The Ugly Caterpillar

Annie the ant, Speckles the spider and Crumbs the cricket find a yellow egg on a leaf. They wonder what's inside. Crumbs and Speckles think that since the egg is ugly so that the creature inside must be ugly too. Annie doesn't think so. When the creatures comes out she is a beautiful butterfly and she and Annie become to the best of friends. Speckles and Crumbs want to be her friend now that they have seen how pretty she is but the butterfly can't seems to forgive! This book is a great way to teach children about the importance of true friendship, and the importance of being kind to others. When the butterfly doesn't want to accept the bugs apology at the end of the book it leaves a window wide open for discussion on forgiveness! I would definitely recommend this book to others and to school age children, what a great way to get this message across in this colorful, fun to read story. We enjoyed reading it and also learned all about how a caterpillar transforms itself into a beautiful butterfly.

When Annie the ant, Speckles the spider and Crumbs the cricket find a yellow egg on a leaf, they wonder what's inside. Crumbs and Speckles think that since the egg is ugly on the outside, what's living on the inside must also be ugly. Annie disagrees.In the book, "The Ugly Caterpillar," Annie is the only one who thinks "Katy the Caterpillar" is beautiful, and she is more than happy to be her friend. During Annie and Katy's time together, Katy goes through many changes, and eventually turns into a butterfly. Annie thinks she's still beautiful. When Speckles and Crumbs meet Katy as a butterfly, they think she is beautiful and want to be her friend. But Katy explains that since they didn't like her as a caterpillar, they won't like her now...because she is still the same on the inside. Speckles and Crumbs feel terrible for treating Katy so badly when she was a caterpillar.MyParenTime.com highly recommends this book -- what a valuable lesson children will learn. You truly can't judge a book by it's cover.

Speckles the spider and Crumbs the cricket think Katy the caterpillar is much to ugly to be their friend. But Annie the ant doesn't' agree, and she and Katy become best friends. As Katy the caterpillar begins her strange transformation into a beautiful butterfly, her friend Annie is shocked and amazed. Speckles and Crumbs finally learn the true meaning of beauty and friendship -- and caterpillars! This lively and original story of respect for others by Carl Sommer is perfectly illustrated in full color by Greg Budwine and is very highly recommended for young readers, grades K-4.

The Ugly Caterpillar was another one of my favorite Carl Sommer books. This book is a great way to teach children about the importance of true friendship, and the importance of being kind to others. I would definitely recommend this book to others and to school age children, what a great way to get this message across in this colorful, fun to read story. We enjoyed reading it and also learned all about how a caterpillar transforms itself into a beautiful butterfly.

The Ugly Caterpillar, is a great book about how something so strange looking can turn out to be something so beautiful. This book would be great for children in the classroom, at home at bedtime and anytime. The illustrations are perfect! The cute ant befriends the caterpillar and receives an awesome reward of friendship. Her friends aren't so smart and they regret it later. Good job Sommer.