Kathryn's Reviews > What's Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?: And Other Questions About Moths & Butterflies

I was utterly delighted by What's Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?: And Other Questions About Moths & Butterflies and it definitely brought me joy. The illustrations are a combination of cartoony humor and exquisitely realistic artistry that is hard to explain but really worked for me. (You can see, on the cover, the super cute caterpillar with his smiley face while the moth is beautifully rendered and quite life-like; and, oh, those gorgeous flowers and the cocoon!) The information is accessible for youngsters while also being rich and interesting. I love that moths are included as well as butterflies. Picture books largely favor butterflies and certainly butterflies are beautiful but moths deserve admiration, too. Moths are beautiful in a quieter way -- I love their gentle, muted colors and softness (those fuzzy heads and feathered antennae!) By the way, while both moths and butterflies go through a caterpillar life stage, butterflies emerge from a chrysalis and moths from a cocoon--so that's actually a moth on the cover (yay!) Totally chock-full of information, but never visually overstimulating for me, and held the attention of my eight-year-old who says he already knew a lot about butterflies and moths ;-)