In the UK today is designated
Butterfly Education and Awareness Day, a day to make people aware of the role of butterflies in pollination and what they can do to ensure there are butterfly habitat
s close to them. Butterflies are certainly fascinating creatures because of their beauty and delicacy.
Many children's books focus on butterflies, but the ones here, I have included because of their illustrations and/or stories rather than their factual information. They will certainly cover a wide range of uses.
1.
Butterfly by Petr Horacek.
2.
A Butterfly is Patient by Dianna Hutts Acton and Sylvia Long.
3.
Caterpillar Butterfly by Vivian French and Charlotte Voake.
4.
Caterpillar and Butterfly by Ambelin Kwaymullina.
5.
Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin Jnr and Lois Ehlert.
6.
I Wish I Were a Butterfly by James Howe and Ed Young.
7.
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison and Kevin Hawkes.
8.
Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle and Julie Paschkis
For more butterfly titles including expository texts see Pinterest
here.
What is a numbat? It is a small marsupial that is now only native to Western Australia. It was once found across most of Southern Australia, but now it is in threat of extinction. So on World Numbat Day we celebrate Western Australia's unique mammal emblem and are encouraged to conserve the species. Like many of Australia's smaller marsupials it is threatened by foxes, feral cats and loss of habitat. Project Numbat works tirelessly to promote community awareness. Tomorrow in the library I will put these books out on display to remind the students about this interesting marsupial and its place in our unique fauna.
