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maidmarianlib's review
5.0
Outstanding photographs. Love the personal stories at the end. Great descriptions.
tashrow's review
5.0
Nic Bishop’s latest nonfiction book for children is filled with crystal clear photographs that dazzle and amaze. This time Bishop has turned his attention to the wonder of caterpillars, butterflies and moths. Accompanying the images is fascinating text that allow readers to better understand moths and butterflies and the way their lives and bodies work. Bishop has once again managed to take pictures that verge on the impossible. The furry body of a luna moth with his bright yellow antennae is looming and large. The actual-size image of a blue morpho butterfly hovering in the air is breathtaking. The four-page spread of a butterfly taking off from a flower is simply amazing.
Budding scientists and just those who love these lovely insects will find much to see and learn here. This book belongs in every school and public library. Period. Appropriate for ages 5-9.
Budding scientists and just those who love these lovely insects will find much to see and learn here. This book belongs in every school and public library. Period. Appropriate for ages 5-9.
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review
5.0
The photographs are incredible. The text is pretty darn good, too.
Nic Bishop: Frogs won last year's Cybil nonfiction picture book award. Does that hurt this year's Nic Bishop entry? Or does it help it?
Just a dollop:
"There is no mistaking a butterfly. Its colorful wings skip in the air like petals blown by the wind. Blues, reds, and yellows dance in the sunlight. Some shimmer like tinsel."
Nic Bishop: Frogs won last year's Cybil nonfiction picture book award. Does that hurt this year's Nic Bishop entry? Or does it help it?
Just a dollop:
"There is no mistaking a butterfly. Its colorful wings skip in the air like petals blown by the wind. Blues, reds, and yellows dance in the sunlight. Some shimmer like tinsel."
luann's review
5.0
I love Nic Bishop's books! His photographs are amazing. This book is particularly beautiful with its close-up and enlarged photos of caterpillars, moths, and butterflies. I especially liked the close-up photograph of caterpillar legs showing the breathing holes, called spiracles, which let air into the caterpillar's body. I didn't know caterpillars had breathing holes like that. This book was just full of facts that I found fascinating, such as:
* Most caterpillars just starve unless they find exactly the right food!
* Some caterpillars use ants for bodyguards. They ooze a sweet drink that ants like, and in return, the ants attack anything that comes near. Some of these caterpillars can even call to their ant helpers with scraping, singing sounds.
* Butterfly feet can taste sugar, and are 200 times more sensitive than the human tongue.
* Some moths do not eat at all. The luna moth doesn't even have a mouth! It relies on food stored in its body from when it was a caterpillar.
Nic Bishop also includes an index, glossary, and an author's note giving details about what he had to do to take the photographs in the book.
* Most caterpillars just starve unless they find exactly the right food!
* Some caterpillars use ants for bodyguards. They ooze a sweet drink that ants like, and in return, the ants attack anything that comes near. Some of these caterpillars can even call to their ant helpers with scraping, singing sounds.
* Butterfly feet can taste sugar, and are 200 times more sensitive than the human tongue.
* Some moths do not eat at all. The luna moth doesn't even have a mouth! It relies on food stored in its body from when it was a caterpillar.
Nic Bishop also includes an index, glossary, and an author's note giving details about what he had to do to take the photographs in the book.
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