• ISBN13: 9780060242640
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins
• Publication Date: January 1, 1996
• Pages: 32
• Original Price: USD 16.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 327 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Science & Nature / Biology, Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc., and Readers / Beginner

From the Back Cover
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 it's 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: -

At age five, Deborah Heiligman checked out her first library book--What Is a Butterfly?--and her love of science and nature has grown ever since. She has written one other Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book, On the Move, illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell. She is also the author of the middle grade biography Charles and Emma, which was a National Book Award finalist and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. Ms. Heiligman lives in New York City with her husband and two sons.

Weissman, Bari: -

Bari Weissman has been illustrating children's books for nearly forty years. She was born and raised in the Bronx and received her master's degree in art education at Massachusetts College of Art. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband.