Waiting for Wings
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- Create Date：2021-03-28 11:16:56
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Lois Ehlert
- ISBN：0152026088
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Summary
Every spring， butterflies emerge and dazzle the world with their vibrant beauty。 But where do butterflies come from？ How are they born？ What do they eat--and how？
With a simple， rhyming text and glorious color-drenched collage， Lois Ehlert provides clear answers to these and other questions as she follows the life cycle of four common butterflies， from their beginnings as tiny hidden eggs and hungry caterpillars to their transformation into full-grown butterflies。 Complete with butterfly and flower facts and identification tips， as well as a guide to planting a butterfly garden， this butterfly book is like no other。
With a simple， rhyming text and glorious color-drenched collage， Lois Ehlert provides clear answers to these and other questions as she follows the life cycle of four common butterflies， from their beginnings as tiny hidden eggs and hungry caterpillars to their transformation into full-grown butterflies。 Complete with butterfly and flower facts and identification tips， as well as a guide to planting a butterfly garden， this butterfly book is like no other。
Reviews
Kendall Todd
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This book uses beautiful illustrations to tell the story of how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly。 This book would be great for a science lesson on the lifecycle of a caterpillar。
The Transmuted Tree
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Red 5th
Ali Book&Seaglasshunter
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A rhythmic description of the butterfly lifecycle。 There seem to be so many stories on this topic， but this one is a little more memorable than some of the others。 The colors used in the illustrations are beautiful， lots of red， pink， orange which I love。 If you like Ehlert’s illustration style you will definitely enjoy this book。
Maeve
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Storytime:Insects/BugsButterfliesSummerColors: All or Orange
Jessica
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I would have the children read this book in their partner reading groups。 This book is all about the formation of the butterfly and it’s life after it has become a butterfly。 The book is interactive and has some cool little pages to flip and go through。 I think students would enjoy going through the book with a partner， taking turns reading， and both getting to look at all things butterfly。 I would have the students who read this book make a list of four fun facts to share with the class and let I would have the children read this book in their partner reading groups。 This book is all about the formation of the butterfly and it’s life after it has become a butterfly。 The book is interactive and has some cool little pages to flip and go through。 I think students would enjoy going through the book with a partner， taking turns reading， and both getting to look at all things butterfly。 I would have the students who read this book make a list of four fun facts to share with the class and let them be the expert for the day。 。。。more
Karin
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Quarantine reading。 We liked the rhyming and colourful pictures a lot。 For some reason it didn't hold my kiddo's attention as much as other similar books。 Quarantine reading。 We liked the rhyming and colourful pictures a lot。 For some reason it didn't hold my kiddo's attention as much as other similar books。 。。。more
Brittany Lynn
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NONFICTION K-3Title: Waiting for WingsAuthor: Lois EhlertHow would you describe the plot？ All about the beauty of butterflies and important information。 How would you describe the characters？What is the main conflict？What is the main theme？ Describing how a butterfly comes to be and all the many forms that take place。 How would you describe the author’s style？ InformativeWhat point of view does the author use？What lessons could you teach with this text？W。2。7: Participate in shared research and w NONFICTION K-3Title: Waiting for WingsAuthor: Lois EhlertHow would you describe the plot？ All about the beauty of butterflies and important information。 How would you describe the characters？What is the main conflict？What is the main theme？ Describing how a butterfly comes to be and all the many forms that take place。 How would you describe the author’s style？ InformativeWhat point of view does the author use？What lessons could you teach with this text？W。2。7: Participate in shared research and writing projects （e。g。， read a variety of print and/or digital sources on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations）。W。3。2。B: Develop the topic with facts， definitions， and details。What is your overall assessment of the book？ Very cute and informative and has really pretty/bold illustrations。 。。。more
Cara Byrne
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Visually beautiful。 This book was perfect for celebrating the start of spring。 A Scholastic Learn-At-Home PreK Book。
Brianna
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Caterpillar， butterfly， metamorphosis
Peacegal
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As vibrant and active as butterflies themselves。 A great book to share for the spring and summer seasons。
Kelsi-Rhea Kemp
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This is one of my favorite books！ The illustrations are so beautiful and I love the end of the book where they label the body parts of the butterfly。 This book covers the life cycle of the butterfly from eggs and then brings the story full circle to a butterfly that is ready to lay eggs。 This would be wonderful for a pre-K classroom as an anchor book， part of a text set， included in an interest area， or as part of an activity！
Makayla Gourley
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Tells the story of how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly。
Molly Rhymer
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Non-Fiction。 Beautifully illustrated book about the metamorphosis of a butterfly。
Meredith
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This picture book shows the butterfly life cycle。 Accompanied by super simple text， the reader follows a group of butterflies from eggs to caterpillars （larva stage） to cocoons/chrysalises （pupa stage） to butterflies。 The book ends with the butterflies ready to lay their own eggs， thus ensuring the cycle of life will continue。The illustrations are done Lois Ehlert's signature collage style with deft use of white space。 The design uses partial pages for the first three stages of the butterflies' This picture book shows the butterfly life cycle。 Accompanied by super simple text， the reader follows a group of butterflies from eggs to caterpillars （larva stage） to cocoons/chrysalises （pupa stage） to butterflies。 The book ends with the butterflies ready to lay their own eggs， thus ensuring the cycle of life will continue。The illustrations are done Lois Ehlert's signature collage style with deft use of white space。 The design uses partial pages for the first three stages of the butterflies' life cycle and then switches to full pages for the adult butterflies。Included at the end of the book is a butterfly identification guide， information about butterflies， a flower identification guide， and information on growing a butterfly garden。 。。。more
Dzana
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Waiting for wings is such a beautiful story。 It talks about the butterflies cycle。 This would be a great lesson to teach children about how a butterfly is made。 Starting from a small eggs to a caterpillar and into a big beautiful butterfly。
Diana
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Simple， but oh-so-pretty！ And nonfiction books that work as storytime titles are a huge favorite of mine。 The kids love the varying page sizes （although they do make page-turning a tad tricky during storytime）， and it kept the kids enthralled to the last page。
Sydney Humphress
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I found this book to be very educational。 It would be a great book to read aloud to children considering its rhyming pattern structure。 The visuals and diagrams in this book also allow for further education on a catepillars transformation into a butterfly！
Carol Krueger
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Creative book design
Dana
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What an innovative book that teaches about butterflies and their life cycles。
Raheema Albaqi
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having problems seeing the book。 But the cover looks great with all the colors
Heather
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Great simple story to introduce butterfly life cycles！ We had fun back to back with Planting the Rainbow Garden to get ready for butterflies。
Whitney Leanhart
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This butterfly book contains tons of information on butterflies and what they have to do once they come out of their cocoons。 At the end there is a page that is for butterfly identifying， I found this helpful to teach children all the different types。
Casey Zarr
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This book show the process of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly。 I would do a butterfly unit and open up with this book as its very interactive with the different pages and how they're cut。 This book show the process of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly。 I would do a butterfly unit and open up with this book as its very interactive with the different pages and how they're cut。 。。。more
Becky B
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A picture book introduction to the life cycle of some common butterflies。 This was one of the most creative books for what it did with page sizes。 It goes from big to small to half to whole。 Ehlert does a good job of outlining the basics of a butterfly life cycle in terms a young child can understand and does so in rhyme。 The back of the book has an identification guide for the butterflies and all their stages as well as the flowers featured in here。 There's also more info on butterflies and how A picture book introduction to the life cycle of some common butterflies。 This was one of the most creative books for what it did with page sizes。 It goes from big to small to half to whole。 Ehlert does a good job of outlining the basics of a butterfly life cycle in terms a young child can understand and does so in rhyme。 The back of the book has an identification guide for the butterflies and all their stages as well as the flowers featured in here。 There's also more info on butterflies and how to grow a butterfly garden in the back of the book。 A very bright and colorful butterfly life cycle intro for younger kids。 。。。more
Nikki
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Another beautiful book of collage from Ehlert。 This one describes the life cycle of butterflies in a flower garden。 The understated plot is almost overwhelmed by the enormous and vibrant collages， but the effect works well with kids。 Plants and butterflies depicted are loyal to real species， which are identified in the artsy field guide in the back。
Lauri Meyers
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Lovely rhyming look at the life cycle of a butterfly。 Double meaning of caterpillar waiting for wings and the butterfly garden waiting for wings。
Karen
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A great alternative to The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Rhett Baerlocher
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Illustrations are paintings The story is about the development of a butterfly。 It is a story at first then it turns into more of an informational text about all different things about butterflies from raising them to pictures of all different kinds of butterflies。 There is a small book inside the big book that is pretty neat。 this book would be good to use in a science class and combined with a unit for English。
Steph
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ISD students love this book。 I can't keep them seated when I read to them。 They have to get up， approach the book and point at the catepillar， 'cuase they found it， point at the cocoon， 'cause they found it， and point at the butterfly， 'cause they can see it in the maze of colors。 ISD students love this book。 I can't keep them seated when I read to them。 They have to get up， approach the book and point at the catepillar， 'cuase they found it， point at the cocoon， 'cause they found it， and point at the butterfly， 'cause they can see it in the maze of colors。 。。。more
Dana
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This is a good book for the emerging reader from k-1。 It's full of color and informs you of the butterfly life cycle。 This would be a good one for bug studies。 This is a good book for the emerging reader from k-1。 It's full of color and informs you of the butterfly life cycle。 This would be a good one for bug studies。 。。。more
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