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Title
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog
Author Jack Kent
Release Year 1982
Reviewed by Meridith Herman
Review Date 2008
Type of Book Fiction
Death of
 
Type of Death  
Target Age Young Children (5-8)



Summary

A caterpillar realizes that she won't be a caterpillar for long and will soon change. She goes around informing everyone of this and the polliwog decides that he wants to turn into something too. The caterpillar explains she'll be turning into a butterfly so the polliwog watches the caterpillar as she forms her cocoon and becomes so distracted by watching her that he doesn't realize he is turning into a frog.



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