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Waiting for Wings [2001, Harcourt, Inc., ISBN: 0-15-202608-8], by Lois Ehlert, is a 36-page children's picture book about butterflies.
The story:
The book begins with eggs and continues through the life cycle until butterflies emerge amidst the beautiful flowers until they have eggs to lay. The story rhymes and the pages are interesting in that part of the pages are only partial pages and several portions of illustrations are used for multiple pages.
The end of the book shows four different butterflies and how to identify the caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly, and food for that type. The four butterflies identified are:
It also shows the basic parts of a butterfly, a summary of the butterfly life cycle, how butterflies eat, and a guide to identify flowers on which butterflies like to feed.
This book is a little larger than a regular sized book and would work well for small groups if you wanted to read it to several children at once. Its short story works well for younger ages in particular.
My Viewpoint:
I found Waiting for Wings to be informative and fun to read. The story flowed well and the changes in the size of pages was interesting. The colors were bold, and I liked the help with identification at the back.
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