BUTTERFLY
Written by Ben Morgan
Photographs By Thomas Marent
DK Publishing, 2008
Category: Nonfiction for any age
What can I say about this book? If you are the least bit interested in butterflies you will be mesmerized. If you appreciate photography, you will be inspired. If you admire gorgeous books in which concept, content, layout, and design merge perfectly, you will be impressed.
The images are astonishingly beautiful, but I lingered longest over those taken at the Mexican wintering roosts of the monarch butterflies. If all goes according to plan, I will have the chance to visit those roosts this winter. I also spent a good bit of time grinning at the image of pine processionary caterpillars marching head-to-rear through leaf litter. To those poor friends who have seen my fork-and-knife pine processionary presentation: the real thing is so much more beautiful!
Treat yourself to a peek at this book if you can …