Butterflies

                                         

Bishop, N. (2011). Butterflies. New York: Scholastic.

  A stunning book about butterflies and their life cycle. Bishop starts the book out with beautiful images of butterflies, including one with see through wings, to grab the readers attention. He quckly dives into the first stage of the butterfly lifecycle, which is an egg that hatches into a caterpillar. The first half of the book goes trough the caterpillars diet, molting, the pupa stage, and finally the emergence of the butterfly. Once the butterfly is out, Bishop talks about the important parts of its anatomy, including the markings, that can at time serve as camoflage or a warning to other animals.The book come to an end with the butterfly laying eggs, which starts the cyce all over again. This book has wonderfully detailed pictures that everyone will enjoy. These images are big, bright, and full of vibrant colors. Bishop does a wonderful job at getting up close with the camera, to capture the caterpillars amazing journey to becoming a butterfly. Science teachers for  all ages can use this to teach the life cycle, and students can use the colorful images to compare it to the life cycle of a variety of animals.