Eve Bunting

With the help of her grandfather, a little girl makes a house for a larva and watches it develop before setting it free, and every summer after that butterflies come to visit her. By the author of Smoky Night.

Butterfly House

Kim Tyo-Dickerson

Soft, lyrical story about a girl and her grandfather creating a butterfly house for a little caterpillar she saves from a hungry blue jay in her grandfather's garden. The sweet friendship between the girl and her grandfather is described through spare prose and accentuated beautifully by the full page watercolor illustrations of them creating a little home for the caterpillar so that it can eat, create a chrysalis and ultimately turn into a magnificent Painted Lady butterfly that they release together, not without a few tears. What makes this book even more of a treasure is that the little girl grows up, and the butterflies fill her garden as if they remember, in a CHARLOTTE's WEB way, that once upon a time a little girl nurtured and cared for their great-great-great-grandmother butterfly. Also a moving read alike for MISS RUMPHIUS, another welcome celebration of family, kindness to all creatures, and making the world a more beautiful place.

Jessica Nottingham

This is one of my all time favorite books!

I read this to my elementary school classes every year when Spring comes, and we study the life cycle of the butterfly. They love the gorgeous illustrations and are soon asking me to read the story again and again!

Eve Bunting is a master at weaving a story. The children feel connected to the main character and always talk about raising their own butterflies. They feel the same pain/joy that the character in the story does. Simply said, I love this book!

Butterfly House

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