Butterfly birthday

Format:

Book

Title:

Butterfly birthday

Author:

Ziefert, Harriet.

ISBN:

9781609050153

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Maplewood, NJ : Blue Apple Books : Distributed in the U.S. by Chronicle Books, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 30 cm

Summary:

Little Ant scolds the caterpillars who eat rather than gather food for the insects' annual party to celebrate the vernal equinox, but once the festivities begin, he understands their special role.

Subject(s):

Caterpillars -- Juvenile fiction.

Butterflies -- Juvenile fiction.

Spring -- Juvenile fiction.

Picture books for children.

Caterpillars -- Fiction.

Ants -- Fiction.

Insects -- Fiction.

Butterflies -- Fiction.

Spring -- Fiction.

Genre:

Picture books for children.

Picture books.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Children's stories -- Pictorial works.

Children's stories.

Added Author:

Jones, Mark, 1983-

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
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Butterfly Birthday completes a quartet of books--Snow Party, Mermaid Dance and By the Light of the Harvest Moon--that celebrates the many and miraculous wonders of the changing seasons. On the first day of spring, bugs--dressed in their finest attire--greet one another after the long, cold winter and hold a spectacular party to welcome the vernal equinox. Mark Jones' beautiful and bewitching pastel illustrations bring this magical world to life.

Author Notes

Harriet Ziefert is a children's author born in 1941 in New Jersey. She has written several hundred children's books, including the Little Hippo series. Ziefert and illustrator Emilie Bon have collaborated on a series of "Little Hippo" books, the first of which was published in 1988 by Viking Penguin. The books are written for children between 1 1/2 to 5 years-of-age. They are intended to help children deal with change, like the addition of a new baby to the family or moving to a new house.

Her titles include Little Hippo's New Baby, Little Hippo's New Friend, Little Hippo's New School and Grandpa, Will You Play With Me?

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Horn Book Review

As the bugs prepare for the vernal equinox feast, Little Ant notices the caterpillars are busy eating. He realizes they are getting ready for their metamorphosis and that the feast is to celebrate the butterflies' birthday. The brightly colored, amiable-looking insects are appealing, but the slight story's combination of fantasy and nature facts is a little clumsy. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

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