Yellow ones. Purple ones with dots. And since she can't take them home, she paints them in all their beautiful colors. But when winter comes, there are no more butterflies to paint...until she finds a little moth. Suddenly, Claudia sees winter in a whole new light.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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Summary: Tara Doucet is grieving for her grandmother, and her family is falling apart around her, but it seems like her grandmother has preplanned an elaborate itinerary for her to follow which will lead her and her sister Riley from Louisiana to a South Pacific island and into danger--and everywhere she turns butterflies follow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LITRunton, Andy.
Summary: Good friends Owly and Wormy are disappointed when their new plant attracts fat, green, bug-like things, instead of butterflies, until a metamorphosis occurs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE RUNRichards, Kitty.
Summary: After lying to spare a friend's feelings, Prilla, a mainland-visiting, clapping-talent fairy, finds herself spending a day as a butterfly herder, while strange things keep happening to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DISBurach, Ross
Summary: Butterfly wakes up while Porcupine is having breakfast, and Porcupine tries to explain what it means to be nocturnal and Butterfly considers the advantages of a nighttime life while trying to get back to sleep.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BURHills, Tad
Summary: "Rocket loves chasing butterflies, but when one flies into the dark forest, will Rocket follow?"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2018
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Summary: The Super Happy Party Bears are in awe of their new friend, Butter, a groovy caterpillar who's got the moves. This Jitterbug can breakdance, tango, and boogie-woogie. Butter becomes an honorary Super Happy Party Bear dedicated to being goofy and spreading the party spirit! When Butter mysteriously disappears, the bears frantically search for him, only to discover that the Jitterbug has morphed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Imprint 2017
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Summary: "Rosie can't wait to start kindergarten--she's had her pencils sharpened and her backpack ready for weeks. But suddenly, on the night before the big day, her tummy hurts. Rosie's mom reassures her that it's just butterflies in her belly, and she'll feel better soon. Much to Rosie's surprise, when she says hello to a new friend on the bus, a butterfly flies out of her mouth! As the day goes on,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books, an imprint of Sterling Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SILBarkley, Callie
Summary: Marion volunteers at the Santa Vista Arboretum butterfly release and helps her younger sister Gabby overcome her fear of bugs so she can also attend the event.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2022
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Summary: "A young child loves the spots and patterns found on butterflies, and fashions bold orange wings to become a butterfly child. But when other kids shun the child for the clothes they don't understand, it takes a father's encouragement for the kid to stay true to what they love and find joy in the butterfly wings once more"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAJOrtega, Mirelle
Summary: A young girl dreams of a time when the land and sky belonged to the mariposas amarillas, or yellow butterflies, and tries to re-create their glory with paper and glue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ORTCastle, Jennifer
Summary: Just after sisters Addie and Clara move to the country, they discover magical butterflies called Wishing Wings that need their help to lift a dark enchantment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CASCarbone, Courtney
Summary: Wonder Woman, Batgirl, and Bumblebee have to stop Killer Moth from bug-napping beautiful space butterflies that only visit Earth once every hundred years. Can the heroes net the villain before he flies off with these amazing creatures?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE CARÓ Flatharta, Antoine.
Summary: Hurry the tortoise befriends a monarch butterfly when she stops in his garden in Wichita Falls, Texas, during her migration from Canada to Mexico. Includes facts about monarch butterflies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dragonfly Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE OFLRyan, Pam Muñoz
Summary: On the eve of her Quinceañera, Princess Solimar discovers that it will take more than magic to save her kingdom and prevent the destruction of the Monarch butterfly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC RYAKurtz, Jane.
Summary: Ten-year-old Lanie's wildflower garden is thriving and attracting butterflies to her Cambridge, Massachusetts, backyard, but a neighbor not only objects to her growing "weeds," she also uses harmful chemicals on her own plants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KURKelly, Jacqueline
Summary: In rural Texas in 1901, thirteen-year-old Callie nurses a butterfly with a broken wing and delivers a baby lamb, despite her mother's disapproval of Callie's "unladylike behavior".
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED KELMaier, Inger M
Summary: Emily introduces her younger brother, Ben, to butterflies, which he calls "flying flowers," and when his illness makes him too weak to go see them she draws him pictures, but after his death she no longer wants to draw happy things. Includes note to parents
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press 2012