Very Impatient Caterpillar

This comical companion to Ross Burach's The Very Impatient Caterpillar pays loving homage to every child's struggle to persist through challenges while also delivering a lighthearted lesson on butterfly migration. Remember, if at first you don't succeed, fly, fly again!

This clever send-up of every child's biggest challenge --being patient!--is a STEM-friendly, laugh-out-loud comedy about metamorphosis. HEY! What are you guys doing? We're going to metamorphosis. Meta-WHAT-now? Transform into butterflies. Right. Right. I knew that... WAIT?! You're telling me I can become a BUTTERFLY? Yes. With wings? Yes. Wait for ME!! Ross Burach's hilarious, tongue-in-cheek exploration of metamorphosis will make you flutter with glee, while also providing real facts about how caterpillars transform into butterflies.

This laugh-out-loud companion to The Very Impatient Caterpillar and The Little Butterfly That Could is perfect for bedtime — or anytime! A delightful complement to the classic, Goodnight, Moon! Who needs to sleep at night anyway? There's so much I'd miss! I'll just be nocturnal too. What do you think? I think we need to get you back to sleep. Listeners will laugh themselves silly as they learn to find their inner calm so they can sleep - even when they wake in the night -and also discover the difference between nocturnal and diurnal animals. Ross Burach is the creator of the riotously funny The Very Impatient Caterpillar series that includes The Very Impatient Caterpillar (Patience, petite chenille!), The Little Butterfly That Could, Goodnight, Butterfly, and Make Way for Butterfly. All the books combine humor with curriculum-friendly science topics and relatable social-emotional themes.

Make way for another riotous adventure in the “Very Impatient Caterpillar” series that slyly combines science and social-emotional learning with laugh-out-loud humor! Perfect for fans of Mo Willems' “Pigeon” series. How did You collect So Much Pollen??? I have sticky hairs Everywhere! Oh! I'm not sticky enough. It's okay. You don't need to collect as much pollen as a bee. Just be a butterfly. Right. You're saying I need to be Stickier. This hilarious story playfully encourages readers to love who they are, while also illuminating the importance of pollinators to our ecosystem.

If at first you don't succeed, fly, fly again! This comical companion to Ross Burach's The Very Impatient Caterpillar pays loving homage to every child's struggle to persist through challenges while also delivering a lighthearted lesson on butterfly migration. "Which way to the flowers?" "That way. 200 miles." "How am I supposed to travel that far?!" "You fly." "Can I take a plane?" "No." "Then I'll never make it!" Ross Burach's encouraging story will make you laugh out loud while also providing scientific facts about butterflies. Ross Burach is the creator of the riotously funny Very Impatient Caterpillar series that includes The Very Impatient Caterpillar; The Little Butterfly That Could; Goodnight, Butterfly; and Make Way for Butterfly. All the books combine humor with curriculum-friendly science topics and relatable social-emotional themes. Ross's other acclaimed books include the picture book Truck Full of Ducks, the board books I Love My Tutu Too!, Potty All-Star, Hi-Five Farm!, and Hi-Five Animals!, named the best board book of the year by Parents Magazine, and the Acorn early reader series Bumble and Bee. Ross lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. You can visit him online at rossburach.com.