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Moth & Butterfly: Ta Da!

32 pp. | Penguin/Paulsen | June, 2021 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5247-4051-1 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-5247-4052-8 $10.99
(2) PS Illustrated by Ana Aranda. "In a corner of the lush, green garden, two caterpillars share a leaf." Young children who look closely at the insects' smiling faces and fancifully decorated bodies will notice some differences: the patterns on their backs are different colors and shapes; and where one has feathery antennae, the other's are stick-like. As will soon be revealed, one is a moth and one is a ­butterfly, but in the early stages of their lives they have many characteristics in ­common. ­Petty's friendly text provides a light ­introduction to comparative ­observation, noting selected similarities and differences in the animals' appearances and behaviors. After a brief period spent in the pupal stage (not named as such, although the text does use the word metamorphosis), the adult butterfly and moth make spectacular entrances across two double-page spreads--"Then...POP! There is Butterfly! / Then...POP AGAIN!!! There is Moth!"--and the ­comparisons continue. In Aranda's cartoonlike illustrations, the ­anthropomorphized insects appear as cheerful buddies palling around in an ­idyllic backyard ­setting.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2021

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