The Butterfly Babies Book

Beautiful full-color illustrations and amusing verses recapture the magic of butterflies in this fanciful book from 1914. All characters are based on real species, and the text cites their common and scientific names.

WHAT IF I CAN'T? “Will elicit plenty of giggles." -- Kirkus Reviews Which way to the flowers? That way. 200 miles. How am I supposed to travel that far?! You fly. Can I take a plane? No. Then I'll never make it! This comical companion to Ross Burach's The Very Impatient Caterpillar pays loving homage to every child's struggle to persist through challenges while also delivering a lighthearted lesson on butterfly migration. Remember, if at first you don't succeed, fly, fly again!

An adorable mini edition of Sibylle von Olfers' classic nature story with art nouveau illustrations. Perfect for fans of Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairies and Elsa Beskow. Far far away, the butterfly children play, dance and sing all day long with their little brothers and sisters, the caterpillars. The children can't wait until the first day of spring, when they will finally get their wings. But first, they must learn about the many brightly colored flowers in the kingdom, so they can take part in the flying procession of peacock, swallowtail, red admiral and many other butterflies. Sibylle von Olfers' vintage stories of nature children (The Story of the Snow Children, The Story of the Root Children and The Story of the Wind Children) have been loved by generations. The whimsical tales are accompanied by beautiful art nouveau illustrations of characterful creatures, cheerful plants and flowers and magical little folk.

Beatris lives by herself. She desperately wants to not be alone. Then one day while walking through the forest she finds an answer to her loneliness.

Missy is really excited to start second grade. While enjoying the first day's walk to school, a lovely butterfly suddenly swoops down and lands upon her hair-bow. She shoos him off, but he comes back to circle around several times. Every day after that, Mr. Flutterby Butterfly shows up with more and more of his friends, until Missy is fed up with all the fluttering insects pestering her. Then her mom has an idea for Missy to try which gets rid of them for the whole weekend. Now Missy is so lonely that she just wants them to come back, but she can't find them anywhere. Finally she has a brainstorm, tries it only to find it doesn't work - or so she thinks - until the schoolchildren show her otherwise.

A scary chicken. A heroic prairie adventure. A daring rescue from a fox. It's all part of Sherbert's life growing up in the country. Read about a young kitten who has life figured out and wants to grow up quickly. Besides that, he has a name he doesn't really like. Lucky for him, he has others to look out for him. Who would think a kitten and squirrel would become friends? Sherbert is an engaging and delightful book for boys and girls. "From out of nowhere, a brown blur whizzed in front of him. The blur rammed into monster/chicken. It sent her sailing through the air, and she tumbled end over end with feathers flying everywhere." It's just like Squirrel to show up unexpectedly and try to help his friend, Sherbert, get out of one of his many troubles. Find out how these two work together through their mishaps and become reliable chums.

As if being new to the United States wasn't hard enough, Isabella's first day of school is canceled due to snow! Isabella has recently arrived from Colombia with her mother and abuela. She misses Papa, who is still in South America. It's her first day of school, her make-new-friends day, but when classes are canceled because of too much snow, Isabella misses warm, green, Colombia more than ever. Then Isabella meets Katie and finds out that making friends in the cold is easier than she thought!

Whisper the Baby Butterfly (TM) learns to fly! As she flutters from one colorful flower to another, Whisper discovers that there is nothing more exciting than using her wings to explore her world. As Whisper gets tired, she finds a very special place to end her day. In this adorable children's book, a baby butterfly learns to fly and teaches little ones about the beautiful colors of the rainbow.