Book Talk: Are you a Butterfly?

Nonfiction: Are you a Butterfly?

Title: Are you a Butterfly?                                                            

              

Author/illustrator: Judy Allen

Publication Date: May 16, 2003

Number of Pages: 28                                          

Artistic Medium: Drawing: pencil, pen and ink, crayon, chalk

Artistic Style: Realism

Age Range: Grade: Pre-K - 3rd

Plot Summary:  

Follow the tiny caterpillar on its journey to transfer into a beautiful butterfly. This humorous book describes the life cycle of a butterfly while explaining what life would be like if the reader was a butterfly too. 

Content Area:

6 ) Create representations to explain the unique and diverse life cycles of organisms other than humans (e.g., flowering plants, frogs, butterflies), including commonalities such as birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

• I would read this story to my students after we've discussed the life cycle of a butterfly.
• I would then ask the question: "What would you do if you were a butterfly for a day"?
• I would have my students write their answer down and create their own story.