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Scholastic Press, 1999. 1st Edition 13th printing. Hardcover. New/New. Greg Shed color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 1999 Scholastic Press hardcover (butterfly boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, 13th printing. Simply beautiful color illustrations by Greg Shed. CONTENT: A girl saves a caterpillar, "a small black creature/ like a tiny worm,/ ...from a greedy jay/ who wanted it/ for lunch." Her grandpa explains that she has found a larva that will become a butterfly, and the two make a shoebox home for it, decorated with cut-paper flowers and topped with a sky-blue lid and a "curve of rainbow/ like a hug/ to keep her safe." When the caterpillar transforms into a painted lady, the girl lets it go. Many years later, when the granddaughter has reached her grandfather's age, butterflies continue to flock to her garden. Ultimately, the larva forms a chrysalis, undergoes the marvelous metamorphosis into a Painted Lady butterfly, and is set free by the tearful girl. The simply worded…
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BUTTERFLY HOUSE
by BUNTING, Eve
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- 9780590848848 / 0590848844
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CREEPY CRAWLIES: A Pocket Pop-Up Book
by Walker Books
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- 9781406337808 / 1406337803
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London: Walker Books, 2012. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Gus Clarke (Paper Engineering). CONDITION: NEW 2012 Walker Books (UK) small pop-up book (heavy stock) in a slipcase, assumed first edition. Bright vivid color "creatures." Paper engineering by Gus Clarke. CONTENT: Such an interesting book on many levels: information on some of the world's most common and deadly insects PLUS the book folds out accordion-style with pop-ups on the front and back of the "accordion." From the Asian Giant Hornet (largest hornet in the world) to North American Millipede to Mexican Red-Kneed Tarantula, the creepy crawlies are well represented. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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INSECTLOPEDIA: Poems and Paintings
by FLORIAN, Douglas
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- 9780152163358 / 0152163352
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Voyager Books, 2002. 1st Paperback Edition 6th Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Douglas Florian color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2002 Voyager Books large paperback, first paperback edition, 6th printing. Color illustrations by the Author, Douglas Florian. CONTENT: The silly, imaginative verses about whirligig beetles and waterbugs (almost) match the exquisite pictures in playfulness and wit. The result is downright stunning. "Mosquitoes are thin./Mosquitoes are rude./They feast on your skin/For take-out food." Children will delight in the playful language and hilarious illustrations while they learn about twenty-one insects that will bug or beguile them. From swooping dragonflies and twirling whirligig beetles to marching army ants and feasting mosquitoes, here is one pest infestation you'll welcome into your home! Ages 7+. So much fun.
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