Not a Butterfly Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta, illustrated by Shennen Bersani. NON-FICTION PICTURE BOOK. Charlesbridge, 2019. $8. 9781580896900
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Meet an alphabet of beautiful moths (NOT butterflies).
While Palotta doesn’t add a lot of background information about each moth, he does have witty comments and some information about moths. The one thing lacking is how do you tell a moth from a butterfly? The illustrations are gorgeous in and of themselves - children will leaf through just to enjoy them. It would be an easy choice to populate an elementary library with all of Pallotta’s alphabet books! On a personal note - I had a chance to meet Jerry at a recent AASL conference and he is utterly delightful!
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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