Caterpillar Dreams

Caterpillar dreams book cover for kid's book If I Were A Caterpillar. Written, illustrated and published by Books Make Booms authors Richard and Mary Rensberry.

A caterpillar dreams of becoming a butterfly in this illustrated kids rhyme that I wrote about a monarch butterfly caterpillar.   

In If I Were A Caterpillar, the caterpillar larvae is going through caterpillar metamorphosis, dreaming of the day he will fly.  He is dreaming of becoming the regal monarch butterfly he knows he is destined to be.  He is reveling in that great and glorious day when he will unfold his precious wings into a brand new world full of adventures and delight.

Upon first publishing the book, a reader wrote a critical review about how a caterpillar can't dream!

Wow! I thought.  How bizarre someone would want to deny a caterpillar and a child their dreams.  A child inherently understands and lives this concept of imagination.  He will tell you with certainty that a caterpillar does dream, and those dreams are just as colorful and miraculous as his own!  

A child believes we can be anything we decide to be.  And who is to say that a caterpillar didn't dream themselves into becoming a butterfly?

Caterpillar Dreams of My Own

Caterpillar dreams illustration for kid's book If I Were A Caterpillar. Written, illustrated and published by Books Make Booms authors Richard and Mary Rensberry.

A monarch caterpillar eating a milkweed is the beginning of caterpillar metamorphosis.  

When I was a kid I searched the underside of milkweeds to find these colorful creatures to take to school for show and tell.  


A Look Inside Caterpillar Dreams

Caterpillar dreams illustration for kid's book If I Were A Caterpillar. Written, illustrated and published by Books Make Booms authors Richard and Mary Rensberry.

A monarch butterfly caterpillar cocoon.  It looks like a lttle temple where magic is born.  And as a kid, I took the milkweed branch and their little temple home with me and put them in an aquarium.  

I watched their dreams come true.


Caterpillar dreams illustration for kid's book If I Were A Caterpillar. Written, illustrated and published by Books Make Booms authors Richard and Mary Rensberry.

If I Were A Caterpillar,

I'd make my legs grow strong

and wiggle with antennae

to find my way along.

A recent reader's review of Caterpillar Dreams

I just read "If I Were a Caterpillar." Just wonderful! Monarchs are miracles of nature. Well done on this celebration of them. I can hear the wonderful conversations about the milkweed and the chrysalis now. Such marvelous data to pass on to the children. 

You can buy your copy of If I Were A Caterpillar from our store.

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You can contact us:  QuickTurtle Books   330 Schmid Road    Fairview, MI  48621

If you are a school or charity and would like to purchase 20 or more copies, we offer a 30% discount off your order.  30 or more copies and we offer a 35% discount.  50 copies or more a 40% discount.

We also offer an online book building and publishing program for middle school, fourth and fifth grade classes.  We work with teachers and students to write and illustrate a custom book for their class.  We use the kids words and illustrations created from the project.  This is a fun filled program that results in each classes very own personalized book.  If you are interested in this project, please email me at maryandrichard@quickturtlebooks.com    

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