Inspired by the sight of some school kids releasing butterflies up into the sky, a young boy turns into a "butterfly scientist" and helps his teacher and classmates care fro some caterpillars as they grow into butterflies.

The process of a new life starting is fascinating! Watch a butterfly grow from an egg to an insect. Young readers will learn about the stages in a butterfly's life. From a tiny egg to a chrysalis and, finally, a brightly-colored butterfly! The life cycle of a butterfly is a beautiful thing to see.

A caterpillar learns to be patient while trying to metamorphosize.

"Gramma Tinker is acting strangely ? even for a really old caterpillar who is always inventing things. One day, worker ants Leaf and Lu, who often visit Gramma in her cherry tree, are fascinated to find her creating what she calls her greatest invention yet: the Wingmaker 77. Gramma is busily preparing for an upcoming adventure, and Leaf and Lu can?t imagine what it might be ? especially when she mysteriously explains that she?ll rest inside the Wingmaker...

A "middle-grade adaptation of Amy Stewart's Wicked Bugs that features profiles of the world's scariest, deadliest, and grossest bugs, from the most painful hornet to flies that transmit deadly diseases to millipedes that stop traffic, to 'bookworms' that devour libraries"--

"Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."--