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Available
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Publication
Scholastic Press (Scholastic Inc.)
Pages
40
Description
"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."--Back cover.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
40 p.; 11.25 inches
ISBN
1338615009 / 9781338615005
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LibraryThing member sweetiegherkin
After emerging from its chrysalis, the butterfly from The Very Impatient Caterpillar* gets separated from its butterfly friends and is helped out by a friendly whale who provides directions and encouragement.
Told almost entirely in dialogue, this book would make for a great read aloud. The
The illustrations are bright, cheery, and expressive.
*While this is technically a sequel, it can be read as a standalone.
Told almost entirely in dialogue, this book would make for a great read aloud. The
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butterfly is very funny in its over-the-top emotions and expressions (think, Mo Willems' the Pigeon) and while the book is comical in nature, it does actually contain some factual information about butterflies and their life cycle.The illustrations are bright, cheery, and expressive.
*While this is technically a sequel, it can be read as a standalone.
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LibraryThing member LibrarianRyan
I love this book. It is the sequel to The Very Impatient Caterpillar. By now the caterpillar is a butterfly and the got lost. He is way out I the ocean and it is 200 miles back home. There is no way they can do that. He is anxious, scared, and a little crazed. But the help of a whale telling them,
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they can do it, they make it home, only to be hit with the next anxiety inducing event. This book is full of heart and full of laughs. The illustrations are bright and colorful and set the story off perfectly. Show Less
LibraryThing member sloth852
A funny book about resilience, with some information about butterfly migration and dormancy thrown in.
Awards
Redbud Read-Aloud Award (Masterlist — 2022)
Call number
J2M.2105