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acceptance
no matter who you are or who they are we are all the same. we should treat people as if they were our brother or sister. all we want is to be accepted for who we are. Charlie goes through what i am sure alot of kids today go through. after all acceptance starts at home.
Please Do Research
I am an environmental education coordinator at a wetlands center. I have not read this book and will not buy it until I see how the life cycle is written. I am going by what is written on the back cover. This is a very cute book with nice illustrations and a good story about friendships. But, I would like to see more authors do their research. Moth caterpillars spin cocoons and butterfly caterpillars make a hard shell called a chrysalis. When kids are brought up reading books that tell them one thing and then I am trying to educate them with the correct words it is difficult. Classroom teachers also think all the words are correct and are not informed unless they bring their students to a nature center.
An old, but very important, message
One of the academic publications called the message in this book "trite." That may be true if you are an educated adult, but this is a children's book.How many of us can remember being ridiculed as children because we weren't the tallest, or the strongest, or the prettiest kid in class, or because Mom and Dad couldn't afford the latest designer sneakers, errr, athletic footwear, for us? This may be an old message, but it is obvious that it is a message kids still need to hear, more than just once. Frankly, I've known plenty of adults who still haven't learned this simple lesson. "Charlie the Caterpillar" is a wonderful and warm story about the difference between shallow sycophants and true friends. The illustrations are definitely the highlight of the book; Charlie and Katie are downright huggable. Far from being cartoonish, the caterpillars have a real depth to them. My only regret after reading this book is that no toymaker has seized the opportunity to license the caterpillar design for a plush cuddle toy. Small children would love it.
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