The Secret Life of Butterflies
Roger Vila, Rena Ortega (illustrator), translated by Paula Meiss
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Rena Ortega’s glorious watercolour illustrations and text by Roger Vila, of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona, combine perfectly in this large format scientific picture book (48 pages). Young readers will be fascinated by these delicate creatures that lived among the dinosaurs and which go through several complete transformations in their lives. The Secret Life of Butterflies also explains why butterflies are crucial to our planet, and is a perfect scientific introduction to the concept of interdependence in nature.
Ages 6-10
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