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Winner of the 2001 Benjamin Franklin Award
for Best Children's Picture Book


Fun Times With:
Respect for Others/Kindness/Friendship
  Reading level: Grades 1-4

The Ugly Caterpillar
Carl Sommer, Greg Budwine (Illustrator)

 Hardcover: ISBN 1-57537-015-8;   Dimensions  6.75" x 9.25"  $9.95
 Library Edition: ISBN 1-57537-058-1;  Dimensions  8.25" x 11.25" $16.95
 CD Read-Along & Hardcover
ISBN 1-57537-515-X   $16.95
 CD Read-Along & Library Ed. ISBN 1-57537-715-2    $23.95

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Book Summary

    Speckles the spider and Crumbs the cricket think Katy the caterpillar is much too 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.
    In this inspiring and beautifully illustrated book, Sommer teaches the importance of respect for others, kindness, friendship, and the true meaning of beauty.

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