Henry Carter Hull

Children in the classroom watch a caterpillar grow, disappear inside a shell it makes, and come out of the shell a beautiful butterfly.

Profiles some of the largest vehicles in the world, from the Airbus A380 and Saturn V rocket to the Caterpillar 797F dump truck and Maersk Triple E container ship.

Die-cut pages show the transformations of various animals and objects, such as a seed to a flower, paint to a picture, and a caterpillar to a butterfly.

"Fly is fed up with everyone studying butterflies. After all, flies go through metamorphosis too--and they are so much cooler! They flap their wings 200 times a second, compared to a butterfly's measly five to twelve times. Their babies--maggots--are much cuter than caterpillars (obviously). And when they eat solid food, they even throw up on it to turn it into a liquid. Who wouldn't want to study an insect like that? Both funny and informative, this...

An illustrated introduction to butterflies, following their transformation from caterpillars with fold-out and flip-up photographs, and discussing how much food caterpillars eat, why some butterflies have spots, and other related topics.