Butterfly & Moth Bibliography

Non-Fiction Titles

Abisch, Roz. Let's Find Out About Butterflies. Illustrated by Boche Kaplan. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1972.
Bailey, Donna. Butterflies. Austin, TX: Steck Vaughin Co., 1990. 32 pp. Grades 1-4.
Bloom, James. Caterpillars, Cocoons and Butterflies. OH: CSS, 1988.
Brouilette, Jeanne S. Butterflies. Chicago: Follett, 1973. Grades 5 and up.
Brouillette, Jeanne S. Moths. Illustrated by Bill Barss. Chicago: Follett, 1966.
Conklin,Gladys. I Like Butterflies. Illustrated by Barbara Latham. New York: Holiday House, 1960.
Dallinger, Jane and Cynthia Overbeck. Swallowtail Butterflies. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, Co., 1982. Grades 4-7.
Darby,Gene. What is a Butterfly? Illustrated by Lucy and John Hawkinson. Chicago: Benefic Press, 1958.
Delaney, A. The Butterfly. Illustrated by the author. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1977.
Fischer-Nagel, Heiderose. Life of the Butterfly. Illustrated by Andreas Fischer-Nagel. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 1987. Grades 4-6.
Florian, Douglas. Discovering Butterflies. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1986.
Gibbons, Gail. Monarch Butterfly. New York: Holiday House, 1989. 32 pp. Grades PS-3.
Heller, Ruth. Chickens Aren't the Only Ones. New York: Putnam Publishing Group, 1981. 48 pp. Grades PS-1.
Heller, Ruth. How to Hide a Butterfly. New York: Putnam Publishing Group, 1986. 32 pp. Grades PS-2.
Hogan, Paul. The Butterfly. Illustrated by Geri K. Strigenz. Milwaukee, WI: Raintree Publishers, 1979.
Hogner, Dorothy Childs. Butterflies. New York: Thomas Crowell Company, 1962.
Jourdan, Eveline. Butterflies and Moths Around the World. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, 1981. Grades 4-8.
Lemmon, R.S. All About Moths and Butterflies. New York: Random House, 1956. 148 pp.
Linton, Margaret and Trevor Terry (editors) and Janet Culkins. The Life Cycle of a Butterfly. New York: The Bookwright Press, 1988. 32 pp. Grades 1-6.
McClung, Robert. Sphinx: The Story of a Caterpillar. Illustrated by Carol Lerner. New York:William Morrow and Company, 1981.
Mitchell, Robert and Herbert Zim. Butterflies and Moths. Racine, WI: Western Publishers Company, 1964.
Norsgaard, E.J. How to Raise Butterflies. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. Grades 2-5.
O'Hagan, Caroline. It's Easy to Have a Caterpillar Visit You. Illustrated by Judith Allan. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co., 1980.
Overbeck, Cynthia. The Butterfly Book. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, Co., 1978. Grades 2-4.
Oxford Scientific Films. Butterfly Cycle. Photographs by John Cooke. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1977.
Patent, Dorothy. Life Cycle of a Butterfly. New York: Holiday House, 1986. 40 pp. Grades 3-7.
Pluckrose, Henry. Butterflies and Moths. Illustrated by Norman Weaver and others. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981.
Reidel, Marlene. From Egg to Butterfly. Illustrated by the author. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 1981. 24 pp. Grades PS-3.
Ridout, Ronald and Michael Holt. The Life Cycle Book of Butterflies. Illustrated by Tony Payne. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1974.
Selsam, Millicent E. and Joyce Hunt. A First Look at Caterpillars. New York: Walker and Co., 1974.
Selsam, Millicent E. The Harlequin Moth: Its Life Story. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1975. 48 pp.
Sterling, Dorothy. Caterpillars. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1961. 63 pp.
Tweedie, Michael. A Color Treasury of Butterflies and Moths. London, UK: Orbis Publishers Co., Ltd., 1972. 64 pp.
Watts, Barrie. Butterfly and Caterpillar. Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett Press, 1987.
Watts, Barrie. Caterpillars - Keeping Minibeasts. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1991. 32 pp. Grades K-4.
Whalley, Paul. Butterfly and Moth. (Eyewitness Books) New York: A.A. Knopf, 1988. 64 pp.

Fiction and Poetry Titles

Aardema, Verna. Who's in Rabbit's House? Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. New York: Dial Press, 1977.
Aldridge, Alan and with verses by William Plomer and nature notes by Richard Fitter. The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast. Rev. by Edward G. Atkins.Illustrated by William Mulready. New York: Grossman Publishers, 1975.
Bartlett, Jaye. Caterpillar Had a Dream; A Poetic Story about Dreams Coming True. With cassette. Somers, CT: New Age Books and Games, 1990. 38 pp. Grades PS and up.
Callahan, J.O. Herman & Marguerite, A Worm and A Butterfly. Cambridge, MA: Yellow Moon Press.
Carle, Eric. A Very Hungry Caterpillar. Illustrated by the author. New York: Philomel Books, 1987. 32 pp. Grades PS-2.
Chubby Board Books. Caterpillar who Turned into a Butterfly. New York: S & S Trade, 1980. 16 pp. Grades PS-K.
Cutts, David. Look...a Butterfly. Illustrated by Eulala Conner. Mahwah, NJ: Troll Associates, 1982. 30 pp.
Delaney, Ned. One Dragon to Another. Illustrated by the author. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976.
Fitzsimons, Cecilia. My First Butterflies. Illustrated by the author. New York: Harper and Row, 1985.
Garelick, May. Where Does a Butterfly Go When It Rains? Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1961.
Gomi, Taro. Hi Butterfly! New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1985. 40 pp. Grades PS-1.Goodden, Robert. All Color Book of Butterflies. London: Octopus Books, 1973.
Grifalconi, Ann. Darkness and The Butterfly. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1987.
Hooker, Y. The Little Green Caterpillar. New York: Putnam Publishing Group, 1989. 24 pp. Grades PS-1.
Howe, James. I Wish I Were a Butterfly. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1987.
Jelly Bean Books. Ten Loopy Caterpillars. Illustrated by Rodney Mc Rae. Mexico: Ottenheimer Publishers, 1988.
Kennedy, Mary. Wings. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1980.
Kent, Jack. The Caterpillar and the Polliwog. Illustrated by the author. New York: Simon & Schuster Inc., 1982. 32 pp. Grades K-4.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Butterfly that Stamped. Illustrated by Alan Baker. New York: Harper and Row, 1983.
Kraus, Ruth. Open House for Butterflies. New York: Trumpet - Harper C. Childrens Books, 1990. 48 pp. Grades PS-3.
Lewis, Naomi. The Butterfly Collector. Illustrated by Fulvio Testa. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1979.
Mendoza, George. The Caterpillar Man. Illustrated by Joseph Low. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967.
Paulus, Trina. Hope for The Flowers. New York: Paulist Press, 1972.
Piers, Helen. Grasshopper and Butterfly. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1975.
Roscoe, William. The Butterfly's Ball. Illustrated by Don Bolognese. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1967.
Ryder, Joanne. Where Butterflies Grow. New York: Lodestar Books, E.P. Dutton, 1989.
Selsam, Millicent E. Terry and The Caterpillars. Illustrated by Arnold Lobel. New York: Harper and Row, 1962.
Shapiro, A. and C. Murphy. Squiggly Wiggly's Surprise. Los Angeles: Price & Stern, 1980. 22 pp. Grades PS-1.
Sundgaard, Arnold. The Lamb and The Butterfly. New York: Orchard Books/Watts, 1988. 32 pp. Grades PS-2.
Thompson, Susan L. Diary of a Monarch Butterfly. Illustrated by Judy LaMotte. New York: Walker and Company, 1976.
Turin, Adela and Syvie Selig. Of Cannons and Caterpillars. New York: Writers and Readers, 1980. 32 pp. Grades 3-6.
Wang, Herbert H. and Arvis Stewart. Our Caterpillars. Illustrated by Marie Nonast Bohlen. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1977. 32 pp.
Yoshi. The Butterfly Hunt. Illustrated by the author. Saxonville, MA: Picture Book Studios, 1990.
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