Felicia Macheske - Bright and Beautiful: Butterfly

Published in the United States of America by
Cherry Lake Publishing
Ann Arbor, Michigan
www.cherrylakepublishing.com

Content Adviser: Susan Heinrichs Gray
Reading Adviser: Marla Conn, ReadAbility, Inc.
Book Designer: Felicia Macheske

Photo Credits: Le Do/Shutterstock Images, cover, 21; Eric Isselee/Shutterstock Images, 10, back cover; Olga Bogatyrenko/
Shutterstock Images, 1, 15; Yuri Kravchenko/Shutterstock Images, 3; Jakub Zak/Shutterstock Images, 4; Iurochkin
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Copyright 2016 by Cherry Lake Publishing
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Macheske, Felicia, author.
Bright and beautiful : butterfly / Felicia Macheske.
pages cm. (Guess what)
Summary: Guess What: Bright and Beautiful: Butterfly provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written
hints. Using the photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the insect mystery. Clearly
written facts give readers a deeper understanding of how the butterfly lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an
index, help students locate information and learn new words Provided by publisher.
Audience: K to grade 3.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-63470-721-3 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-63470-751-0 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-63470-736-7 (pdf) ISBN 978-1-63470-766-4
(ebook)
1. ButterfliesJuvenile literature. 2. Childrens questions and answers. I. Title.
QL544.2.M18 2016
595.789dc23
ISBN-13 978-1-68444-547-9 (ebook)
2015026084

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Table of Contents

My big
eyes see
colors you
cant see .

My curly
tongue
works like
a drinking
straw.

I come
in many
colors and
patterns .

I fly very
well on my
thin wings .

I love
to visit
flowers .

I taste
with my
feet !

When I am
young , I
eat and
eat .

Then I turn
into a
pupa for
a while.

Do you know what I am?

Im a
Butterfly!

About Butterflies

Most butterflies feed on the nectar
of flowers.

The butterflys wings are made up of
tiny, colorful scales.

A butterfly has four stages of life.
They are the egg, caterpillar, pupa,
and butterfly stages.

Some butterflies migrate . That
means they fly very long distances.

There may be more than 20,000
different kinds of butterflies.

Glossary

migrate (MYE-grate) to move from one area to
another

nectar (NEK-tur) a sweet liquid in flowers

patterns (PAT-urnz) a group of colors, shapes,
and figures that are repeated

pupa (PYOO-puh) the stage during which the
animal has a hard case to protect itself

scales (SKAYLZ) small, thin, flat body parts that
overlap one another

Index

caterpillar,
colors,

eating,
egg,
eyes,

feet,
flowers,
flying,

migrating,

nectar,

patterns,
pupa,

scales,

tasting,
tongue,

wings,