The Very Impatient Caterpillar

Ever wondered how caterpillars turn into butterflies? So does this wriggly fellow – and he CAN’T WAIT to see! “Hey!” says a little caterpillar to some big ones. “What are you guys doing?” The bigger caterpillars have a pretty cool answer: they’re going to metamorphise! That is, turn into butterflies. Wait – does that mean the little caterpillar gets to be a butterfly, too? Yup! Exactly right! So – WHEN? Well, not quite yet. He’s got to wait until the moment is right. But waiting is so BORING…

The latest picture book by the talented Ross Burach

Ross is the creator of There’s a Giraffe in My Soup

A tongue-in-cheek look at the trials of being patient

With fun facts about caterpillars and metamorphosis

“Will delight fans of Mo Willems’s Pigeon series… absolutely charming.” School Library Journal