BeBe enjoys her comfortable life as a caterpillar, munching leaves and crawling wherever she pleases. But after waking up with wings and long legs, her world suddenly feels \u201cstrange.\u201d She can no longer \u201ccrunch on her favorite milkweed or clover\u201d and feels uncomfortable when \u201cher big wings [follow] her everywhere.\u201d The story uses BeBe\u2019s transformation as a way to open a conversation for young readers about the difficulty of change\u2014whether this comes in the form of growing up, sudden illness, or familial shifts. Inspired by the author\u2019s real-life recovery after a seizure and brain surgery, Bebe\u2019s metamorphosis shows how frightening change can be, but also how rewarding new experiences can follow. The prose flows easily, and lines like \u201cFrom above, the world looked wider\u2014and a little brighter\u201d capture moments of hope as the adorable caterpillar grows to accept the unknown. Sir\u2019s illustrations are warm and charming, especially those of BeBe in her two forms\u2014they recall the style of The Very Hungry Caterpillar\u00a0(1969), with grainy textures and bright colors. The sudden shift from white daytime backdrops to a dark nighttime scene interrupts the visual rhythm, but the overall atmosphere remains coherent and uplifting, and should prove a delight for young readers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BeBe enjoys her comfortable life as a caterpillar, munching leaves and crawling wherever she pleases. But after waking up with wings and long legs, her world suddenly feels \u201cstrange.\u201d She can no longer \u201ccrunch on her favorite milkweed or clover\u201d and feels uncomfortable when \u201cher big wings [follow] her everywhere.\u201d The story uses BeBe\u2019s transformation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}