Library books available for student and teacher check out.
The Butterfly Garden by Joe McDonald:E McD
"Caterpillar siblings who must face a long, treacherous journey in reaching their goal and becoming butterflies."
McDonald, J. The Butterfly Garden. CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2011.
Butterfly Garden by Margaret McNamara:E McN
"Mrs. Connor's first-graders watch as caterpllars slowly turn into butterflies in the butterfly garden at Robin Hill School."
McNamara, Margaret. Butterfly Garden. New York: Simon Spotlight, 2012.
Butterfly Butterfly by Petr Horacek: E HOR
"A little girl sees a beautiful butterfly in the garden one day and while searching for the butterfly the next day she is amazed by all of the other colors in the garden."
Hurry and the Monarch by Antoine O'Flatharta: E OFI
"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."
O'Flatharta, A. Hurry and the Monarch. New York: Random House, 2005.
Butterflies by Karen Shapiro: PB SHA
"Learn about the life cycle of a butterfly."
Shaprio, K. Butterflies. New York: Scholastic, 2001.
Butterfly Buddies by Judy Cox: PB COX
"Third grader Robin has a series of mishaps and learns the value of honesty as she tries to become best friends with Zoey, her partner for a class project on raising butterflies. Includes butterfly care tips." Cox, J. Butterfly Buddies. New York: Dell Publishing, 2001.
Fancy Nancy Explorer Extraordinaire! by Jane O'Connor: E OCO
"Fancy Nancy and her friend Bree explore trees, leaves, birds, wildflowers, and butterflies as part of the Explorers' Club. Includes recipes and a map."
O'Connor, J. Fancy Nancy Explorer Extraordinaire! New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2009.
Lanie by Jane Kurtz: PB KUR
"Interconnecting stories featuring ten-year-old Lanie Holland, who discovers the wonders of nature in her own backyard when she helps her aunt plant a garden of wildflowers to attract birds and Monarch butterflies, but runs into trouble with the neighbor next door."
Kurtz, J. Lanie. Middleton: Pleasant Co., 2010.
Lanie's Real Adventures by Jane Kurtz: PB KUR
"Lanie's wildflowers, planted to attract butterflies, are just starting to bloom when her neighbor sprays pesticide on the roses in her own yard, and Lanie must somehow find a way to reach a compromise to protect both gardens."
Kurtz, J. Lanie's Real Adventures. Middleton: American Girl, 2010.
Born to Be a Butterfly by Karen Wallace: 595.78 WAL
"Simple text and photographs describe the stages by which a butterfly develops from an egg." Wallace, K. Born to Be a Butterfly. London: DK Publishers, 2000.
See How They Grow: Butterfly by Mary Ling: 595.78 LIN
"Close-up integrated photographs and an informative text follow every stage of a butterfly's development from larva to butterfly."
Ling, Mary. See How They Grow: Butterfly. New York: Dorling Kindersley, Inc., 1992
The Butterfly Alphabet by Kjell Sandved: 595.78 SAN
"One day many years ago, as I was looking through a microscope at a tropical moth, to my surprise I noticed a tiny, perfect letter F hidden on the wing. I was astounded and wondered if I could find other letters. Perhaps I could even find the entire alphabet in the wings of butterflies and moths! I decided that I was going to be the first to try."
Sandved, Kjell. The Butterfly Alphabet. New York: Scholastic, 1996.
The Butterfly Counting Book by Jerry Pallotta: 513 PAL
"Student readers will be fascinated by the pictures of butterflies plus learn the foreign language terms for butterflies while they count using the odd numbers 1-21."
Pallotta, Jerry. The Butterfly Counting Book. New York: Trumpet, 1998.
From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman: 595.78 HEI
"Where did the caterpillar go? It seems to have disappeared, but it hasn't. It has turned into a butterfly! From the time a caterpillar first hatches, it eats so fast that its skin can't keep up. It sheds its skin several times as it grows bigger and bigger. Eventually it forms a shell around itself called a chrysalis. Nothing seems to happen for a long time. But then one day the chrysalis splits open, and a beautiful butterfly emerges. What a magical metamorphosis!"
Heiligman, Deborah. From Caterpillar to Butterfly. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996.
Life Cycle of a Butterfly by Angela Royston: 595.78 ROY
"Introduces the life of a Monarch butterfly, from its beginning as a ting egg laid on a milkweed leaf through its metamorphosis from a caterpillar to an adult butterfly."
Royston, Angela. Life Cycle of a Butterfly. Des Plaines: Heinemann First Library, 1998.
The Journey: Stories of Migration by Cynthia Rylant: 591.56 RYL
"Describes how and why animals such as monarch butterflies, gray whales, and Arctic terns migrate."
Rylant, Cynthia. The Journey: Stories of Migration. New York: Blue Sky Press, 2006.
Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons: 595.789 GIB
"Describes the life cycle, body parts, and behavior of the monarch butterfly. Includes instructions on how to raise a monarch."
Gibbons, Gail. Monarch Butterfly. New York: Live Oak Media, 1989
My, Oh My - a Butterfly! by Tish Rabe: 595.78 RAB
"Rhyming text explains the nature and habits of butterflies." A Cat in the Hat Learning Library book.
Rabe, Tish. My, Oh My - a Butterfly! New York: Random House, 2007.