Butterfly Butterfly is a book made to be read aloud before bed. The words come easily from the mouth of a battle-weary parent and soothe the child into a world of sunshine, gardens and beautiful butterflies. The illustrations are bright and fill the page. Die-cuts that reveal portions of adjoining pages fascinate children—they puzzle at how the spots of Lucy’s dress become the mouths of three caterpillars when turned onto the shell of a snail, and (in the hard-to-find pop-up version) the butterfly on the final spread never fails to elicit a breathless “oooh”. The perfect book for the child who loves to creep with the crawlies.