The Secret of Three Butterpillars: A Never-Ending Tale - Hardcover

Janssen, Charlotta

9780761121138: The Secret of Three Butterpillars: A Never-Ending Tale

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761121137 ISBN 13: 9780761121138

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, 2001

Introducing the Tumbling Book--the ingenious new format that's a book, a toy, a game. And discover a world of butterpillars and caterflies, nature's power of metamorphosis, and a meadow filled with all manner of change.

The Secret of Three Butterpillars reads from front to back, and back again to front in a story that never ends. Designed with double hinges like a Jacob's ladder, it flips and turns. Hold the book horizontally, pull out the handles embedded in the sides-and presto, the book tumbles out, revealing new landscapes.

Conceived and created by Charlotta Janssen, The Secret of Three Butterpillars delights with its swirling, colorful paintings and simple rhyming text. It's a secret, but there's no doubt -- One day they too shall find it out! And so begins the circular story of the butterpillar, a whimsical creature that resembles a caterpillar and fittingly evolves like one. Soon it becomes a beautiful caterfly, and the next cycle of butterpillar life begins. In addition to these creatures, each mural-like panel features four inchworms, three ladybugs, two grasshoppers, and one snail. Happy searching!

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From the Inside Flap:

a Tumbling book

It tumbles, it flips, it twists, and bends. It begins at the beginning but never ends.

Discover the secret of the three butterpillars.

Discover the story that doesn't end, of butterpillars and caterflies. Discover a world that changes from panel to panel, filled with flowers and grass and all manner of places to hide. And discover, on every full spread, four inchworms, three ladybugs, two grasshoppers, and a snail. Happy searching!

.and the mystery of the tumbling book

It tumbles. It cascades. It reads from front to back, and then back to front. THE SECRET OF THREE BUTTERPILLARS is a book, a toy, a game. It's magic, like a Jacob's Ladder - with the flip of the wrist, concealed pages appear. And the fun begins all over again.

About the Author:

Charlotta Janssen grew up in Iran and Germany, and now lives in New York City. She made her first tumbling book out of matchboxes on a lazy, wintry afternoon. She is a painter, inventor, and storyteller. This is her first book, and she dedicates it to Fred and Lilo.

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