Loretta's Caterpillar

by Lois Wickstrom, Francie Mion (Other)

Overview

Loretta's Insects Book Three - Loretta Finds a Caterpillar

Loretta finds a monarch caterpillar egg and protects it from a wasp, a bird, and a lizard as it eats milkweed, grows through metamorphosis, becomes a butterfly and finally flies away to continue its migration.

Learn alongside Loretta about the life cycle of a monarch butterfly.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781954519190
Publisher:	Look Under Rocks
Publication date:	11/15/2021
Series:	Loretta's Insects , #3
Edition description:	Large Type
Pages:	42
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.25(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

Editorial Reviews

Lorraine's Bookshelf, Midwest Book Review:

A delicately illustrated story of a girl's observation and protection of the metamorphosis of a young monarch butterfly, "Loretta's Pet Caterpillar" follows every exciting change in the life of an emerging butterfly, from egg, to caterpillar to chrysalis to beautiful monarch butterfly. Loretta is fascinated with her new pet, even though her mother refuses to let her bring it inside the house in its egg phase. Loretta names her creature Carthamus, because the tiny white egg looked like a safflower seed. Delicate pastel paintings show Carthamus in a Colorado meadow full of flowers as he goes through many changes to become the monarch butterfly he was meant to be. At every step along the way, Loretta protects Carthamus from other predators, without harming them. She becomes a little Carthamus shepherdess, faithfully tending her infant monarch butterfly until it is ready to take one last long drink of flower nectar and then fly north with other butterflies. Further background information about monarch migration, recognizing milkweed seeds, and distinctions between male and female monarch butterflies is included at the end of the story. "Loretta's Pet Caterpillar" is a lovely story with valuable lessons about the incredible nature of monarch butterflies.

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