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Review - A Butterfly is Patient


Chronicle Books, ages 5-10, 40p
Hardcover, ISBN 9780811864794

The creators of the award-winning An Egg Is Quiet and A Seed Is Sleepy have teamed up again to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to the world of butterflies. From iridescent blue swallowtails and brilliant orange monarchs to the worlds tiniest butterfly (Western Pygmy Blue) and the largest (Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing), an incredible variety of butterflies are celebrated here in all of their beauty and wonder.

My kids love nothing more than to play outdoors and this inevitably leads to them asking me many many questions. Some like, “what butterfly is this?” I’m now better able to answer thanks to this book which I received for review recently from Chronicle Books.

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