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Caterpillar and Butterfly

Caterpillar lives all alone, and is terrified of everything!  Her friends, Wallaby, Goanna, and Snake do everything they can to get Caterpillar to come have fun with them, but she is simply too frightened.  When it seems that Caterpillar will be stuck in her safe world forever, she makes a transformation that changes everything.  Written in the style of a fable, Kwaymullina’s picture book absolutely pops with color and personality.  There is barely a white space on any page, and the bold reds, oranges, greens, blues, and pink paints will draw in every young child.  This book is great for story times and read-alouds, but it could use a more thorough source note.  A message in the back informs the reader that the author is “from the Bailgu and Nyamal peoples of the Pilbara region of Western Australia,” but it would be nice to know if the origin of the story itself, as well a little more background on the style of art.