How to Hide a Butterfly & Other Insects

How to Hide...

by Ruth Heller

Go on a fascinating nature hunt to find the butterflies, bees, inchworms, and other intriguing insects hiding in the brilliantly-painted pages of this book.

Genres: Picture Books, Science, Childrens, Nonfiction, Animals, Nature, School

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 1985

About the author

Author and illustration with a passionate interest in Korean culture. She lives with her husband in San Francisco, California.

Reviews

[Cheryl]

Five stars to all of Ruth Heller's parts of speech books and almost all her science ones. (And four stars to the rest.) Somehow I never saw this one before, and I learned something: flies, even the ones that look like bees, have only one pair of wings, but bees have two pairs.

That's the thing with her books: they're not only absolutely beautiful, even to the point of being art for the wall, but they're educational for a variety of levels of knowledge. Even though I learned something new, this book is accessible even to pre-schoolers.

[Dolly]

I love Ruth Heller's picture books for children. The rhyming narratives are lyrical and the illustrations are so life-like and detailed. This book highlights the magic of camouflage in nature and I can imagine children wanting to read it again and again.

[Katie]

Although this was included with our homeschool curriculum, we misplaced this book and found it a month after we did the rest of our unit on butterflies. We enjoyed the book quite a bit, although we had a hard time spotting the bug hiding among the twigs on the blossoming tree. Leave it to my husband to spot it instantly! I just didn't expect it to be that large!

[Dorothy Vandezande]

Cute book about camouflaged creatures. It's fun to look for the hidden insect on each page.

[NayDoubleU]

Loved everything about this and so happy to own this

[Kate Carter]

I had this as a kid and was thrilled when my dad found our copy so that I could read it to my kids. I still love the illustrations because they show how clever these animals are at camouflage!

[Jessica]

Nice addition to the series.

[Abbey]

This book is wonderfully educational and engaging. I love the rhyme and rhythm of this book, and the artwork is excellent. A treasure for the bookshelf and enjoyed by my kids ages 2-12

[Rachel]

A great book that teaches about how insects camouflage themselves. The boys love to search the illustrations for the hidden insects.

[Donna]

Fun look at camouflage with hidden insects and spiders to discover but does not lend itself to multiple readings.

[Julie Suzanne]

Rhyming, never dumbing-down, gorgeous picture book about camouflage.