Laura Knowles 
How to Be a Butterfly 

Should a butterfly be big or small? Should it be bright and bold, or perfectly pale? A joyous, imaginative, yet informative non-fiction picture book about what it takes to be a butterfly—body parts, behavior, and life cycle—with the underlying message that diversity is a wonderful thing and that, in fact, there are 20, 000 ways to be a butterfly!



Not only beautiful to behold, butterflies provide an opportunity to
introduce a variety of environmental topics . Serving as key indicators of biodiversity and healthy ecosystems, they face threats of extinction due to climate change and habitat destruction—all vital subjects for children today.



With
stunning illustrations displaying a
colorful array of different butterfly species , each labeled with its scientific name, and fascinating details about their
anatomy and life cycle , there is plenty for young nature lovers to spot and explore time and again.

Mengenai Pengarang

Laura Knowles has a background in children’s publishing and is the author of We Travel So Far, Once Upon a Jungle, The Coral Kingdom, and It Starts with a Seed, winner of the 2017 Margaret Mallett Award for Children’s Non-fiction and shortlisted for the UKLA Book Award 2018. Her love of natural history, words, and art have drawn her to work on books about animals and nature.