A Butterfly is Patient by Dianna Hutts Aston illustrated by Sylvia Long*

I love, love books created by this team!
The illustrations are soft, realistic and just plain gorgeous.
Each page has a descriptive sentence and then supports that main idea sentence with facts about butterflies.
Lots of ways to use this book in the classroom:

• word choice/expanding vocab.
• text features
• main idea/details
• for any butterfly unit

I love the end pages-in the beginning the illustrations are of unique caterpillars and then the back end pages Ms. Long has drawn to what butterflies they have transformed!
http://www.amazon.com/Butterfly-Patient-Dianna-Hutts-Aston/dp/0811864790

Check out all the books created by this team:
An Egg is Quiet
A Seed is Sleepy
A Rock is Lively
most recent: A Nest is Noisy
Highly recommend adding them to a classroom or home library!