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The very impatient caterpillar  Cover Image Book Book

The very impatient caterpillar / Ross Burach.

Burach, Ross. (Author).

Summary:

A caterpillar learns to be patient while trying to metamorphosize.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1338289411
  • ISBN: 9781338289411
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2019.

Content descriptions

Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 22.99
Subject: Caterpillars > Juvenile fiction.
Metamorphosis > Juvenile fiction.
Butterflies > Juvenile fiction.
Patience > Juvenile fiction.

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  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch NAT JP Burac 31681020103552 PICTURE Checked out 12/17/2025

  • Baker & Taylor
    A STEM-friendly, laugh-out-loud introduction to metamorphosis depicts a nervous and very impatient little caterpillar who nudges a fellow caterpillar for facts about their transformation while struggling to wait through a long stretch in his cocoon.
  • Baker & Taylor
    A caterpillar learns to be patient while trying to metamorphosize.
  • Scholastic
    This clever send-up of every child's biggest challenge -- being patient! -- is a STEM-friendly, laugh-out-loud comedy about metamorphosis.
  • Scholastic
    This clever send-up of every child's biggest challenge—being patient!—is a STEM-friendly, laugh-out-loud comedy about metamorphosis.

    "Will delight fans of Mo Willems's "Pigeon" series... absolutely charming." -- School Library Journal

    "Super-charged." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review

    "HEY! What are you guys doing?"

    "We're going to metamorphosize."

    "Meta-WHAT-now?"

    "Transform into butterflies."

    "Right. Right. I knew that... WAIT?! You're telling me I can become a BUTTERFLY?"

    "Yes."

    "With wings?"

    "Yes."

    "Wait for ME!!"

    Ross Burach's hilarious, tongue-in-cheek exploration of metamorphosis will make you flutter with glee, while also providing real facts about how caterpillars transform into butterflies.


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