I'm a Caterpillar

by Jean Marzollo, Judith Moffatt (Illustrations)

There's more to a caterpillar than meets the eye.

Genres: Science, Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Nonfiction, Spanish Literature

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Jean Marzollo was an American children's author and illustrator best known for the I Spy series, a best-selling and award-winning collection written entirely in rhythm and rhyme and illustrated by Walter Wick. Over her career, she wrote more than 100 books for children, parents, and educators, including Help Me Learn Numbers 0-20, The Little Plant Doctor, and Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King. Born and raised in Connecticut, she graduated from the University of Connecticut and earned a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She taught high school English and later worked in educational publishing, serving for 20 years as editor of Scholastic’s Let’s Find Out Magazine. Later in life, she began illustrating her own books.

Reviews

[Mya]

This book did a really great job into going into detail about the butterfly's life cycle.

[Loraine]

SUMMARY: Follows a caterpillar as it changes into a butterfly, from its pupa stage throught its transformation into a chrysalis to its metamorphosis into a butterfly newly emerged from a sticky cocoon.

REVIEW: This was a perfect book with simple pictures to explain to our 3 year old grandson how a caterpillar turned into a butterfly. Would be a great beginning reader for a child who is interested in this subject or general science.

[Courtney Barter]

I'm a Caterpillar by Jean Marzollo is a children's non-fiction picture book. It is categorized as a level 1 Beginning Reader book. The artwork throughout this book is unique in my opinion because the pictures are made out of paper. This book travels through the entire lifespan of a caterpillar, ending with the life cycle and asking the questions, "What comes next?" Non-fiction.

[Laura]

This is the perfect book for early readers to learn the cycle of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. The pictures help tell the story and repetition of some of the words is very helpful to new readers.

[Mellanie C]

Nice clear text with colorful illustrations.

[Arisa Castalone]

i am a caterpillar

[KaitandMaddie]

A good spring read.

[Briana]

It's a book about the life cycle of a caterpillar. It's fine but does not stand out from the dozens of other books you can buy that tell you the life cycle of a caterpillar.

[Kelli Dana]

Science Fiction:
This book is great to use when teaching about caterpillars and the changes that go throw in order to become a butterfly. They use excellent, age appropriate, vocabulary. This book is best for kindergarten or first grade.

[Christi]

didn't really stand out to me--must not have to the girls either. It was only requested once.

[Tricia]

Probably the most appealing easy reader on the topic of the transformation of caterpillar to butterfly that I have seen up to this point. Simple. Attractive illustrations.

[Jaylin Brooks]

Simple sentences and cute illustrations. Life cycle of a caterpillar to a butterfly.

[Jennifer]

This book, through colorful illustrations is good for discussing the life cycle of a butterfly and the changes it goes through within the various stages.

[Amy]

Very simple book. I learned the difference between a pupa and a chrysalis.