Percival the Plain Little Caterpillar

by Anonymous

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Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Animals, Fiction

16 pages, Hardcover

First published May 28, 2002

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Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son loved the texture of the colors.

[maddie terrill · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this cute book as a kid! The pictures are gorgeous and iridescent!

I read this to preschoolers today! They loved it!

Percival is such a cute little caterpillar!

[Kimberly · Rating 3 out of 5]

It reminds me of the ugly duckling! There's a plain little caterpillar who sees all the beautiful bugs and animals around him. Some even call him ugly. Then... he wakes up a butterfly! And no one says he's plain again.

There are glittery colors on every page!

[Little Champs]

BB 140

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read aloud to the four year old. Maybe the message of there's nothing wrong with being plain would have been better? This was just fine. Liked the shiny parts.

[Grace · Rating 2 out of 5]

Don't love the message in this one. He had to change himself to be loved.

[Sherry Scheline · Rating 4 out of 5]

So cute: I wish it would have rhymed a bit more and bit slightly more repetitive for learning purposes. Not a beginner reader story.

[Sallyb · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this many times to my grandchildren:)

[liv · Rating 5 out of 5]

so weirdly attached to percival, loved the shiny bits as a kid. had to touch every new colour (still do :0)

[SL Reads and Reads · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have been growing frustrated with the portrayal of caterpillars in modern children's literature. What? You were expecting James Joyce?

"The Ugly Duckling" gets it right. The moral is that while the ugly duckling is, indeed, "ugly" for a duckling, he's not really ugly at all - he's just not a duckling. (I hope I didn't give away the surprise ending for anyone).

Percival the Plain Little Caterpillar and its ilk get it all wrong. Several of these newer books talk about the drab life of caterpillars until they transform into beautiful butterflies. Percival, for example, is depressed because he's "so plain."

Then something wonderful happened! He became a butterfly! "And no one ever said he was plain again."

How could the apples have fallen so far from the tree?

[Kelly Thevenot · Rating 5 out of 5]

Percival the PLain Little Caterpillar is about a little brown caterpillar who notices that he is so plain compared to all the other beautiful colorful bugs. Although, Percival knew he was plain he still complimented the colorful bugs on how beautiful they were. He never let it get him down although he wished he was more colorful. He was always nice to everyone else, then one day he took a long nap and when he woke up he was a beautiful butterfly and all the other bugs never thought that Percival was plain again. This could be a lesson that teaches children that good things come to people who wait. Also, that you should be kind to everyone no matter what they look like, or the clothes they wear.

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story here isn't much. Rather, it's the textured brightly colored enhancements to each page that makes this. Percival the caterpillar notices all the wonderful colors about him. Each animal makes his case for why his particular color is the best. Percival feels sorrow since he is so plain. He goes to sleep dreaming of colors. When he awakens, he emerges a brightly multi-colored butterfly.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great sparkly pictures my children loved. Fun to read. But I do have to agree with another reveiw I read... Percival was sad because he wasn't beautiful and then fell asleep and work up a beautiful butterfly. It would be so much nice if somehow he could have been happy how he was or found some beauty within.

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a beautiful story! And the art work in this book is amazing! The story shows the transformation of a little caterpillar, Percival. He not only grows physically but emotionally as well. I highly recommend this book for teaching self-esteem.

[Shelley · Rating 3 out of 5]

The caterpillar theme is really overused in children's stories. But the pictures are nice. Amir loves the shiny metallic colors, so I just let him look at that instead of reading it sometimes.

This book is Australian. I guess they call ladybugs "ladybirds".

[Carrie Mortleman · Rating 5 out of 5]

My children and the Spanish children I read to absolutely love this book. It's great for 2-5 yr olds and has sparkly shiny colours all over the pages. The story features a variety of lovely bugs, splendid illustrations and a beautiful ending.
Simply love it.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty standard caterpillar turns into a butterfly story. This one is decorated with lots of sparkle pages, which our girls love.

[Shelby Troutman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for younger children learning about their colors or the life cycle of a caterpillar.

[Michelle White]

I loved the pictures in this book. They were georgous. I think children would love this book to. I got it from the IUS Library.

[Peyton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would read this book all the time to my dad when I was very young and is still one of my favorites.