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Loading... The Butterfly Alphabet (1996)by Kjell B Sandved
None. An unbelievable alphabet book created from butterflies! (  ) jverke | Mar 9, 2013 |  REVIEW: "A world-renowned nature photographer presents photographs of butterflies from throughout the world, using close-up views of wing designs that look like letters of the alphabet." SOURCE: Lakewood Library AGE: 4-6  KayteeSchroeder | Mar 7, 2013 | This book is great for older grades! The pictures in this book are very interesting. I could not imagine how long it took to find the entire alphabet hidden in the wings of countless butterflies! This book also offers information and facts about many different butterflies. Great resource book! A.Smith | Nov 22, 2012 | Beautiful! A truly beautiful collection of super-closeup photos of markings of butterflies and moths that form letters of the alphabet. The rhyming couplets for each page are delightful. Each insect is identified by name on the alphabet page, and more in detail in an addendum at the end. Love it! (  ) MerryMary | Jun 6, 2011 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0439079470, Paperback)"One day many years ago, as I was looking through a microscope at a tropical moth, to my surprise I noticed a tiny, perfect letter F hidden on the wing. I was astounded and wondered if I could find other letters. Perhaps I could even find the entire alphabet in the wings of butterflies and moths! I decided that I was going to be the first to try."So wrote Kjell B. Sandved in his introduction to The Butterfly Alphabet. Little did he know that it would take him more than 25 years, with visits to more than 30 countries, to discover and photograph all the letters of the alphabet in butterfly wings. This glorious book is the fruit of his labors. On each spread, you'll find a picture of the whole butterfly or moth and its common name, with a full-page, full-color close-up on the adjacent page of the letter on the creature's tiny wing scales. A gentle poem accompanies the flight from A to Z as well: "On wings aloft across the skies-- / An alphabet of butterflies. / Each butterfly in secret brings / A letter hidden in its wings." A few butterfly basics and a glossary of the species featured in the book close this fascinating, loving, photographic ode to the order Lepidoptera. (Ages 4 to 104) --Karin Snelson (retrieved from Amazon Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:03:44 -0500) Introduces the letters of the alphabet through rhyming text and close-up examinations of letter-like makings on the wings of vaious species of butterflies. |
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