As the caterpillars in our classroom continue to grow, so does our knowledge and wonder about butterflies. This week we read the book ‘A Butterfly is Patient’ written by Dianna Hutts Aston and illustrated by Sylvia Long.

This book welcomes children to the world of butterflies by creating a lovely mix of science and wonder. While learning factual information about butterflies we enjoyed the detailed close-up watercolors of a variety of caterpillars and butterflies. We learned that the world’s tiniest butterfly is the Western Pygmy Blue which measures 1.2 cm and that the largest is the Queen Alexandra’s Budwing at 25cm.