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How to Hide a Butterfly & Other Insects

Author: Heller, Ruth

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 3.6
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 275
Points per Word 0.001818
Page Count 32
Points per Page 0.015625

Description

Rhyming text describes how various insects camouflage themselves to protect against predators.

Quick Summary

Ruth Heller's "How to Hide a Butterfly & Other Insects" turns camouflage into a playful guessing game, with bouncy rhyming lines that make each insect's trick feel like a secret kids get to uncover. If your child loves nature, bright pictures, or just enjoys silly rhymes, they'll zip through the pages and come away knowing how stick insects, leaf insects, and even a butterfly hide in plain sight. The story is light-hearted no scary predators, just the clever survival tactics of bugs so it's perfect for young listeners who might be a little sensitive to frightening content. Each spread shows an insect trying to blend in, and the rhythmic prompts encourage kids to guess which creature is hiding before the answer pops up, making reading together feel more like a game than a lesson. Fans of the lively, fact-filled adventures in "The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive" will find the same mix of humor and learning here, but in a much shorter, picture-book format.