Butterfly House by Eve BuntingISBN: 0590848844
Scholastic, Inc., 1999
32 pages
RL 3.9
Lyrical, sometimes rhyming.
Horn Book (Fall 1999)
After a girl rescues a larva from a hungry jay, she and her grandfather make a home for it and watch it change into a Painted Lady butterfly. The poetic text is accompanied by handsome paintings that convey the girl's feelings about keeping and eventually releasing the butterfly. Bunting includes detailed instructions for making a butterfly house.