2020 Finalist: Children’s Science Picture Book

Butterflies in Room 6: See How They Grow, by Caroline Arnold. Charlesbridge, 2019.

Follow a classroom of real kindergartners as they participate in a popular activity: raising butterflies. Astonishing photographs show the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly, from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to adult. Engaging text captures the children’s wonder and explains the science behind metamorphosis.