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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Amy Dean

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Little Loretta was fascinated by the field of Monarch butterflies only to be sad when they all left. To her excitement, she was able to see a brand new caterpillar grow in front of her very own eyes. What a fun book to help teach children about the lifecycle of the Monarch butterflies. I also learned more about their migration habits from the foot notes in the back. The kid in me wants to find a caterpillar egg and watch it grow into a full butterfly!

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Cindy Rushin

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I enjoyed this children’s book. This author has a way of weaving a story that teaches young children something new and interesting about their world. I found the story about monarch butterflies really cute. I recommend this author to anyone who has kids as the stories are not only good but educational.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by @LaliLovely

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Loretta's Caterpillar (Loretta's Insects #4)Loretta’s Caterpillar by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This lovely little book!! What a beautiful way to learn about butterflies! It’s always great for kids to be learning without even knowing it lol. My daughter LOVES butterflies, & reading this together on a rainy day gave us such a peaceful moment. She adored the soft, watercolor vibes of the artwork. We especially loved how gentle & compassionate Loretta was to other creatures while protecting her little friend. Pretty illustrations are the icing on the cake that is this wonderful story.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Tanya Wall, February 2023

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Loretta’s Caterpillar is a great book for classroom teachers to have for science/lifecycle lessons. Loretta is a very inquisitive young girl who wants to learn about the world around her. This time, she finds an egg under a leaf and watches as it goes through hatching into a caterpillar, who then turns into a beautiful Monarch Butterfly. Loretta is a role model for all young girls who are interested in “sciencey” things – if you have a little one at home, this would be a great addition to their library!

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Rachel Moss

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a really cute book! This author usually doesn’t disappoint and this was no exception. This was a very informative children’s book, with very colorful and pretty illustrations. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this story and I can’t wait to read it to my daughter when she gets a little bit older!

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Heather Hoke

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I love books about Loretta! I always learn something very cool.
Loretta’s Caterpillar was no exception.
The way the Lois writes each step of a butterfly’s Metamorphosis, but makes it fun and easy to understand was just great!
Another thing I really enjoyed way the excitement she gave Loretta about her caterpillars life!
I might say this book was my favorite Loretta book so far. If you haven’t read the others you definitely should!

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Brandy Vaughn

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a cute adventure of watching a caterpillar grown into a beautiful butterfly. The author does well inserting the voice and mind of a child into the story. Let’s does so well in protecting her little caterpillar! There is also a section at the end of the book about the migration of the monarch butterfly.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Daryian Lucas

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

5/5 Stars
This was my first read by this author and it’s such a cute book! Not only are the drawings good, the book is very informative in an easy to understand way. I learned quite a bit from this book about butterflies and caterpillars. I also liked the map and other information that was included. I will say that this book would probably be a great read for a child 5 and older.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Emily H

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Loretta is gazing out her window and sees a ton of butterflies on the milkweed plants. The next day they are gone and she makes another discovery that has Loretta is learning about the life cycle of a butterfly.

I really enjoy this series. Loretta is an inquisitive little girl who pays attention to natures gifts. This story focuses on the challenges of a butterflies life from egg to caterpillar to butterfly. I learned some new things and I think kids would be really curious about and eager to find their own butteflies.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Dawn Mitchell

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I love Lorettas books. They are so informative an you learn so much. This is a quick read an she takes you through every stage of a caterpillars lifecycle. Teaches you what they eat an their predators.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Kerry Baker

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Myself and my kids were drawn to this book because it was about butterflies however it was the authors storytelling that kept us engaged. This whole book was clearly designed to capture a child’s attention and I can say from my experience that it worked.
The story was everything I have come to expect from this author – educational yet fun. As usual, the whole family enjoyed this book and we have read it multiple times. This is a great story for kids that I would highly recommend.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Dahnielle Hibbert

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Loretta's Caterpillar (Loretta's Insects #4)Loretta’s Caterpillar by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I always love this author’s stories. They always entertain the children and they also give you (as a parent or teacher) a way to impart real knowledge to those children. In this story we learned all about the lifecycle of a caterpillar. We are also taught how to acknowledge the difference between male/female butterflies. Last but certainly not least is all the wonderful information about migration of monarch butterflies, complete with maps. Not to mention the illustrations are always beautiful! You won’t regret buying these wonderful books for your children.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Dawn Mitchell

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I love Lorettas books. They are so informative an you learn so much. This is a quick read an she takes you through every stage of a caterpillars lifecycle. Teaches you what they eat an their predators.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Dr. Anya Schultz

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Loretta's Caterpillar (Loretta's Insects #4)Loretta’s Caterpillar by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Loretta’s Caterpillar was a cute story of how caterpillars become beautiful butterflies. Loretta woke up to no more butterflies flying around her garden and she got quite upset. When she went to investigate, she saw many little eggs on leaves. She started to look after one of them that she considered her pet. She saw the egg hatch, as a caterpillar, change colors, build a chrysalis, and become a beautiful butterfly. The author always takes Loretta on an adventure teaching the reader along the way about nature. Even as an adult I learned that caterpillars always eat their shedded skin and if the butterfly has black dots that indicates it’s a boy! The author always provided a summary at the end about the subject which is a great teaching moment.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Stephanie Robb

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I think this was my favourite from this author. It takes all about the life cycle of butterflies and with beautiful drawings takes you on a journey with Loretta. I loved the facts at the end with the facts and science.

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Lucky Stars by Fantasia Yu – Review by Faith Jackson

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved reading this as an adult and as a parent. My 7-year old son could definitely relate to Landry even though he’s just in 2nd grade. He learned a lot about his personality, being accepted (or not), FOMO, and what it’s like to be true to himself. As an adult raising my kids alone, it taught me how to point him in the right direction and away from frenemies. Great work to the author, Ms. Lindsay Hager!

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Tonya Merritt

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I enjoyed the story of Loretta’s Caterpillar. It shows the stages of a caterpillar’s life. The story told me many things I did not know about caterpillars and butterflies. This was a great book to help teach kids how caterpillars become butterflies.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Melissa Saxton

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Loretta's Caterpillar (Loretta's Insects #4)Loretta’s Caterpillar by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Yet again this author delivers with another fun experience with education hidden right in it.

This story follows the lifestyle of Monarch Butterflies from their tiny little egg eating shedding all of it! At the end you get even more tid Bits of information

Another great story my 4 year old loved for our nightly story routine before bed

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jamie Truex

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Another great read by Lois Wickstrom! These are all such good learning books for kids. My 4 year old granddaughter loves each one, especially this one. She was very interested in what was happening with the caterpillar. As always, we definitely recommend!

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Hannah Porter

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Loretta's Pet CaterpillarLoretta’s Pet Caterpillar by Lois J. Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I always enjoy reading Lois Wickstrom stories i like to put them up on the tv and read them to my son, nieces and nephews.it was a quick read and i love how it shows the different stages of the life cycle for the monarch caterpillar.being that its almost spring i’m excited to go outside to find out very own to watch and report/ learn about. Im definitely going to use that website to get those flowers so we can have lots of butterfly this season.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects Book #3) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Angela Hayes

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

 

3.5 Stars

 

Loretta’s Caterpillar is the third book in the Loretta’s Insects series by Lois Wickstrom. It is another fun, fact-based, interesting, educational, and entertaining illustrated children’s storybook.
Loretta loves insects and this time she discovers and then cares for a butterfly egg, watching over and protecting it from harm as it moves through its cycle. We get to learn about butterfly lifecycles along the way, as well as facts about Monarch butterflies- how to tell males from females, their migration routes, their food source etc.
This is not just a cute story, it also encourages children to learn while they read. I read this story with my grandson, but as with the other books in this particular series, the illustrations aren’t quite as eye catching as some of Ms. Wickstrom’s other books and didn’t grab his attention like the others have done. The ‘new’ cover is great, but unfortunately the illustrations inside the book aren’t up to the same standard. Great little story though.
This series contains (so far):
-Ladybugs For Loretta (Book #1)
-Bee’s In Loretta’s Bonnet (Book #2)
-Loretta’s Caterpillar (Book #3)
-What Loretta’s Katydid Did (Book #4) —> releases in Sept (2023)
Happy reading!

 

 

Reviewed by @angelahayes

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Angela Renee Diaz

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Loretta's Caterpillar (Loretta's Insects)Loretta’s Caterpillar by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book explains the Metamorphosis of butterflies in an easy way to understand. Perfect for kids to comprehend. Short enough that there attention span doesn’t waver. A great book I recommend. Very educational for kids.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jenni Bishop

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Loretta's Caterpillar (Loretta's Insects #4)Loretta’s Caterpillar by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Loretta loves the outdoors and especially a garden and all it has to offer. In this book we see Loretta watching over an egg and seeing it grow and change through its circle of life to become a monarch butterfly.
I remember being a kid and Dad taking us out to catch the caterpillars and chrysalis. We would take them home and watch them through their change to a beautiful butterfly and then release them back into the wild. Now as an adult I have taken my grandkids to do the same.
It is a lovely story that will inspire kids to venture into their own gardens and find out what treasures they can find. The pictures are bright and colourful. Lois has also provided information on how to start your collection to nurture the process yourself.

Reviewed by @jennadb

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Julie Johnson

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Loretta's Caterpillar (Loretta's Insects #4)Loretta’s Caterpillar by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Loretta loves various types of bugs. This book focuses on monarch butterflies.

In May, Loretta sees a milkweed field full of monarch butterflies but shortly after seeing them, they disappear. This upsets Loretta, as she really enjoys looking at butterflies. She makes a trip to the milkweed field and sees lots of little “seeds” on the back of plants. She soon learns that these “seeds” are going to turn into caterpillars, which turn into butterflies. Loretta is able to watch the various stages in which a butterfly is formed.

I am a huge fan of Lois Wickstrom and her books!! This one is unique in that some of the words are different shaped to represent what they are saying. There is also a bit of information in the back of the book about monarch butterflies, milkweed plants, and where to obtain milkweed seeds. It also shows the differences in male and female monarchs. I learned a couple of things reading this book! This is a great book to read to anyone of any age and would be great in a homeschool, daycare, personal library, etc!

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Anna Hirsch

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom
5 Stars

This book is packed with information and colourful illustrations. The story will captivate children while they learn the life cycle of the monarch butterfly; from the egg to metamorphosis to migration. Even I learned things that I didn’t know. Never would I have thought that it took five generations of butterflies to migrate from the Stares to Canada. It’s absolutely amazing! The book even teaches you how to differentiate between male and female butterflies. I e read many books by this author and this one has to be my favourite. Your children will love it too.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Carrie Reed

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Loretta's Caterpillar (Loretta's Insects #4)Loretta’s Caterpillar by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I love that this book teaches kids about butterflies. Their lifecycle, how to tell the difference between a male and female and background on monarch butterflies. It is also interesting adults to learn as well, if they haven’t already. The art is lovely to look at and the different words on each page in a different font style really are eye catching The only thing that was kind of hard for me to grasp was the name Loretta chooses for the butterfly. I don’t think it is really kid friendly to try and read. Overall great story for children.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Shelly Kittell

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Loretta's Caterpillar (Loretta's Insects #4)Loretta’s Caterpillar by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This has fast become my favorite kids science story book. Loretta has adventures learning about monarch butterflies this time. The author includes terrific tidbits about them in the back. These entertaining stories that I use with our homeschool and my kiddo loves them. The story is educational and fun. The pictures are colorful. The kids learn new words about the butterfly. Every child’s library should have this one.

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Loretta’s Caterpillar (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom

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Loretta’s Insects Book Three – Loretta Finds a Caterpillar

Loretta finds a monarch caterpillar egg and protects it from a wasp, a bird, and a lizard as it eats milkweed, grows through metamorphosis, becomes a butterfly and finally flies away to continue its migration.

Learn alongside Loretta about the life cycle of a monarch butterfly.

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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

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Bees in Loretta’s Bonnet (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Ashley Westerman

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Bees in Loretta's Bonnet (Loretta's Insects #2)Bees in Loretta’s Bonnet by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book was a lot of fun and lead to a lot of conversations about bee’s and what they do for us. Those conversations lead to more research and learning about bees. Since I am allergic to bee’s we wont get a chance to make a beehive for our backyard, that this book provided instructions for, but it was great to learn how to do! I love how this author’s books always lead to better conversations for us. I would recommend!

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Bees in Loretta’s Bonnet (Loretta’s Insects) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Mary Espinoza

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Bees in Loretta's Bonnet (Loretta's Insects #2)Bees in Loretta’s Bonnet by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Bees in Loretta’s Bonnet by Lois Wickstrom is a children’s book that is fun and informational for all ages! This book like many of Lois’s books, aims to teach children about bees (leafcutter bees, more specifically). As always, the illustrations are brilliant, vibrant and really help to bring the explanations to life. Lois has a way of writing books that portray observations of your surrounding and how to handle situations that may occur. It also shows children the importance to have compassion towards insects in general. This is great learning tool that shows the different situations from a child’s point of view.

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Mary Espinoza, February 2023