Butterfly

by Thomas Marent

Featuring more than 500 photographs taken on location around the globe of living insects in their natural habitats with personal stories from the photographer, Butterfly captures 16 year's worth of travel over five continents for an up-close view of the astonishing variety and behavior of the world's butterflies and moths. Now in paperback!

Genres: Nonfiction, Animals, Photography, Nature, Art, Science

280 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 2008

About the author

Thomas Marent is a Swiss nature and wildlife photographer whose passion for the outdoors began in childhood and deepened when he got his first camera at 16. A transformative trip to an Australian rainforest at 23 inspired a lifelong mission to explore and document rainforests worldwide. Since the mid-1990s, his work has appeared in magazines and calendars, culminating in his 2006 book Rainforest, translated into 15 languages. He has published several follow-ups, leads wildlife photography tours, and supports butterfly conservation in Switzerland.

Reviews

[Freda Mans-Labianca · Rating 4 out of 5]

A stunning collection of butterflies, moths and larvae in photography. There were so many different butterflies, each unique in their own way.
I really enjoyed looking through the photos, though I felt the binding did take away from some of the larger photos, still a very good visual experience.
I think a lot of butterfly fans should check it out, mainly due to its mass amount of species in it. Like I said, there were many I had never heard of before, and I'm sure a seasoned butterfly watcher would see some newbies too!


4.5/5

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is beautiful! I had been looking for a butterfly book that featured more pictures of butterflies with their wings open and this is the first book to do so. No blue morphos (my favorite) but lots of swallowtails and glasswings and a few birdwings. Cool caterpillar pictures, too. The kids at school will like.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating information on all types of butterflies; and the pictures are absolutely stunning!

[SR · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely stunning. Cannot believe such gems are available at throw away price of 4$ in half price books. The low number of reviewers also tell the same story. Somehow not many know of its existence. Kids will love the pictures and adults will more than they can catch from TV shows. The pictures and printing in large size does justice to the subject.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I use Marent's book as a pictorial resource for my preschool students when we study caterpillars, butterflies, their life cycle, and their behaviors. The photographs are stunning and extremely accessible to pre-readers.

[Spider the Doof Warrior · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has the most beautiful pictures. You can see the scales of each butterflies' wings.
It's delightful!

My only gripe is seeing butterfly pictures get cut off by the pages' middle.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting and informative.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautifully illustrated science book. I bought it for my bright, early-reader granddaughter.